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IB 695

OFFICE 
Clerk of Circuit Court, 
Walterboro, S.C., Sept 16th 1869

Maj E. L. Deane
Columbia S.C.

Dear Major - 
Yours informing me of the success of my application for school house for freedmen duly rec'd.
I have succeeded in obtaining from McIntyre one acre on one of the principal streets which I think will be just the location
Lumber can be procured as soon as we get some rains to start the mills for about $12 or $15 pr M
Carpenters wages are from 1 50 to $2 pr day - A State connects with this place from Jacksonboro Depot for T Chas R.R.
You can probably get a conveyance from Georgia Station which is more convenient for you - 
Let me know a few days  

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