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[[stamp]] The National Archives of the United States [[/stamp]]

Montgomery Ala
May 4, 1870

Miss E.S. Thompson
Columbiana Ala

Madam
We are directed by order from Washington to furnish the following information in relation to every building constructed, reported or rented by us Viz.

The Building by Erected Government, & my own aid. $50 00 
By whom is the building owned  Government.
Materials of which constructed  Wood or frame
Dimensions  40 feet in front 20 wide, 2 brick chimneys
Estimated value of Building  materials & work $500.
Estimated value of Land  Worth $200.

We are without the evidence necessary to enable us to answer the foregoing questions so far as applicable to the building rented of you in March last. You will oblige by advising us of the particulars at as early a moment as practicable, as we wish to use the knowledge so obtained at once

Respectfully
Edwin Beecher
Supt of Education
BRF & AL