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[[preprinted] 
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, D.C., ^[[August 7]] 186^[[7]]
[[/preprinted]

Bvt. Maj. Gen. N. A. Miles
Asst. Commssr. N. C.

General
Maj. Genl. Howard Commssr, directs that you instruct your officer or Agent at Charlotte N. C. to repair the Biddle Memorial Institute in that town, for use as a Normal School Building, at an expense not exceeding $1000. The balance of costs to be paid by the Old School Presbyterian Church, Rev. W. L. Miller Agent.

If necessary, your fund will be increased to meet this expenditure.

Very Respectfully,
[[signature]] E. Whittlesey [[/signature]]
A. A. A. G.