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Marlin Texas
Sept 10th 1870

E.C. Bartholomew
Huntsville

Sir,
I last night saw Wm Battle and had a long conversation with him in reference to the building of the school house.

I made a close calculation on the cost of the material to build the house described in the agreement delivered on the ground will be over six hundred dollars and that is all the contract gives them and they are not able to build the house under six weeks and nothing will be left them for their labor therefore they have backed out from the contract and say they cannot build the house