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War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, September 15th, 1869.
R.M. Manly Esq.
Superintendent of Education
Richmond Va.
Dear Sir:-
Bt. Major Genl. O.O. Howard, Commissioner of this Bureau instructs me to say that you are authorized to expend (in addition to the twenty five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) limited to rentals, repairs, and construction of schools from September 1st, 1869 to July 1st, 1870,) - not to exceed within the same period the sum of fifteen thousand one hundred and twenty dollars ($15,120.00) under the head of rentals paid to associations —— payment of same to be made as heretofore by the Chief Disbursing Officer under existing regulations.
Very Respectfully Your Obdt. Servt.
Henry M. Whittlesey
A.A.A. General.