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[[preprinted]] Harper & Brothers, Publishers. HARPER'S CATALOGUE and TRADE-LIST may be obtained gratuitously, on application to the Publishers personally, or by letter, enclosing Five Cents. Franklin Square, New York, [/preprinted]] [[Newspaper clipping]] Abolition School Books The series of School Readers used in the Public Schools of Washington, being so far an Abolition publication that it contains Mr. Lincoln's speech at Gettysburg, an effort is now making to throw it out and introduce a reader prepared for the Southern market, with a careful omission of all reference to the recent war. [[Newspaper clipping]] [[underlined]] N.Y. Tribune - May 30" [/underlined]] May 31 1866 Rev. J. Kimball My dear Genl My attention was just now called to the above, which suggested continued agitation of the Reader question in Washington - My first impulse was to ask my friend Kimball what it meant exactly, and had I been within earshot I should, without doubt, have done so - Being at this distance, at the risk of being considered impudent and troublesome, I venture to propound the same in writing, and trust to the courtesy and kindness of the past as a guarantee of pardon Remember me Kindly to Dr. Reyburn, Mr. Newton and the other good friends - Very respectfully [[signature underlined]] Geo.W. Cooper [/signature underlined]]