This letter is on official Bureau stationary.

Staunton, VA., June 1st, 1868

We, Jo G. A. Crawford, Edward Baldwin, Archer Brock, and Isaac Carter and E. Stibling as Trustees of the Freedmans School House known as the Waynesboro School House, located in the town of Waynesboro, Augusta Co., Va. in the 5th Magisterial district, hereby pledge ourselves, our heirs, assigns, and executors in behalf of the Freedmen of said district our solemn guarantee that said school House shall be from this time henceforth and forever, used for school purposes and shall be for such purposes, under the control of our successors for the purposes named.

Witness Wm. Chapman Jo A. Crawford
" " Edward Baldwin
Wm. Chapman Archer Brock
Wm Chapman Isaac Carter
Wm. Chapman E. Stibling
for all

The names at the bottom of the document are all signatures, and there is a place for a seal next to each name, but no seal has been placed there.