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of fault found with me until now. And even now the Supt. of the Schools here informs me, that he has no fault whatever to find with me as a teacher, what then, may I ask, have I been guilty of, that should cause any dismissal? before answering this question however, permit me to state the facts in the case, everything so far as I know, up to the time that Capt. McDonnell came here, was going on smoothly. When I was called upon, in connection with all the rest of the teachers, to state what I knew about Lieut. Cook's conduct while here, and my answers to the questions put to me, necessarily cast some reflections not only upon him, but some of the teachers, and perhaps the general conditions of the schools but I only answered such questions as were asked me, volunteering nothing, and leaving out much that I might have said. Soon after the Capt. left here, I received a letter from the rooms at New York, saying that Mr. Brackett had informed him, that I could be spared from the Valley, and assigning me to Goldsboro N.C. and saying that my transportation would be forwarded in a few days. To this I immediately replied, requesting him to withhold my transportation a few days. In the mean time I had a conversation with Mr. Brackett, (the Supt.)

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