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War Department, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Washington, Septr. 22d, 1869. Joseph Welch Supt of Education Austin Texas Sir: I am directed by the Commissioner to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 13th acknowledging receipt of your circular letter of Septr. 1st 1869. limiting amount of appropriations to the several states, in which you say 'I understand this to mean that are we to receive to that amount in addition to all contracts approved on that date whether any payments may have been made on the same or not' and in reply to state that your construction of the above mentioned letter is correct The contracts for the construction of buildings at Houston & Galveston are approved Respectfully Your obdt servant Henry M Whittelsey A.A.A. General