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as to the work at Montgomery which produced confusion for the time and kept the real state of the work in the state from being understood here. The hard times at the North prevented any enlargement of our corps of teachers after &c. except the expense could be met in the field or assumed by some church at home.

I have regretted that your calls for teachers in Jan. could not have been filled at once, but young men were then hard to be secured. At my request two young men and three young ladies have been sent from the New York office. These will