Chapter III: Part 3

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $460.88.

Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.75
Bristol. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.35
Concord. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 45.82
East Jaffrey. Eliza A. Parker 20.00
Exeter. Friends in Second Cong. Ch., _for a
Teacher, Wilmington, N. C._ 40.00
Gilmanton Iron Works. Luther E. Page 5.00
Hebron. J. B. C. 1.00
Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $11.30; Dea. G.
W. 50c. 11.80
Keene. A Friend 50.00
Lancaster. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
Lebanon. Cong. Ch. 25.66
Manchester. Mrs. Kinsley (proceeds sale of
pictures) 3.00
Mason. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.00
Meredith Village. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.45
Milford. Cong. Ch. 50.01
Nashua. W. P. Clark 20.42
New Market. T. H. Wiswall $10; Cong. Ch. and
Soc. $9.36 19.36
North Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.35
Pembroke. Mrs. Mary W. Thompson, bal. to
const. MISS EMILY L. GRIGGS L. M. 10.00
Rindge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.53
South New Market. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.00
Swanzey. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00
West Lebanon. Cong. Sab. Sch. 15.00
Westmoreland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 31.13
Wentworth. Ephraim Cook 5.00
Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.25
Wolfborough. Rev. S. Clark and Wife 10.00

VERMONT, $201.70.

Brandon. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. CHAS.
M. WINSLOW L. M. 30.00
Danville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Greensborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $5.75; Rev.
Moses Patton and Wife $17 22.75
Lyndon. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00
Lyndonville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00
Manchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 39.56
Newport. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.05
North Craftsbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.81
Sheldon. Cong. Ch. 8.73
South Hadley. First Ch. and Soc. 8.00
Townshend. Mrs. Nancy B. Batchelder 2.00
West Brattleborough. Cong. Ch. 17.80
West Randolph. Mrs. S. W. 1.00

MASSACHUSETTS, $2,582.51.

Amherst. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 60.25
Andover. Chapel Church and Soc. 134.00
Arlington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.50
Auburn. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. BENJ. F.
LARNED L. M. 30.29
Beverly. Dane St. Ch. and Soc. 35.60
Boston. Mrs. E. P. Eayrs $10; “A Friend” $10 20.00
Boston Highlands. Eliot Ch. $106.40; Emanuel
Ch. $50; “Friends” $1.25 157.65
Boxborough. Mrs. J. Stone 10.00
Bradford. Mrs. S. Boyd, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 5.00
Bridgewater. Central Sq. Sab. Sch. 15.00
Brookfield. Evan. Cong. Ch. 18.00
Brookline. Harvard Ch. and Soc. 62.50
Canton. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 24.74
Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 45.91
Concord. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Curtisville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.25
Easthampton. First Cong. Sab. Sch. $25; “A
Friend” $10 35.00
Fitchburgh. Wm. L. Bullock 5.00
Framingham. E. K. S. 0.50
Franklin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Hingham. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.50
Hopedale. W. W. Dutcher, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 5.00
Hopkinton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 52.25
Hyde Park. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.49
Lawrence. Lawrence St. Church 141.00
Lexington. Hancock Ch. and Soc. 12.69
Lynn. Central Ch. and Soc. 14.36
Malden. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 55.31
Marlborough. Union Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00
Medway. ESTATE of Clarissa A. Pond, by A.
Pond, Ex. 145.00
Melrose. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc. 31.42
Methuen. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.34
Middlebury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 37.68
Middleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Milford. Cong. Sab. Sch. 24.22
Millbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $57.88; M.
D. Garfield $5.—First Cong. Soc., bbl. of
C., _for Atlanta, Ga._ 62.88
Needham. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch. 4.65
New Bedford. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. $100.01;
First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $30 130.01
Newburyport. Henry Lunt 5.00
Newton. Eliot Cong. Ch. and Soc. 137.66
Newton Centre. “Friends,” by Mrs. Furber, _for
Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 50.00
North Adams. Cong. Ch. 27.90
North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 100.00
Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. ($30 of which from E.
B. Wheaton, to const. ELIZA R. BEANE L. M.) 38.00
Orange. Mrs. E. W. M. 1.00
Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.48
Plymouth. Church of the Pilgrimage 44.16
Quincy. Even. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 54.00
Reading. Bethesda Ch. and Soc. 45.00
Salem. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. $65.77; “A
Friend” $10 75.77
Sandwich. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00
South Deerfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
South Weymouth. Union Cong. Ch. 8.11
Spencer. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
J. W. BOWERS, CHAS. H. JOHNSON and WM. G.
MUZZY L. M.’s 115.21
Templeton. Trin. Ch. and Soc. 20.39
Upton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $30, to const. LYMAN
L. LELAND L. M.; Cong. Sab. Sch. $4.60; Mrs.
E. F. S. $1 35.60
West Barnstable. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
West Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
MYRON W. SHERMAN L. M. 32.56
Wellesley. Cong. Sab. Sch. $25; College Miss.
Soc. $2 27.00
West Medway. Cyrus Adams 10.00
West Roxbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 73.63
Williamsburgh. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.68
Williamstown. First Cong. Ch. 15.12
Wilmington. Mrs. Noyes, box of C. and $2.70,
_for freight, for Wilmington, N.C._;
“Friend” $1 3.70
Winchendon. “A Friend” 5.00
Woburn. J. P. M. 0.50
Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $49.05, and
bbl. of C. 49.05

