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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, HEAD QUARTERS 2nd SUB-DISTRICT, VIRGINIA, Petersburg, Va Sept 25th 1868. Mr. Manly Dear Sir I write to inquire if you have any information more positive with reference to a certain capitation subsidy which you expected to aid in carrying on weak schools We want a school at City Point and there is a colored woman of education here who I think will teach it The negroes there are the poorest and most inept of any in my Districts I cannot start the school without feeling sure of outside aid We have a building there Please inform me as near as possible with reference to the fund in question and oblige Respty Yours J R Stone S A Comm Revd R.M. Manly Supt Education Richmond