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Office Suot. Schools, 4th Va. Dist. Orange C.H. Va. Feb. 25th 1868 R.M. Manly, Esq. Supt Schools, Richmond Va. Dear Sir; In compliance with your request for report of Normal School in this District,- contained in your letter of Feb 18th, I hereby respectfully submit the following brief report. A Normal School was first organized, at Charlottsville, on March 23rd 1867. Its members were composed of members from two other schools that had been in operation, one, (in charge of a native teacher) about 6 months, the other, in charge of the present very efficient teacher of the Normal School, Miss Anna Gardner, of Nantucket Mass, about 3 months.