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& importance.  He is a strong union man, & determined to show his friendship to the negros  
He offered me in the presence of all the negroes in his locality, an acre of land on the line of his farm, in a central position, at $25- a mere nominal sum in case they would move the school house to it, a distance of half a mile. He had also given them the timber for the house.  He believes if the negroes own this house of Education & worship it will help their self respect & manhood, & he is willing to be the first to break the ice, in that locality, in selling them land, & submits to lose a square cut in his line, at the lowest cash valuation of his whole farm the idea was to buy this outright & then divide the remainder of the Grayson appropriation $35-, between the two teachers making $17.50 each for two months. Then I proposed to run in debt for the Dec. allowances $15 each to the extent of $10- each for windows &c, leaving $5- each in Dec. for the Teachers.

I really feel a strong interest in getting this land bought and Deeded to the