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American Missionary Association,
Chicago, Sept 10 1869.

Secretaries:
GEORGE WHIPPLE, } New York
MICHAEL E. STRIEBY, } New York
CHAS. H. HOWARD, Dist. Sec'y, Chicago.

Chicago, Sept 10 1869.

Rev. Joseph Welch Supt. (Bureau) Education
Austin - Texas

Dear Bro.  

The pressure of other duties prevents an immediate reply to your favor of Aug 18 & I have since thought I might see you here - be it for fear you are not coming I write.  No! I do not care to change the plan of your paying for the Bureau all there in Texas.  I was just pursuing the general rule not fully aware that your case was an exception.  Until called upon to pay the bills at Brownsville I did not think of asking any aid of the Bureau for that school though it did furnish the teachers transportation to go there.  I will, I think, send you copies of the reports I have rec'd and perhaps if you have no objections I can get the pay for that school & Lavacca or Washington 

Transcription Notes:
Capitalization for Michael E. Strieby. Added in the date