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New York Branch Freedman's Union Commission,
Committee on Correspondence and Organization,
[[strikethrough]] Room 39 Bible House, [[strikethrough]]  30 Vesey Str New York.

April 21st, 1868

Rev. R. M. Manly,

Dear Sir,

I have never thanked you personally for your two very satisfactory letters of some weeks ago - we were very glad to have you agree so fully with us as to the advantage of trying our normal scholars at once, as I suppose Mr. Kennedy wrote you.  I doubt, however, if he has had time to tell you how delighted we all were with your letter about punctuality - we are going to publish it for the benefit of our teachers in general!

But now we are going to ask your advice on another question in regard to next year's work - we have hit upon what we think a very good plan for inducing the Freed people to do as much as possible for their schools & in this at least we know you will sympathize.

We want to raise our teachers salary to $25.- per month & then have them

[[left margin]] Thank you very much for wishing us to come to Richmond - I wish with all my heart I could, but fear it is quite impossible, as I shall be going out west in three weeks to stay till June 15th - perhaps some one else may get there however, who will be as welcome, though you mustnt hope to see Mr. Kennedy this year - he is too busy. [[/left margin]] 

[[right margin]] Wm. Lowell
New York Apl 21 68 [[/right margin]]

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