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[[preprinted]] 162 [[/preprinted]] Washington D.C. Sept 3d 1867. Mr J H Butler, Sir, I send you four (4) plans which you can put in the hands of those who build the four (4) houses, for their guide. If you can buy lumber sawed out [[strikethrough]] in [[/strikethrough]] at Mills in the County, you had best tell us, for it ought to be cheaper in Calvert Co than we can buy it in Baltimore or Washington & save the freight. Vy respy. yours, John Kimball Supt of Schools