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$90.00 pr month for services, free of all expen[[text cut off]] for those reason I can not see no good cau[[text cut off]] why you should insist to pay to Mr. Hugh[[text cut off]] a additional sallary. Furthermore if [[text cut off]] had taken this school with the underst[[text cut off]] that he would receive his pay here, tha[[text cut off]] he should have reported to me, when he too[[text cut off]] up that school, I then would have him not sufferd to collect of the freedman any pay, but inasmuch as he has got those pays above stated, there is no good cause to pay him a extra sallery, from the City county or State, and if other Trustees have done so in like cases they dont understand their business or a reckless man.

Hoping this will be satisfactory.
I remain your Obt Servant
S. Block