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^[[ [H183] ]]

[[preprinted]] 
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Office Sub-Asst. Commissioner,
[[strikethrough]] Greensboro' [[/strikethrough]] ^[[Wentworth]], N.C., ^[[November 25]], 186 ^[[7]]
[[/preprinted]] 

I Ezekiel Wheeler Hancock of the County of Rockingham near the town of Wentworth the County seat of said County do hereby make a a present with a half an acre of Land to the Colored people of the district for the purpose to build a School house thereon and am willing to furnish the land at once whenever they require it and have the deed recorded at the Court House.

[[signature]] E.W. Hancock [[/signature]]