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Washington D.C. May 17th 1868 Maj General O. O. Howard Commr &c. Sir While on a visit in West Va a few days Since I made the acquaintance of Dr J. F. Caldwell of Lewisburg. When I left on my return for Washington he charged me with the following Commission to Genl Howard - "Say to General Howard Supt of Freedmens Bureau that the Freedmen here have bargained to purchase a stone house well suited for their Schoolhouse owned by the Masons, forty ft square, two stories high, and have raised $100 towards paying for it.