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War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, July 11th 1870

R.M. Manly Esq
Superintendent of Education
Richmond Va.

Sir:
Referring to letter of the 28th ult. from this office I am directed by the Commissioner to instruct you that so much of said letter as orders the discontinuance of the Educational Division in Virginia on the 15th inst. is hereby recalled, and the time given you for closing up your operations is hereby extended to August 15th, 1870.

very respectfully
Your o'bdt serv't
J.M. Brown
A.A.A. Genl.