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cheaper, or for any reason more advantageous than other land in the State? What are the especial reasons for its selection? There is already a Normal School in Richmond; another I believe at Hampton. Is it wise to establish a third midway between these two; would it not be wise to go further North + West; into the Shenandoah for example? You will understand that these are not received as conclusive objectives, but as questions. In the weeks we feel there [[strikethrough]] wee [[/strikethrough]] we need fuller information before stating the [[?]]; information on these permits. 

A very considerable objective is fell too to the agricultural character of the place.  Experience in the past has not proved that such school farms  pay expenses. On the contrary they are usually costly.. To attempt the establishment of what would be essentially an agricultural College [[strikethrough]] soe [[/strikethrough]] seems to require a greater endowment that $10.000 at the outset. On the other hand

Transcription Notes:
Normal school - A normal school is an institution created to train high school graduates to be teachers by educating them in the norms of pedagogy and curriculum