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[[preprinted]] American Missionary Association: No. 53 JOHN STREET. PRESIDENT-REV. E. N. KIRK, D. D., Boston, Mass. REV. GEORGE WHIPPLE. N. Y. } REV. M. E. STRIEBY, N. Y. } Sec's. REV. J. R. SHIPHERD, Chicago. } E. KETCHUM, ESQ., Treasurer, N. Y. W. E. WHITING, ESQ., Asst. Treas., N. Y. REV. E. P. SMITH, Gen. Field Agent, N. Y. New York, ^[Nov. 23.]] 186^[[7]] [[/preprinted]] Gentlemen, I see that the N.Y. Br. of the Freedmen's Union Com. are [[underlined]] sustaining [[/underlined]]! twelve teachers in the District of Columbia. Have we been derelict in not doing the same, or did we understand you aright, that "there was no need of a Northern Soc. sustaining teachers in the District. Please reply & oblige Yours &c [[signature]] G. Whipple [[/signature]] Cir. NC. Gen. C. H. Howard, } or } Rev. John Kimball, } Washington D.C.