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if I had had the money, I would not have stoped short of a thorough education. During all this time, my wife has made her own living, & now that I have begun to labor I feel it my duty to take the burden, of her, or at least help her to get along. She can only do half what she would, had she not a young child. Now Sir: what I wish to know is, if you will be kind enough, to help me, by your influence to such a place as I would be able to earn an honest livelihood, for myself, & family, you would confer, a great favor. I can bring satisfactory credentials, from the Faculty of Lincoln College, & from many prominent gentlemen in Springfield, & Boston. [[end page]] [[start page]] If you can, & will be, instrumental, in geting for me, or assisting me to get such a place, it would be properly appreciated, & its duties faithfully executed. [[attached note obscuring text]] early consideration, & try to inform me by the close of the session, so as I will have something to busy myself with for necessity admonishes me to keep working; therefore, I have no time to lose. S.A.D. [[attached note]] May 5th 1869. Sir I received books to the amount of $15.55. The balance due me $4.45 Please pay to my wife [[signature]] S.A. Douglass. [[/signature]] [[/attached note]]