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Halifax C.H. Va Jan'y. 4th 1870 Ms. C.R. Lowell Sec'ry Respectfully Madam:- I must ask you to pardon me for not writing you definitely before this concerning Lawrenceville etc. etc. To state the facts, I must say, that some time in the fall, just about the time Freed. your appointment to act as agent &c at West Pt. I was appointed by the P.E. Society as teacher at the above named place; knowing the situation of Lawrenceville was not as compatible as this, and thinking that that society would still support me here. I did not go to Lawrenceville, but came here a few days ago to try the experiment;