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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