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Selma Ala
May 17 1870

Col Beecher
Dear Sir,
Yours just recd" have not recd" any letters from you before since you wrote me concerning some papers sent you for bounty. I have obtained from Mr Patterson plans and specifications of the building here, but have no means by which to tell the cost of building
As far as I can learn the lot cost a little over 300.00. A fence has been just been put around it, blackboards, stoves and other things paid for not in the original bills The amount of labor given. I can only form a rough estimate therefore I will not make any. Will be in M. in about three weeks,
Sincerely yours
Jos. H. Sears