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Nov 16th 1864 Lieut Wheelock - Sec Bd of Education Dear Sir, In compliance with your request to furnish you a written statement, showing the average cost of books & furnished to Board of Education for Freedmen in comparison with cost of same to Boards of Public Education, generally and the trade at large. I respectfully submit that the difference is fully five (5) percent lower than the terms allowed to the largest dealers in the country, and 15% lower than small dealers and public schools elsewhere are furnished, and equal to not less than 88p% below the ordinary retail rates in the worth, for example I give you the rates of a few of the articles which shows the difference all through- [[4 columned table]] | | Retail Price | Wholesale Price | Price to Bd of Ed | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Prices speller | 35c | 20c | 16c | | P & W 1st Reader | 50 | 30 | 30 less Freight & Insurance | | P & W 2nd Reader | 80 | 56¼ | 50 less Freight & Insurance |