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Selma Ala Feb 28 1868

Capt. Bush
Supt Public Instruction
[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]

Dear Sir

I wrote you a day or wo ago in relation to a plan for the school house, which it is proposed to build here. I find in a work on School Architecture &c by John M. Gregory Supt of Public Instruction of Michigan in 1864 a "Design" for a Union school house with it seems to me is just what we want for this locality. It is designed for the accommodation of about 280 pupils but admits of enlargement to provide for a larger number. Several houses have been erected on this plan in Michigan, and it is well adapted to this climate. The general distribution of room favors an easy and orderly movement of the entire school and it presents a very neat and economic structure.