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Gordonsville Va. Sept. 17, 1865 Rev. R. M. Manley My dear Sir: I have commenced operations here today. found no trouble in procuring schoolroom &c. The negroes are as anxious to learn to read & write as their former masters are not to have them. Shall open an evening school as soon as possible. I shall go to Fredericksburg next. Capt. Crandon thinks they are next most needy at that place. Orange C.H & Charlotte will come early on the programme of my operations. I find the inhabitants quite as cordial as I anticipated. Capt. Crandon is doing all he can for the cause- Yrs most Truly - E. P. Frost
Transcription Notes:
"Orange C.H" might be an abbreviation for "Orange Courthouse"