Your very kind letter of the 18th instant has been received and contents carefully noted. I have delayed replying to your letter that I might secure definite information from the Register of the General Assembly of Virginia. My letter to you contained information from the memory of my brother-in-law and another aged gentleman, with whom I conferred regarding the information you had asked me to supply. I have just secured first hand information which contains practically the same information as given in my letter, still it comes with authority. You will note please the slight correction to be made in reference to the years he served in the Legislature of Virginia. You have my full permission to use the matter in any way you see fit, making the slight correction in the dates the Hon. Peter G. Morgan served in the Legislature. With kind regards and best wishes, believe me, Sincerely yours, Signed: JAMES S. RUSSELL, _Principal_. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE RICHMOND October 22, 1920. DR. JAMES S. RUSSELL, Archdeacon, St. Paul Normal and Industrial School, Lawrenceville, Virginia. _My dear Dr. Russell_: The Register of the General Assembly of Virginia, on p. 409, carries the information that Peter G. Morgan of Petersburg, was a member of the Convention of 1867-1868; was a member of the House of Delegates of Virginia at the session of 1869-70, and in 1870-71. I hope that this is the information you desire. Yours very truly, Signed: LEROY HODGES, _Aide to the Governor_. THE EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO Captain A. B. Spingarn has supplied the following valuable information given in these extracts from the laws of the State of New York: May 10th, 1923. DR. CARTER G. WOODSON, Journal of Negro History, 1216 You Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. _My dear Dr. Woodson_: The following extracts from the Session Laws of the State of New York for 1826 and 1832 may be of interest. I did not see mention of the latter one in your invaluable, _The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861_. "CHAP. 145 of Laws of 1826. AN ACT _to provide for the colored Persons who are occupants of Lots in New Stockbridge_. Passed April 11, 1826.