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I learn from them, has offered them a lot that will make it more central, and they think can get more to support it, they can [[smudged/erased word]] act their Pleasure.  My impression is, that with $200, from the [[strikethrough]]Beaureau[[/strikethrough]] Bureau, they will [[double underline]]not[[/double underline]] be able to build this Hall, the season being so far advanced operates against them, They will be better prepaired next Spring, and I think will accomplish, [[underline]]then[[/underline]], what they [[underline]]desire[[/underline]] now.  You ask where is Norbeck?  It is in Berrys [[underline]]Dist.[[/underline]] Montgomery [[underline and three dots under]]co.[[/underline and three dots under]] [[underline and three dots under]]Md.[[/underline and three dots under]] (on the Brookville Pike, about 13 miles from Washington (8 miles from Brookville,)
Yours [[underline and three dots under]]Sc.[[?]][[/underline and three dots under]] John P. Dodge