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Boston Nov 15, 1871 Genl O O Howard Dear Sir A statement made by a so-called "Special Commissioner" correspondent of the N Y. Journal of Commerce is copied into a recent number of the Cotton Supply Reporter of England In it he states that 20000 colored children have been taught to read and write since the war. I should be glad of an estimate from you of the real number in order that this absurd under estimate may be corrected. A concise statement of the present number of teachers & pupils will be welcome Yrs truly Edwd Atkinson