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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
State of Texas.
Office of Superintendent of Education.
Austin, Texas, July 19, 1870.

Thomas Gilroy
Courtney, Tex.

I inclose you General Balloch's Check No. 9701, on the Assistant Treasurer of the United States at New York, for $2,5 00/100, payable to the order of yourself; being in payment of Rent of House for the month of June, 1890
This is your final payment.
Please acknowledge receipt of the same.

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Please date and sign the inclosed receipt, and return the same at your earliest convenience.
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Respectfully, your obedient servant, 
E. C. Bartholomew
Superintendent of Education, State of Texas.

Rec'd the above named check on the 23d of July A.D. 1870,
Thomas Gilroy
Teacher

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edited: its 1870 not 1890, its Gilroy not Kilroy, filled in blanks, changes and corrections,