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Office Sub-Assistant Commissioner
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned Lands
Fifteenth Sub-District
Halletsville, Texas, June 6th 1869
Mr Welch
as my present cession is out the last of this month I would be more than obliged to you if you can give me transportation home as my school has been very poor every since I have been here. I would like to return home the last of this month as my school is very poor. I have had only 14th scholars for nearly three months but as I promised to stay till June I thought I would stay the cession out though they have not half paid. and I have to pay $10 a month for board and at that rate I would have much to go on I would have written to you before, but have been looking for you all the spring I was in hopes that you was coming so I could have to you all about the school and how [[strikethrough]] illegible [[/strikethrough]] the people was doing. if you please write and let me know what you can do for me

Very respectfully yours,
Isabella Shaw