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Sup't of Ed'n.
Office [[strikethrough]] Disbursing Officer, [[/strikethrough]]
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, South Carolina.
[[strikethrough]] Charleston, [[/strikethrough]] Columbia S.C., July 21st 1869.

Brevet Maj. Gen'l O. O. Howard U.S.A.
Commissioner. Bur. R.F and A.L. 
Washington, D.C.

General:

I have the honor to apply for the following appropriations for the construction and repairs of School Houses in this State.
Accompanying this letter you will find the original applications for assistance as received at this office.

Spartanburg. S.C. construction $800 00/100
Union. S.C. 650 00/100
Aiken. S.C. construction 500 00/100
Gadsden. (applied for by Hon. S.L. Hoge, M.C.
Bishopville. (applied for by Hon B. F. Whittemore) 500 00/100
Orangeburg. (repairs.) 200 00/100
Sumter. (add'l to amount already appropriated which is wholly insufficient.) 300 00/100

I am General

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