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Wytheville Va
Jan 16 1870
Mr Manely
Dear Sir I take this opportunity to write to you to inform you that the school house at Ceder Hill the man says he must be paid for it from Jan the first 25 dollars for the year this being the case what I was giting from a small school thay said thay would give 50 cents a pace and that in trade so I could not make a liven for my family at that rate so I was compel to give the school up at that point I hope you will parden me for so doing and to get work that would pay