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Seneca County Academy
Republic Ohio
July 8th 1868
Wm M Colby
Supt of Education
Dear Sir your letter of the 22nd of June is received in which you state that you could furnish transportation for myself and the lady teacher/Miss Burgstresser of whom I spoke, but that government transportation did not cover the entire expense of travel and you recommended us to come under the patronage of some society. We would rather not come under the patronage of any society as we would thereby he considered objects of charity which would be unpleasant to us but would prefer to depend upon own industry for a support willing to sacrifice a little for the good of the cause in which our heart is interested. However in reply you may send us the names of such societies as