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4 to be apprenticed to them but none have been apprenticed owing to the fact that the kin of the children invariably objected & were as a general thing desirous and able to take care of them themselves. I have succeeded in inducing the Freedmen of Orange to complete their building which I had moved down from Gordonsville Va to Orange C.H. to be put up for church & school purposes. They have got it nearly done now & I hope to have a good school established there by the middle of next month at farthest. I have succeeded in leasing a lot here sufficiently large to erect a building upon for the colored people of Culpeper & have asked permission to use the Govt building here for that purpose. The Freedmen School is in operation here now. A report of which is herewith enclosed. All of which is respectfully submitted. I am Genl Very Resptly Your Obt Servt W. Augs MacNulty Bvt Capt & Asst Supt BRF&AL
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Reopened for Editing 2024-03-05 20:30:09
-replaced all the "and"s that transcriber inserted instead of "&"'s with the originals as written.
-MacNulty's middle name is Augustus. "Augs" is how he abbreviated it.
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Reopened for Editing 2024-03-06 12:08:16 to correct a typo