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Piedmont, VA Mr. R. M. Manly May 2, 1868 Sir I trust you will pardon my troubling you, the wish to do all I can for the people must plead my excuse. the people here wish to petition for one years free schooling at least that the Bureau would pay me their teachers a salary for one year or even a half year to enable them to send those children who live a distance if they have no school tax to pay for a time, they could pay a trifle for their board to those near me and so keep them at School. I must now say that what I receive now would not much more than pay me for shoes, I Should be content with A very moderate Salary from the Bureau if it is possible to