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Ellicott City Howard Co. Md.
February 19th 1869

Rev. John Kimball

Dear Sir

The school at this place is going on slowly.  Mr Malachia Decasey is the teacher here, he is teaching in a private House and his school Numbers 20 scholars.   I do not think him a very competent teacher but he seems to be doing the best he can.  But there are Children enough in this locality to have 75 or 80 scholars coming to school.  I expect to go out to Ellicott City as soon as I returns home to help to rally the people and raise a large school at this place

Very Respectfully &c.
[[signature]] John H Butler [[/signature]]