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promised to take the matter in hand and hopes to succeed. If the Bureau could contributed 3 or 400 dollars, towards the purchase of lumber, I could I could succeed. 
 The teacher has had the same experience, we could secure 200 scholars, in this town, if there was no tuition fee, but the payment of $1 50/100 monthly, is a barrier, which keep s5/6 of the children away, and unless the freedmen are forced to send their children to school, or the teachers receive a salary form the funds of the Bureau, most of the schools will have to be abandoned, for want of support, and yet the freedmen are anxious to be educated, and longing for the time, when they or their children will be able to read and write.

There are now 3 schools in this district viz; at Victoria Mrs Harris, teacher, at Goliad, Mr. A. A. Mc. [[Brigde]], teacher and at the plantation of Mr. W. F. Hall, St. [[Autonis?]] near Refuge's Co. Mr. J. M. [[Avarm?]], teacher; my hopes of success at the last place, are small; the crops have failed, and but few freedmen in the County will be able to pay for tuition. As for intelligence all teachers agree, that, with some exception, they have no superiors. We have children, who in 6 months have learned to read fluently, copy what they read, have some knowledge of geography, and are as far as division, with whole numbers in arithmetic.

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