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OFFICE OF 
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Petersburg, Va, 16 Decr, 1869 [[strikethrough]] 70 [[/strikethrough]] ., 

Sir:
As I have no blanks I send, as you suggest, a statement of Colored schools for November, '69.

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| School | Whole, No Regist'd. boys. | Whole, No Regist'd. girls. | Whole, No Regist'd. Total. | Av. Atten. Boys | Av. Atten. Girls | Av. Atten Total | Names of Teachers. | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| African Church No. 1. | 128 | 199 | 327 | 90 | 150 | 240 | Giles B. Cooke  Mollie Minetree  H. S. Gilliam  M. F. Peterson  Mrs B. Mays | 
| Pocahontas No. 2 | 60 | 62 | 122 | 54 | 52 | 106 | Mrs O. W. Sturdevant Miss H. Eames |
| Blanford No 3 | 32 | 66 | 98 | 26 | 44 | 70 | Mrs. M. Williams Miss N. Smith |
| Fair Grounds No 4 | 110 | 104 | 214 | 88 | 69 | 177 | Mrs. E. P. Elam Miss L. H. Hill & Miss E. Bowie |
| Total | 330 | 431 | 761 | 258 | 335 | 593 |   |

G. Chilson, Boston, is the manufacturer of the best School furnace I ever saw, & that is the kind you saw in our High Sch.

Please send me that receipt for blackboard, if not too much trouble. Shall be pleased to see you again as soon as you can make it convenient to come, & want you to make any suggestions you may think of as to mode & manner of conducting and encouraging our schools. I want to make use of your large experience & good judgement.

Hastily & truly 
your friend & obt servt,
R. G. Greene

Rev. R. M. Manly 

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