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Pickland May 22nd 1869.
V 70, RF.AL Vol 14:69

Virginia
Manly R.M.
Superintendent of Education.

Requests information as to whether instructions in Cir. W.6.C.S. W.D. Bu.R.F.&A.L. are meant to apply for cases where land and building belong to private parties who give, or rent, the use of it to freedmen, for school purposes, and the amount required for repairs is small; or where freedmen are allowed to build on land of private parties performing the labor themselves, and only asking aid of the Bureau to a trifling extent. 

[[stamp]] Bureau R.F.&A.L. Washington Recd May 24 1869 [[\stamp]]

W.17.Off.Supt. Ed. B.R.F & AL. Va, 1st Vol 1869.
M17
War Dept Bureau R.F.A.L.
Washington May 25, 1869
Respectfully returned to R.M. Manly, Supt of Education State of Va. Circular No 6, is intended to apply to all cases
By order of 
Bvt Maj Genl Howard
Commissioner
E. Whittlesey
a.a.a. General

[[stamp]] State of Virginia Bureau R.F.& A.L. Recd May 26 1869 [[\stamp]]