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American Freedman's Union Commission, Number 30 Vesey Street. - [[strikethrough]] P.O. Box 5,733. [[/strikethrough]] New York 11 Feby 1869 Dear Mr. Manly: I have today received a letter from C.S. Hamrice of Chesterfield Co, Va Address Box 750, Richmond, a stranger to me, who asks for a loan to enable him to recreate the team on his farm & consequently to cultivate his land fully. He says that he owns his farm, 250 acres, & tools, & that the money asks for, 175 Dis, which he promises to repay in a year, will make him all right. Please tell me if you know him & in such case, if the money will be repaid. I don't know that I can help him, but wish to be better informed. Yours Truly Frans Geo Shaw