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for the promise of $300 for this house but would be glad you could double that sum  The Colored people will pay $400 and Rev Mr Chalfont besides paying for the land will pay about $600 – Money appropriated by your Missionary Board.
I shall be pleased to hear from you at your earliest convenience on this subject. We will when the house is finished give Mr Collins the contractor an order on you for the amount you are willing to pay on this building. I ask you to give us $600 instead of $300 for the reason that it costs $500 more than I first expected to lay out at that point. The Colored people will, I think, Contribute in money & labor enough to paint & pole in the house.

Yours Respectfully
J. H. Caldwell

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