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NARA 707

Shuqualak Miss Nov. 30th 1867.

Bill of material &c for building a freedmens' 
school house at Shuqualak, Noxubee County Miss.

[[2 column table]]
|   |   |
|---|---| 
| 36 feet-long by 24 feet-wide 
4 Corner posts 4 x 8 & 11 feet-long = | 118 feet |
| 20 Scantling for windows & doors 4 x 4 & 11 feet long | 292 feet |
| 4 Braces for Corner Posts 4 x 4 & 12 feet long | 54 feet |
| 4 Plates 4 x 6 & 36 feet long | 144 feet |
| 2 Plates 4 x 6 & 26 feet long | 104 feet |
| 17 Joice 2 x 6 & 26 feet long | 442 feet |
| 37 Rafters 2 x 4 & 16 feet long | 395 feet |
| 1400 feet inch weatherboarding flash 1 ft wide | 1400 |
| [[strikethrough]] 1220 [[/strikethrough]] feet 1 x 12 & 18 feet long | 1200 |
| 1000 feet 1 1/4 x 14 & 10 feet long for scats | 1000 |
|   | 5149 |
| Total lumber 5149 feet at $2.25 per hundred | $142.00 |
| 4 windows $7. each | 28.00 |
| 2 Doors $5 | 10.00 |
| 1 Key wails | 12.00 |
| Total value of material | 193.00 |

The erection of the building at $100.00 and shingles at $10 can be contributed without expence from freedmen

R.C. Powers
Geo. W. Campbell

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