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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
OFFICE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT SCHOOLS.
Washington, D.C., April 25 1868.

Maj. Gen. O.O. Howard,
Commissioner, &c.,

General, 
I have the honor to state that the freedmen near Centerville, Fairfax Co. Va. commenced the erection of a school building, but are unable to finish it. The land has been donated for the purpose by a colored man, and the freedpeople in that vicinity will support a teacher.

I respectfully request that we may be assisted to the amount of $150.00.

Very respectfully,
Your obt servant,
C.P. Harris
on behalf of col'd people of Centerville, Va.

Mr. P. Harris is the brains of the enclosed paper, & presents a strong case
J.W. Alvord Supt &c

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