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to the County or other authorities to which said patients belong and notified them that on the 10th Jany the Hospital at this Post would be closed and the patients alluded to forwarded to their respective Counties &c, requesting said authorities at the same time to furnish me without delay an acknowledgement of receipt of said paupers and to inform me whether or not they are ready to receive & provide for these people and if not to give reasons therefor.
The School interest remains "status quo" by reason of the inability of the colored people to sustain them from their own resources.
Respectfully
Your obt Sert
Jno W Jordan
Bvt Lt Col USA
ASA Comr