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3/ [[Hun]]dred dollars:  the balance being guaranteed by the Bureau to be paid as the teachers shall need.  If more than fifteen are needed, we will send as many as may be desired, but cannot at present undertake to promise any portion of their support.

I trust, my dear sir, that I need not assure you how cheerfully I would make a much more liberal offer if I could.  My present desire is to send forward all the teachers needed without delay:  & I will do so as soon as I can see whence their bread shall come!  Meanwhile