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Would you think it proper under these circumstances to withhold the Balance of $40.00 and apply it in aid of a building of Hanover Junction the body of which is now up and rafters on. The building has been carried forward thus for by the energy and perseverance of a col'd man named Elmore Taylor. I think the above amt will enable him to complete the building, so that a school may be held in it during the summer. I have engaged a very estimable lady who has agreed to commence a school as soon as the house is ready with a prospect of some 60 pupils, average attendance. 
I am very sorry that I am not able to give a more encouraging account of the progress of our school buildings. When I made the applications, I was very sanguine that they would result in immediate good. A spirit seems suddenly to