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10 Bible House N. Y.
Dec 31. 1869

Dear Sir,

I am glad you are so pleased with Halifax and the prospect of usefulness there presented. When I wrote you in the Fall, I made provision to give you Forty dollars per month after the preliminaries were settled - but then you had work elsewhere. Within a couple of weeks we have taken a position in Georgia - which will absorb all our unappropriated funds.

In a month or two we may be more at liberty. But I could not [[underline]]today[/underline]], even promise these, as it must be decided by the Executive Com