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120 Oct 11th 9. Mr. J. W. Bryant Supt of Public Instructions Decherd, De Kalb Co., Tenn. Sir: I have the honor to inform you that your application for an appropriation of #75 to repair the School House for Freedmen at Winchester Tenn has been approved. You will please cause contracts in duplicate to be made between Bvt. Lt. Col. C. E. Compton, U.S.A. Supt of Education Bu. R. F. & A. L. for State of Tenn. and some party in your vicinity for the furnishing materials to the above amount. Specifying in the contract the quantity of each article and price per M. lb or set as the case may be. Send the contract to this office at your earliest convenience and upon the same being approved one copy will be returned and the other retained on file in this office. Very respectfully Your obedient servant C. E. Compton Bvt Lt Col. U.S.A. Supt of Ed. Tennessee