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(Personal) Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Headquarters, Superintendent Fifth District, Va. Fort Monroe, Va. July 21/1866 My Dear Genl In case my application for leave shall be approved will you be so kind as to send to me a statement of the number of children attending school in this State and any other information concerning them that may be of interest My idea is this; to attempt to interest some one in the founding of a large normal school at this Point in order to prepare colored teachers for this, and other states; and the data I ask will be of use. I am not very sanguine, but the thing is worth trying for and to succeed would be a "big thing." The South will accept & tolerate colored teachers – never the New England girls (in some cases I don't wonder at it) With Great Respect I am Yours SC Armstrong Bvt Brig Gen Brown Richmond [[left margin]] If you send please do so very soon. [[/left margin]]
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