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temporary building, but they think the time has not yet come.

There is a fact or two which I ought to state in regar [[regard]] to the Freedmen.

The first is they have generally left their old masters, but not all.  I found five families who had not said their former slaves, "you are free".  These families have not paid [[strikethrough]] their [[/strikethrough]] these freemen any wages.

Another fact is; the freemen show a strong disinclination to be taught by their former masters.  One colored lady, for such inclined she was said to me she wo'd not send her children to [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] those who had owned them, if she had fifty.

That the common fact appears here as else where, a strong desire to learn.  Altho' there had been no school, to say school in the place, yet I did not go into a negro house where I did not find the spelling book.

Another most important fact; there is no suffering from destitution which demands the attention of outside charity.  This is true of the region round Warrenton.

With these statements I subscribe myself 
Yours truly
H Eddy