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Bay City May 1st 1871 Dear sir I am a widow and my health is very poor and I am alone in the world and my Brothers and sisters in the Church advised me to go south to teach the Blacks; in the south and I rote to Mr Sutherland in the House of Representatives he is from this District he refeard me to you he said you was at head of such matters; and if you will be so kind to let me know if I can git a chooll and at what terms there was one Lady went from Bay City last year and she is teachin and is gitting 50 Dollars a month I would like an infant chool [[strikethrough]] plesese [[/strikethrough]] please let me know if I can