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bulk of which is owing their own people.

They have one of the best and most competent of Teachers who came here expecting to remain permanently and devote herself to educating the Colored people.

Miss Putnam graduated at Oberlin Ohio is a lifelong 
Anti-slavery woman. A correspondent of the Anti-slavery Standard and other Journals, has had a very interesting School of 30. day scholars and a large night school of Adults which promised fair to be increased after the Holidays.

Owing to the incompleteness of the Building she has been obliged to discontinue the school as it was impossible to keep in any way comfortable.

The people have again contributed generously considering their means, but not sufficient to meet the outlay, and we cannot see how it can be completed and the school go on unless you will afford them some "Material Aid."

You had the kindness to grant $200 to the School house in my neighborhood the Building of which is the same size and style, and the people of Lottsburg fully

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