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to the interests of these people, that she has a deep interest in the cause and will make any effort for the intellectual welfare not only by her presence in the school room but by visiting the poor and needy and administering relief to them by the aid of the association she represents.

I have labored under serious disadvantages in my endeavors to secure a suitable building for a school room, and still more in my desire to arrange for a comfortable boarding house for Miss Wood. The people declaring that no woman could be a lady that would volunteer to come down here to teach "niggers" and that they would not speak to her much less allow her to stay under their roof. fortunately the lady in question cares but little for their "haughty opinions or innuendoes", but says she considers this "the golden age!" and is glad of the opportunity of continuing her mite towards the intellectual culture of this unfortunate yet patient people.

That the establishment of this school under the superintendence of this estimable lady will result in much good to the freedmen and to society generally, I have not the slightest shadow of a doubt. I have made every exertion to get the school room in rediness and will commence operations on Monday Feby 19th 1866.  The freedmen manifest the deepest interest in this matter and are doing all in their power toward defraying the necessary expenses of fitting up the room &c.

I have held meetings and explained to them the necessity of being industrious temperate honest and economical.  Their fidelity to contracts is unexceptional.  There were some starvation contracts made by [[strikethrough]] my [[/strikethrough]]

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