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War Department, 
BUREAU OF REFUGEES, FREEDMEN, AND ABANDONED LANDS, 
OFFICE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT SCHOOLS, 
Washington D.C., Dec. 18th, 1869. 

Rev. R. M. Manly, 
Supt. Ed. for Va. 

Dear Sir:-
The commissioner desires that my report for the six months ending Jan. 1st. 1870, be issued if possible by the 1st of Feb. next. To do so it is necessary that the State Superintendents transmit their semiannual narrative statements (together with the statistical report for Dec.) promptly at the close of the year. Please intersperse your statement of general facts with interesting incidents and anecdotes in detail, illustrating all the particulars