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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
State of Texas.
Office of Superintendent of Education.
Austin, Texas, Austin, Sep. 11, 1869

Martin McInerny
Clarksville, Texas

I inclose you [[strikethrough]] General Balloch's [[/strikethrough]] my Check No. 13, on the [[strikethrough]]  Assistant Treasurer of the United States at New York [[strikethrough]] 1st National Bank of Galveston, for $15, payable to the order of yourself; being in payment of services as teacher at Clarksville, Tex for the month of July, 1869.
This is your final payment.

Please date and sign the inclosed receipt, and return the same at your earliest convenience. 

Respectfully, your obedient servant, 
Jos. Welch
Superintendent of Education, State of Texas.

Rec'd the check on the 30th Sept 1869
Martin McInerny