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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, December 4th, 1869.

R. M. Manly Esq.
Supt. Education State of Va.
Richmond Va.

Si:
The Commissioner desires that you forward the names of any enlisted men of colored regiments "meritorious and trustworthy, disabled in service" who are qualified for appointment as Superintendent of National Cemeteries.

Very Respectfully
E. Whittlesey
A. A. A. General