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Keysville Virginia Mr RM Manly August 30, 1869

Sir
As our contract is out for rent of school room I must a few words to let you you, we will have to rent school soon  another session as the collored people have not been able to finish there school house yet and to ask if you will continue to pay the rent our school have increased in numbers so much we write home to rent a larger house if we can get it we will have to pay more for it. is the five dollars all you can pay for us if you could pay any more we would be verry thankfull pleas let me here from you I have concluded not to give vacation in September but teach on until January. 
Verry Respectfully
Yours
Louis V. Jenkins