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[[crossed out]]CRAMMOND KENNEDY, Corresponding Sec'y.} JOSEPH B. COLLINS, Treasurer E. C. ESTES, Business Agent[[/crossed out]] FRANCIS GEORGE SHAW, President. {[[crossed out]]HENRY A. DIKE, Chairman Executive Com.[[/crossed out]] GEORGE C. WARD, Chairman Finance Com. J. M. McKIM, Chairman Teacher's Com. NEW YORK BRANCH FREEDMANS UNION COMMISSION, [[crossed out]]No. 30 Vesey Street.[[/crossed out]] (LATE NATIONAL FREEDMAN'S RELIEF ASSOCIATION) North Shore, New York, Nov. 10th 1869 Rev. R. M. Manly Dear Sir, I have yours of the 8th & am delighted that you are going to transfer Jennings - I consider it a most excellent lesson for these people to find that keeping their teachers depends upon themselves & believe in transferring three or four times, if necessary. If there is a prospect of full schools at Olivet Church and Indian Town (so that we can draw the $10. from the Bureau) we can afford, I find, to send you teachers by the first of December, & will do so, unless you agree with me that they had better wait until January first, the holidays rendering December such a broken month to open with. Please let me know your opinion & preference & we will be guided by you. This question refers to new teachers,