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Bureau of Refugees, freedmen & Abandoned Lands
Office Sup't 2nd District,
Petersburg, Va., ___1865.

in their behalf - and there for the interests of the Col'd people here - and for the good of free anti-sectarian Schools -

The colored people need guiding & restraining in such matters or they will work against their own interests.

Most Resy
Your Obt Sevt
J. C. Longley
Supt of Schools
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