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said or done. The opposite is true. I am equally friendly to all and earnestly desirous that all should be supplied with facilities for carrying on their work. Be they Jew or Gentile, Protestant or Catholic I shall welcome every teacher. I suppose you must have got your impression from that extraordinary lady Mrs. James of Philadelphia, who in her new born zeal seems inclined take possession of the Bureau itself, and if everything she asks is not conceded at once, without reference to our means or the rights [[strikethrough]] over [[/strikethrough]] others, concludes that it is from unfriendliness to her society. 
Very Respy
R. M. Manly
I agree with you fully that there should be a much more ample provision made for instruction in Petersburg.
R M M