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American Freedmans Union Commission,
No. 76 John Street. - P. O. Box 5,733 
LYMAN ABBOTT Gen. Sec.   J. M. McKIM, Cor. Sec.

New, 23 Aug- 1866. 

R. M. Manly- 
Richmond. Va-
Dear Sir,
Yours of the  20 th is red. Probably my last letter to you is a sufficient reply. I can only add that I cordially approve doing this work this the colored people. If it can be thus made a measurement of their energy & enthusiasm with  it will be of much greater value-
I retain the plans you sent me, to submit to the Ex. Commr
Yours Truly 
Lyman Abbott
Gen. Sec.