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The United States Sanitary Commission,
"THE HOME,"
374 NORTH CAPITOL STREET,
Washington D.C. 186

Richmond County Virginia,
August, 10th 1869

Mr. R. M. Manly
Dear Sir,
I feel it my duty to write to you in regard to my school and this is to let you know how some of the people are trying to treat me a bout my school and Mr. Saunders is at the head of the matter. Saunders did while I was at home last January, he employed a teacher that was dun after I had made up my school for this year. he then said that I should not have the use of his House this year. I then got another House and commenced my School. then his teacher left there was one of my Scholars sent to him and the boy him Self told me that the man could not teach him a Word. Well Saunders had no more to Say a bout the School, as I could hear and by the by the Second day of this month in passing there I saw another man there I then asked him Why did he come here to interfear With my School and he Said that Saunders. and some others had employed him to teach but he did not know that I was there