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Benedict Jul. 6, 1869 Mr. John Kimball dear Sir, if you have not already sent me the articles for which I wrote you: viz. [[strikethrough]] two doz [[/strikethrough]] one doz. Arithmetics, one doz. Geographics, 1/2 doz. Eng. Grammars, and two dozen slates: you would oblige me by not sending them, for a great many of the people have bought slates for their children since I wrote you: and I think that all the arithmetic that I can teach them [[strikethrough]] during my stay [[/strikethrough]] during my short stay of three months, can be done without books: there is probably not one of them who can read a number above hundreds, in fact they are just learning to