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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Office Chief Q.M. and Disbursing Officer State of North Carolina,
Raleigh, N.C., August 27, 1868

Lt. T.D. McAlpine
Charlotte N.C.

Yours of 25th inst covering contract & specification for completing Biddle institute came duly to hand. The contract is a very lame document and would show that the Schoolmaster was abroad at some time in the life of the maker. It provides for the expenditure of sixteen hundred and eighty nine 36/100 dollars ($1689.36) leaving thirteen hundred & ten 64/100 dolls ($1310 64/100). The expenditure of this balance must be made by contracts with the plaster & painter separately. Let them read for example - for the