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I have the honor to be 
Very Respectfully 
Your obd Servant
(sgd) W. Gordon Merrick.

Scottsville Va
July 8th/69.

Office Supt. of Ed, Ste Va
Bureau R.F. & A.L. Richmond, Va. July 22d 1869.
Respectfully forwarded to Bvt. Major Genl. O.O. Howard, U.S.A. Commissioner, in connection with communication from War Dept. Bureau R.F. and A.L. dated July 1st. 1869 —
R.M. Manly 
Supt. of Ed.