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Benedict Charles County Md. August 18th 1868 Rev. John Kimball Dear sir I write to inform you that we held a meeting at Mr. Haverlands audience not large but had a good time I would have been pleased to have seen you and the Genl. but I did not know it untill it was too late I give Capt. Howard an order to bring the lumber for Bryanstown school House and Mount Pleasant also if they have been ordered we have commenced getting the heavy timbers on the ground and goning [[?]] a head with Benedict school House And are also having the Island Creek School House sceiled and plastered And will hold a festival Saturday to raise money to finish that House then I
Transcription Notes:
"goning" might be "gowing" (for "going") -- Beth