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Manassas Va. Dec. 6th 1869 Rev. R. M. Manly Dear Sir:- Josiah Thomas' school commenced Nov. 29th toward which you promised me $10.00 per month. I expect another school will stand at Buckland this month, provided I can get the money to pay the teacher. I could get along with less than $20 a month. At both points they talk of building school-houses, and at the 1st I think they would succeed by some encouragement & help. How much could I get through you toward building new schools houses at both those points, or either of them. Mr. Chase tells me that Col. Boyd, Sheriff at Warrenton