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Have you not among your acquaintance and friends have good friends of our work who will esteem it a privilege to supply some one or more of these wants? 
   
I think there must be in your noble city, individuals or associations who, if they knew these wants would make quick work to supply them, and in two months we would be ready to transfer one of the best of New England ideas - a complete system of free schools - to Virginia soil.  

Very Resp'y
Your Obt Serv't 
R.M. Manly
Supt Freedmens Schools Va.