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338 0/ 67. Jan 14 0 [[checkmark]] E.W. Hooper Tres. N.E.B.F. U Com. Dear Sir, Absence from home has caused a little delay in replying to yours of the 8th inst. Mrs. Lowell has notified me of her intention to transfer certain schools to your Branch. I will arrange to aid these schools substantially in the way you propose, to the extent of $10. per month for each school. The people cannot do more than board their teachers, and I fear they will not be able to do that long. To do that, is a vastly heavier burden than any community, in a similar condition of poverty, in any northern state, is required to bear. Yours very Respy R.M. Manly Supt Ed. Va. P.S. Please send me a list of the schools to be aided. R.M.M
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Is surname Hooker or Hooper?; U Conn. or U Com.? -- Beth
Agree with Hooper, it looks like the p in 'replying' in the first sentence - Joel