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Buckingham Nov 1st 1869
Mr. Manly

Dear Sir
The reports arrived on the 29th ultimo and I was unable to forward before you will find the Reports for the months of September and October. [[strikethrough]] which[[/strikethrough]] The questions I answered to the best of my ability- you will find I dates my present Session back to June 1st; my school was organized then and I have continued to teach ever since then: As Their has been no school in This Immediate neighborhood, I propose to Teach for the next six months, giving only Fifteen days For The X mas holidays
I shall have many adult pupils this winter, who could not attend in The Summer and Autumn because of The crops- my school Is very much in need of books; the parents of the scholars were unable to buy Them books- and I have bought all They have used for a long time if the government will give [[strikethrough]] me[[/strikethrough]] us a few Readers, spellers, geographies, arithmetic; they would feel very grateful for Them and would put Them to good use. I have had to lose Several pupils This Session for want of books for Them- The Report asks is rent paid by the bureau for school building". I have been teaching in a partially finished church, -till a few Days ago it being so bad I was obliged to move to a log cabin for which I am now