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American Missionary Association:
No. 53 JOHN STREET.
President- REV. E. N. KIRK, D. D., Boston, Mass.
 
REV. GEORGE WHIPPLE, N.Y.
REV. M. E. STRIEBY, N.Y.
[[crossed out]]Rev. J. R. Shepherd[[/crossed out]], Chicago. 
[[bracket]]Sec's.

E. KETCHUM, ESQ., Treasurer, N.Y.
W.E. WHITING, ESQ. Asst. Treas., N.Y.
REV. E. P. SMITH, Gen. Field Agent, N.Y.

New York. March 16th. 1869
Rev. R. M. Manly,
Richmond, Va.

My dear Brother,

I am told that you are in a position to have some influence with Dr. Sears, in behalf of Normal Schools in Virginia. 

I want to ask, not merely as a personal favor, but for the good of the Colored people, that you would endeavor to interest him in behalf of our school at Hampton; not discriminating against any others, but on independent grounds, as being worthy of such aid, in sue. careful operation, and [[?]] in the line of operations indicated by