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American Freedman's Union Commission No. 30 Vesey Street [[strikethrough]] P. O. Box 5,733. [[/strikethrough]] LYMAN ABBOTT, Gen. Sec. J. M. McKIM, Cor. Sec. New York, Octr 3. 1868 My dear Sir, I am mortified and troubled that the Misses Birge & Chase have not appeared. They promised to be here on Tuesday last, and it is not five minutes since I read a letter from Miss Chase who is as eager to be off as I am to send her, & who says that her friend will not be ready to leave till Tuesday of next week. This will keep the school back almost the whole week, to my great regret; but I will write at once & press them not to take one day that can be avoided. As Miss Birge has had three months for her preparations, the
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