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Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Headquarters Ass't Commissioner, District Columbia, Washington, July 29th 1867. Genl. C. H. Howard Ast. Comr. General: I respectfully ask that lumber be sent to Blue Plains Landing, on the Potomac River, two miles above Alexandria, to the care of James H. Hutton, to build a school House at Oxen Run for Colored children. ✓ 110 ft. 6 X 6 running feet { scantling ✓ 110 ft. 4 X 4 running feet { ✓ 75 joists 12 ft. long. 3 X 4 ✓ 4 joists 12 ft. long. 4 X 4 ✓ 32 rafters 12 ft. long. 3 X 5 ✓ 23 joists 20 ft. long. 3 X 10 ✓ 100 ft. joist 3 X 4 2000 ft. # boards for siding and outhouses # Hemlock 700 f boards for sheathing 3200 [[strikethrough]] Cypress [[/strikethrough]] shingles. No. 1. Spruce ✓ 750 ft. boards flooring ✓ 400 ft. boards wainscotting