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Drummondtown June 14th 1869

I am sorry that I did not make out my report as they should have been, and thus caused you the trouble of sending them back. 

After my days work was done I had so many reports to make out that I was very tired, and very weary - consequently did not see great many things which I ought to have seen.  

In regards to making out my reports there are somethings that I did not understand at first so I have continued to make them out so, having never had any one to show me differently and having never seen one that was made out.  I did not know that there was any harm in using pencil as long as I thought that all that was needed was to read them, understandingly.  You asked if I had received the Peabody money for April? I am altogether ignorant of such money having never seen any for any month.  I have got all the money that ever I had from the American Missionary Association, which was forty ($40) dollars since I have been here most seven months.  I do not understand anything about it; so I would ask for information from you. 
Yours very respectfully
D. P. Allen