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Olney, Montgomery Co., Md.,
July 1st, 1868.

Rev. John Kimball,

Dear Sir,
I herewith send you my report for June. The school is in a prosperous condition. The progress of my pupils is very remarkable. They are so well advanced in reading that I shall be able to put the "Vanguard of Freedom" in operation before long. The more advanced pupils are doing [[underlined]] very [[/underlined]] well in grammar; and I am very happily disappointed to find in them a great zeal for declamation.  In this they do well. At first they were disposed to deliver their