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I agree with [[underlined]] Col. S. R. See. Supt. [[/underlined]] in [[underlined]] Bureau [[/underlined]] of [[underlined]] F. R. [[/underlined]] & [[underlined]] A. L. [[/underlined]] at [[underlined]] Alexandria, [[/underlined]] to build a [[underlined]] School House [[/underlined]] two story on [[underlined]] Pill St. [[/underlined]] bet. [[underlined]] Franklin [[/underlined]] & [[underlined]] Gibbon Sts [[/underlined]] in [[underlined]] Alexandria, Va., [[/underlined]] size 80 x 44 feet, and 26 feet high.

[[underlined]] The lower floor [[/underlined]] shall have 4 equal sized [[underlined]] School Rooms. [[/underlined]] opening into a [[underlined]] Hall [[/underlined]] 10 feet wide, and 44 feet long.

[[underlined]] There [[/underlined]] shall be [[underlined]] double doors [[/underlined]] at each end of the [[underlined]] Hall, [[/underlined]] with transoms above and well made porches in front. 8 x 10. From this [[underlined]] Hall [[/underlined]] shall ascend two [[underlined]] flights [[/underlined]] of stairs to a landing of proper size midway the building, one side of the [[underlined]] Hall [[/underlined]] making a side of the [[underlined]] Stairs, [[/underlined]] the other, side of the [[underlined]] Stairs [[/underlined]] and the opening above to be guarded by a rail and close wainscotting extending to the floor. [[underlined]] Beneath [[/underlined]] the [[underlined]] Stairs [[/underlined]] shall be a [[underlined]] Closet. [[/underlined]] The second shall have like the first floor 4 Rooms and a 10 front [[underlined]] Hall. [[/underlined]] Each of the 8 Rooms shall be [[underlined]] wainscotted [[/underlined]] 3 feet high, the [[underlined]] Hall [[/underlined]] 4 ft..

In each of the 8 [[underlined]] Rooms [[/underlined]] there shall be a [[underlined]] wainscotting petition [[/underlined]] across the end next the door, running 14 feet and 3 feet from the wall and 7 feet high. Six feet of this shall be [[underlined]] partitioned [[/underlined]] into a [[underlined]] Closet, [[/underlined]] covered at the top, with a door and sufficient shelves. The rest shall be open above and without a door and be fitted up with [[underlined]] Hooks, [[/underlined]] for the
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