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December 3
J.R. Stone
Sub Asst Comm.

Sir:

I have the honor to acknowledge the rec't of your communication of the 1st inst asking for an appropriation of one thousand dollars, in addition to the monthly rental of two hundred dollars already assigned.  I am instructed by the Asst Com'r to say that the limited funds at the disposal of the Bureau in this Military Dist. make it impossible to grant that request without great injustice to other portions of the State where the freedmen have hitherto had fewer school advantages than your city -: many of them now enjoying these advantages for the first time.

Very Respy
Your Obdt Sevt
R.M. Manly
Supt Education