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Miss J. M. Bartlett Portsmouth Nov. 10, 1869. Rev. R. M. Manly Richmond Va. Dear Sir: By our report forwarded the 1st of November you learned that Miss Draper and I were in Portsmouth. The report was made out very hastily or I should have accompanied it with some explanation, and I have since delayed for the want of opportunity. We returned on he 10th of October intending to open school immediately but finding our school rooms destroyed by fire, we were