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[[stamp]] The National Archives of the United States [[/stamp]] Head Quarters Sub District of Selma Selma Alabama August 2nd 1867 Colonel C.W. Buckley Superintendent of Education Montgomery, Alabama. Colonel I have the honor to ask instructions relating to the building of the School House It is the the impression of Mayor Safford that 1000$ can be raised in the city. I shall arrange for the circulation of subscriptions to effect that today. The Mayor and Council of the City have promised to assist in every way they can I have made a contract to purchase on the 31st day of August a lot adjoining the Silsby lots, as mentioned in my former letter to you for 250$. Will the society pay this purchase do you think, and when will they do so. Should they not accept the lot and that by the 31st inst. the contract