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Newbern N.C. Feb 12th 1869

Dr Vogel

Dr Sir
I am a Baptist Minister have seen Rev Bacon D.D. and he seen the State and Condition of the Cold Baptist in Newbern that they is with out a house he in fermed me to you and saying he thought that you would assist me in some way in giting a baptist edifice erected  Sir can you assist me  I need a house very bad  the Baptist have not a singel house that is fit to turn rain nor wind  We would like to have a house that we can use as a School house  I have more then once made the application to the Beaurou offercize and never could 

[[stamp]] REC'D H'D Q'RS BU R.F. & A L. NORTH CAROLINA. FEB 16 1869 [[/stamp]]