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[[left margin]] Re'cd Aug. 8th 1868 [[/left margin]]

never fulfilled, Mr. Buckley, last August, at Florence, promised me sufficient means to repair the colored Baptist church at that place; and, on the strength of said promises, we went forward and  had the house put in orders, the cost of which amounting to about $161- In making up the funds necessary for another year's work such items as the above would count largely
We expect to be on the ground early in the fall, and are now busy with our work [[strikethrough]] looking to [[/strikethrough]] in that direction-
I am
Yours very truly
Oscar M. Waring