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A146 (R.,F., & A.L. Vol 17,) 1870 New York July 13" 1870. Am. Bapt. Home Miss. Society Jas. B. Simmons, Sec'y. States that he thinks that they will favor the Comr's proposition to put $8000. at Columbia S.C. and $5000 at Augusta Ga. that a friend of the freedmen has given them $5000. and desires to know if the Com'r will duplicate it. Asks the Com'r to try and squeeze out $5000. more to put the building in order for the winter school term. [[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]] File file WRAPPER ..(1 Enclosures.) Received Bureau R.,F., & A.L. July 14, 1870) WAR DEPARTMENT, Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, WASHINGTON, .... 18 .