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Mar 18th 1864
Lt E.M. Wheelock

Sir
Please find enclosed a complete list of the articles necessary for the schools. I have studied economy throughout, and have taken precautions to avoid difficulties with the Insurance Cos. They have already forbidden Mrs Richards to put fire in her stove - it was imprudently put up, but we shall have it all right in a few days. Would it not be better to send me directly to Austin & Co who make and furnish those articles, and to whom you could address the enclosed order, than to send me with your order to Mr Car, who merely writes another order to Austin & Co. to whom he sends [[?]] I have always avoided, when doing business, those Commission Merchants, who are mere sharks preying on the pockets of others and