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Columbia S.C. 16th June, 1868 Rev. R. M. Manly, Dear Sir, I trust you will pardon the liberty of a stranger, personally, yet one not wholly unacquainted with you, as connected with the work among the Freedmen; in asking a favor for herself and three other ladies connected with her in the Freedmen's Schools of Columbia - Misses Isham, Green & Mrs. West. We desire very much to stop in Richmond on our way north for a day or two, to visit some of the points of interest in and about that city, and we should be very glad to place