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Box 77, Alexandria Va. Dec 7th 1869 Rev. R.M. Manly, Sup. Sir, My first appeal to you, was for $30, not asking [[underlined]] how [[/underlined]], it should be spent, you granted it. When I met you at Miss Leonard's, I spoke of Carpets. I did not appeal in any way, or sense, you then gave me [[underlined]] every [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] reason [[/underlined]] to suppose the expenses would be met, without any doubt or hesitancy. At your assurance I have spent nearly the entire