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Capt. Lexington Va. Nov 10 1866.


The house that we are now in had been bargained for and promised to the colored people for the sum of $1500, to be paid in four equal sums yearly. The first payment is now ready and Mr. Brackett proposed seeing it made and if possible, the deed signed during his stay, but this morning we were met by an unlooked for difficulty, Capt Middleton an it Mayor of Lexington and whose son we have teaching in our schools, had given his promise to the Colored men acting in this matter that he would be their security, but today altogether declines, giving as his reason that he understands the students have laid plans to burn us out, and he is therefore unwilling to incur the risk. We are half disposed to think this a story invented for the occasion, nevertheless, true or false, it serves the purpose, no other security can be found, and the man whom we have to deal, is inexorable, nothing will content him, but the whole amount cash down. He is an inveterate Yankee hater and would doubtless rejoice to see us driven away from the place. We have tried every means to obtain premises in other quarters, but all in vain. Not a room

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