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the high way, left two days without burial & the whole affair be talked of by citizens at the County Court, as coolly & with less apparent interest than the death of a citizens horse would have caused. A school house & Church have just been put in operation at Newport News, on the Elizabeth City County side of the line which will make the opportunities for education much better for the Freedmen of this County than they have ever been before. The horse furnished me is entirely unfit for use & it will be impossible to attend the monthly session of the County Court a distance of eighteen miles & return distance of eighteen miles with the horse I now have. It has several times been necessary to walk a distance of eight miles on necessary business because the horse was unable to get out of the stable. Whatever forage is given him is clear loss.
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I am General
With Great Respect
C.P. Goodyear
Asst. Supt. Warwick Co. Va. 

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