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Richmond January 18.' 1868 Rev. Mr Manly Sir. Can you do me the favor to answer the following questions? 1st. Are the New England "Free Schools" absolutely free as to tuition? 2nd How is the money raised for their support? 3 Is there any poll-tax in N. England, & how appropriated if any? 4 Is there any where compulsion used to make parents send their children to school, as in Prussia? 5 Are children of all colors indiscrimi- nately admitted to the New England schools? Having no reliable information on some of these points, I have taken the liberty of addressing these inquiries to you, who can, probably, give me the inform- ation, and, in our only interview, talked like a reasonable + moderate man. An answer of your earliest convenience will oblige Yours Respectfully Geo. E. Dabney