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Thibodeaux 7th Nov 1864 Lieut. E.W. Wheelock Sec. Board of Education New Orleans Dear Sir With this, I enclose duplicate of my request to the Pro. Marshal for buildings for school purposes. The brick warehouse named, he gave me authority to take possession of this morning - It is will be called & will make the most comfortable house we yet have, but the floor & windows & doors are gone. The slopes are all good, there should be a petition run across the room, five windows are needed, large ones & two doors, one for the outside & one to go through the petition. The openings are all alike 6 feet by 7 & to give light sufficient, should have large windows. If you can send the doors from the city, I think it would be best, common batten doors. Will you please send the boards for the floor & petition. I will give the dimensions of the room below. It will take but a short time to have the house ready after the materials are received. Very respectfully Yr. Obt. Svt. W. Fiske Dimensions of the Brick House 46 by 27 feet 9½ feet high openings 6 ft by 7 feet. Wanted 2 Pairs Hinges for doors 1 Pr. 2½ Butts for the other house 2 Thin Plain door handles & latches A lock for the outside door [Underlined] 10 [/underlined] penny nails for the floor say 20[[?]] - 5[[?]] 8 ds.
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"The slopes are all good"... unsure if "slopes" is correct.
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symbol next to 20 & 5 at end of letter? I can't decipher it
^ possibly 20th-5th?