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Laura Matilda Towne was an abolitionist, doctor, educator, and founder of the first schools for African American freedmen. She shares with Schofield her expense report which has been sent to Robert R. Corson of the American Freedman's Union Commission. She complains that the teachers at her school are overwhelmed by large class sizes and has hopes that the Commission will send another teacher. She also discusses the teachers at her school.