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N.E. Branch Freedmen's Union Commission.
Recently New England Freedmen's Aid Society.
No. 8 Studio Building,

Boston, April 15th 1868

Mr. Manly,

Dear Sir,
In the course of our inquiries concerning plans for a Normal School at Charlottesville we have information of the untrustworthiness of two persons there, and we think it proper to tell you this confidentially, as you may have intercourse with them. There is an impression that these two men, Mr. George, a white preacher, and Mr. Richmond, a colored man, — though very plausible in their statements, would not have the best interests