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Blacksburg VA
Jan 4 1870

To Rev R.M. Manly
Dear Sir

Excuse me for my intrustion but owing to information received from Gen O. O. Howard I embraced opportunity in writeing hopeing  one object of entering must meet your approbation.
Our desires are as follows is to know weather you can render any assistance to our school in the above name town the said school has been in session for the past 11 months Numberring [65?] pupils during said period we have not receive any aid whatever from no direction we have a regular daily attendance of 55 out of 65 Names we would be truly happy indeed to