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March the 21 1868 Brown rigg Wysmy has reppesented [[represented]] a shool [[school]] in bertie Cunty at Secd [[Isanden?]] & eas [[east]] to Ronoke the [[strikethrough]] is [[/strikethrough]] house is 17 feet long an [[and]] 15 feet Wide Mr, lutenent [[lieutenant]] foots Ples [[please]] send me Word the can be from 25 to 30 head of children. got in the nibberhood [[neighborhood]] I has ben [[been]] helping shool [[school]] all most [[almost]] 2 winters if the Pele is so poor there is not cobble to pay me anything having a bad crop year. I Will ple [[please]] if you Wold [[would]] Write to me Whether the government will surport this or shod [[should]] or [[strikethrough]] at [[/strikethrough]] not an if the Mill. Send me word if the Pele is not able to Pay me I shall be bond [[bound]] to quit. Ples [[Please]] let me know what the Mill give the session. Brown rigg Wysmy

Lutenent [[Lieutenant]] foot
the Colied Pebe is so poor the is not able to Pay me 

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The original text has many spelling errors. I've tried my best to decipher what the writer is trying to say but most of the sentences are still weakly structured.