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Hastings Center, N.J. Sept. 8, 1869.

Rev. R.M. Manly
Richmond Va.

Dear Sir, Yours of the 16th ult. was received in due time. Having as yet no definite plans with reference to my returning South to teach and as you ask Would I go in the country, I will write presuming you have by this time returned to your home in Richmond. I am willing to go where I am most needed + can do the most good. I presume with your knowledge of localities under Providential direction you may be able to say where that may be better than