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Rev. Mr. Nickerson has closed his school at this place & gone to Harpers Ferry W. Va, a larger field & where he can do much good. the inteligent class of whites recommend that a teacher be found from amongst them to take the school & the freedmen are willing to do all they can to support a school if a teacher appears that they have confidence in. The freedmen are very anxious to keep their young children in school during the summer months.
The feeling of distress reported in my last report has changed very materially in the last month & now the whites see the freedmen in an entire new light & show a great disposition to educate them & instruct them. As far as I can judge it is done through policy & not principle
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---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-03-16 10:00:52 not sure about the word "frill"-doesn't fit the context of the sentence ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-03-16 10:01:33 "field" not "frill". look at other d's