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gentleman will not be so shelterless as to be arrested as a vagrant.
We have given him a letter to the [[coach?]], asking his counsel from him in the absence of our [[Suptdt?]]. We should have been very glad to have had large number of experienced, competent teachers at work in Richmond. I have felt disappointment that we have never yet been able to add to their number. We are now hoping that you have the power, and we know you will have the will, to aid our entrance there for [[?]] work. Homes & school rooms are indispensable. I think the colored people ought to be made to understand that they are doing themselves the greatest injury possible if they change