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Covington Ky  August 28th 1871

General O O Howard

Sir I set my shalf to wright you A few lines to inform you of what we have done for our Shalfs we have Built A house for School And church inside of two [[strikethrough]] y [[/strikethrough]] years and pead $3,000 Dollers we have give the Bastment for School. all the time we want $1000 more to finish paying for it then we will Have A good house worth $8000 Dollers. our house is Built of Brick 2 Store [[strikethrough]] 30 By [[/strikethrough]] 32 By 52 and fronts on maison Street  
Be 2nd and 3 Covington KY it is the only School in the city of collord will you be so Kind to give us $1000 Dollers if not give us what you can we have done and it A doing all we can our [[strikethrough]] whit [[/strikethrough]] whit pepole
in covington do us [[strikethrough]] lille [[strikethrough]] little or no good
at all if we can git one $1000 for to pay 
on our house we can pay the ticher our Shelfs we can git A long our School will 
Commence Septemter first 1871
In this house the School hist been [[strikethrough]] goan [[/strikethrough]]  
Goingon 8 mounths on [[strikethrough]] fish [[/strikethrough]] finish We have jest finish it 

Please helt us the Bibel [Bible] [[strikethrough]] t [[/strikethrough]] tell us Ask and it shall be given 
- No more. Rev Allan Nunn

Please wright Soon as you git this and let us [[strikethrough]] K [[/strikethrough]] Know