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demands upon them for the approaching Winter. I have concluded, if you will inform me of the cost of said Maps, (not Outline) I will try to purchase them at my own expense. However, please do not make the purchase without first informing me of the prices. 'Tis my desire to do all that lies in my power to benefit the School; and while I have but one scholar who reads well enough to study Geography from the Book, yet I have been teaching them the names of the States, ^their Capitals^ and their [[strikethrough]] and their [[/strikethrough]] Situations; and the Maps would aid me to a great extent in prosecuting my labors in that direction.

The Books you sent me are not exactly the kind I would like to have: the ones ^(Readers)^ to which I referred you, have all a considerable amount of spelling: in fact they are Readers as well as Spellers: the latter

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