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May 6th
Rev James B. Simmons,
Dear Sir: I will lay your proposal before the Board of Trustees of Howard University at the next meeting Monday the 8th inst. and will report to you their actions.
It will give me pleasure to encourage any effort for the benefit of Wayland School Seminary
Could you not exchange your property on "I" street for a suitable lot on the University grounds?
Very truly yours,
(signed) O.O. Howard
Brig. Gen. U.S.A. Commr

The University trustees have no knowledge of the institution at Augusta.
O.O.H.
[[stamp]] The National Archives of the United States [[/stamp]]