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having nothing to report. Please say to Mr Wheelock that there is not as yet any Schools established in Grimes to my knowledge. I would suppose that Anderson Plantersville and Retreat would be points that would sustain each, a good school. I called upon DD Atchison of Navisotta in regard to the papers of Mariah Hamilton; he informs me that he has long since delivered up the papers; some attorney in Galveston I think he says has the papers. He however promised to write to the parties giving them all information, but 2 freedmen in all my knowledge have broken their contracts; I went immediately to see them and upon investigation found they had violated their contract with out cause, and had no trouble to get them to return to their duties. Thus Genl things are working; I honestly believe that with an average season that Texas will this year yield 2 bales of cotton to one of any previous year. This is saying enough for the freedmen. 

Transcription Notes:
Navisotta a misspelling of Navasota (city in Grimes, Texas)?