Sol · #1153 · Partridge · cash + in-kind

Sol #1153 — Onondaga Partridge: erected ~70-seat schoolhouse; school opened

Finding #1153: Onondaga agent Partridge reported $287.50 paid for materials/work plus ~$50 Indigenous stone/timber in kind, enabling erection of a 30×24-foot schoolhouse (nine-foot posts, ~70 seats; main room 24 ft square). Superintendent: “A school has been opened.”

Accounting: $287.50 is reported cash payment; ~$50 is in-kind estimate — not additional Treasury spend. Contrasts with St. Regis $197 contract target (#1150) which did not certify completion. Secondhand official account, not inspected invoices/assent. Repo: 1847-onondaga-schoolhouse-partridge-cash-in-kind-construction.

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