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Norfolk Va May 4th 1869 R A Manly Supt Ed Va Dear Sir I forward teachers reports of the schools much reduced by the occupation of the pupils in picking, planting &c The Taylor Farm School I have closed for same reason & that the decrease was greater: all there will be employed until the fall. The people in whose locality I have had schools show much more inclination to labor than formerly. Yours truly Ada W Smith Supt Schools PEH &c
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