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[[rec]]ommend that the building be bought if procurable at a cost of Eighteen hundred ($1800.00) dollars.

[[signature]] C. E. Compton. [[/signature]]
Maj & Bvt Lt Col U. S. A.
Asst Commissioner.

(2 Enclosures.)

Bureau Ref. F & AL.
Hd. Qrs. Asst. Com. N. C.
Raleigh.  Apr 25 1869.

Respectfully returned to Mrs. [[underlined]] J. P. R. Hanly, [[/underlined]] (thro. Supt. of Education.) Attention is invited to endorsement from Bureau Hd. Qrs. of 17th inst. herein, by which it will be seen that the Commissioner declines to authorize the purchase of this building.

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[[signature]] C. E. Compton. [[/signature]]
Maj & Bt Lt Col. U. S. A.
Asst Comsr,

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[[preprinted]]
War Department,
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.
Washington, Apl 17 1869

Respectfully [[/preprinted]] returned to the Assistant Commissioner of North Carolina.  Under the circumstances as stated in the enclosed letter of Mr [[underlined]] Whittemore [[/underlined]] the Commr does not deem it wise to purchase the building described.

By order of 
Bvt. Major Genl [[underlined]] Howard [[/underlined]] 
[[signature]] E. Whittlesey [[/signature]]
A. A. A. General

EB 368 Vol 5

[[stamp]] REC'D HD Q'RS BU R. F. & AL. NORTH CAROLINA APR 19 1869 [[/stamp]]

Transcription Notes:
The way Compton signs his name may look like "C. C.," but it is actually "C. E."