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would support a teacher. I then called on several publishers who have been interested in the work before and they gave me about one hundred dollars worth of books. So that I wish that the School could be Started [[strikethrough]] and as [[/strikethrough]] and as no teacher was on hand to go - proposed to come out myself with my sister and remain here until some time in July. We came, and found an old Hospital Ward appropriated for our use which has answered a very good purpose. Some seats were also brought over from the Butters School where they were not used. And we have accommodations for about one hundred scholars - we have 85 names on our list - but I have not urged any coming in lately, the term was so nearly out - and then it was some time before the poor Southern people heard of it.