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also Googe Caston is the man that has given the land to me for the school house and it is in a good place and with every thing handy to the use of the school in it being built Mr. Caston with myself will be in the city if nothing happen to prevent about the middle of December

Please send an answer to this as soon you can find out about the school house

Address
John C. Fastie
Hope post office
Summerset Co
Eastern Shore Md
Yours Truly in good works
[[signature]] John C Fastie [/signature
[[right margin]] Baltimore [/right margin]]

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want me to ascertian of the [[Burou?]] build them a school house or send them the materials to build one with the peple and their childrens is in quit a [[strikethrough]] ? [/strikethrough]] to deslastute conditions in regard to their education there is at this point about three hundred persons be side children and they are very poor these are about twelve men who are well to do one has offer me a quarter of a acre of his land to build a school house [[?]] he give items for that [[purpose?]] I hope you will lay this before the freeman
[[Buroue?]] as see wether they will ecept this place this place and the place that has been made to them
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