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WAR DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF REFUGEES, FREEDMEN, AND ABONDONED LANDS,
OFFICE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT SCHOOLS,
Washington, D.C. July 16th, 1869.

Rev. R. M. Manly, Supt Ed.
Dear Sir, 
Yours of the 8th instant would have been answered before, but I forwarded your questions to the Comms. who was in Stanford, Conn. Soon as his reply comes, I will answer. Your ruling, I think, is correct. 
Yours respectfully
J. W. Alvord
Genl. Supt of Schools