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[[stamp]] Bureau of R.F. & A.L. Washington Recd. Jun 23 1869 [[/stamp]]

Office Supt. of Ed, Ste of Va 
Bureau of R.F. & A.L.
Richmond, Va. June 21st 1869

Respectfully retuned to Bvt: Major Gen'l O.O. Howard, U.S.A, Commissioner, inviting attention to enclosed letter of H. Halstead.
R.M. Manly
Supt. of Ed.

LR & EM. 311. lst Vol/69.

War Department
Bureau Refugees Freedmen & A. L. 
Washington June 24, 1869.

Respectfully returned to R.M. Manly Esq. Supt. of Education for Virginia. Until satisfactory evidence is furnished by copies of deeds, that the parties own the land and hold the same, as Trustees, for that purposes it is impossible to turn over these buildings to them.
E Whittlesey
By order of Bt. Maj. Genl. O.O. Howard

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

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