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Bureau R. F. & A Lands. Office Asst. Supt. Sub Dist No 8. 7th Dist Va Lexington Va Feb 20th 1867 - R. M. Manly Supt Education F.B. Sir I have the honor to request that a Freedmens School be established at Warm Springs. The agency seat of Botham County - which contributes a part of the Sub-District [[?]] in my charge. The Freedpeople in that neighborhood are very desirous of having such a school, and some twenty-five or thirty people would attend it. One teacher would be sufficient and, if possible, this one should be a person of sagacity - and that - as the white citizens of our county are generally opposed to Freedmen's schools, and I wish to overcome this opposition as quietly as my duty to the Freedmen will permit. I have had some correspondence with Mr Brackett on the subject - but he has given me no positive assurance as to whether we can or cannot establish the school. Very [[?]] I am obt. Servt J. W. Thorp Capt.-& Asst. Supt. F.B. Rockridge, Both. & Alleghany Cos. Va