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Petersburg July 17th 1869

Mr R M Manly

Sir we the undersighners Board of 2nd Freedman school do most respectfully & urgently request of you to let our school be continued through the month of august being as [[strikethrough]] our [[/strikethrough]] a portion of our children has been deprived of the opportunity of coming for several days on account of working our crops you would confer a great favor upon us by so doing we remain
most respectfully
Thos Cary
M. Bragg
Wain Rose
Howar Johnson
Henry Eppes
David Hall
Robt Pattinson
Mas White
Tiller White
Berryman Tucker
Henry Walker
Henry Jons
Thos Harris
Carlina Elmore
Mary McCoy
Lawson Jone
Mary Davis
Jon Lindsay
Jim Jones
H Pegram 
Thos Evans
Ellen Masson
Agg Polling
Pitts Meed