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Mangohic
Dec 16. 69
Annie E. Alston
Peabody School, Mangohick, Va.
Dec. 16, 1869

Mr. Manly-
Dear Sir:
Yours with the $5 came safely to hand for which I thank you kindly. I have paid Miss Lynch $20 for which I have her receipt. She now owes on the melodeon $15.
Please send it immediately if possible, says she needs it, as she will not draw wages soon
Mr Abrams has had those great blinds put on the windows that he might get the money for the hinges, and there is nothing to fasten them back, and when the wind rises the glass is broken