RHODE ISLAND, $879.87.

Pawtucket. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 45.00
Providence. Union Cong. Ch. 734.87
Providence. Beneficent Cong. Ch. 100.00

CONNECTICUT, $3,145.27.

Bennington. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 5.00
Berlin. Second Cong. Ch. 9.00
Bethel. Cong. Ch. 20.22
Bristol. O. C. 1.00
Ellsworth. Cong. Ch. 9.00
Fairfield. —— 5.00
Farmington. Cong. Ch. 56.79
Gilead. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. L. Brown 5.00
Goshen. Sarah Beach, to const. JOHN BEACH and
JOSEPH BEACH L. M’s. 60.00
Greenfield. Cong. Ch. 9.00
Greenville. Cong. Ch. 37.75
Guilford. Mrs. Lucy E. Tuttle $50; First Cong.
Ch. and Soc. $24 74.00
Hadlyme. R. E. Hungerford $50; Jos. W.
Hungerford $50; Cong. Sab. Sch. $20.40 120.40
Hanover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Hartford. Asylum Hill Cong. Ch. $92; South
Cong. Ch. $50 142.00
Hebron. Mrs. Jasper Porter, _for Woman’s Work
among Women_ 25.00
Kent. First Cong. Soc. 19.53
Manchester. First Cong. Ch. 15.00
Meriden. First Cong. Ch. 34.08
Middletown. First Ch. 19.75
Morris. K. Goodwin 10.00
New Haven. Church of the Redeemer $164; O. A.
Dorman $100; Dwight Place Cong. Ch. and Soc.
$83; “A Friend in a Time of Need” $50;
Taylor Ch. $6.50 403.50
North Guilford. S. R. Fowler $6; “A Friend” $2 8.00
North Madison. Cong. Ch. 9.00
Norwich. Broadway Cong. Ch., in part 200.00
Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch. 10.09
Orange. Mrs. E. E. Rogers 10.00
Portland. Miss Maria White 2.00
Prospect. ESTATE of David W. Hotchkiss, by
Hervey D. Hotchkiss, Ex. 1,000.00
Rocky Hill. Cong. Ch. 17.10
Salisbury. Cong. Ch. 35.30
Terryville. Elizur Fenn and Mrs. Elizur Fenn
$5 ea. 10.00
Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 72.76
Torrington. ESTATE of Henry Colt, by H. G.
Colt, Ex. 500.00
Union. Rev. Samuel I. Curtiss 10.00
Washington. Mrs. Rebecca Hine (of which $30 to
const. LIZZIE J. POND L. M.) 45.00
Watertown. Truman Percy, to const. MISS HATTIE
E. PERCY L. M. 30.00
West Killingly. Westfield Cong. Ch. and Soc. 75.00
Winsted. Mrs. M. A. Mitchell 10.00

NEW YORK, $876.49.

Brooklyn. A. Merwin $10; Church of the
Covenant, M. C. Coll. $4.00; Mrs. T. C. F. $1 15.00
Camillus. Isaiah Wilcox 30.00
Dryden. H. B. W. 0.50
East Wilson. Rev. H. Halsey $30; C. M. Clark $3 33.00
Evans. Mrs. R. P. R. C. 1.00
Gloversville. Cong. Soc. $269.92 (of which $50
from Mrs. U. M. Place, _for the debt_), to
const. MRS. SETH C. BURTON, ASHLEY D. L.
BAKER, JOHN L. GETMAN and CYRUS STEWART L.
M’s. 219.92
Lenox. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. $19.18; Amos S.
Johnson $5 24.18
Leyden. ESTATE of Mrs. Amanda K. Merwin, by
Hon. M. H. Merwin, Ex. 200.00
Livonia. ESTATE of Mrs. Susan Fowler, by Rev.
S. M. Day 124.62
Lysander. N. Hart 5.00
Marion. “A Few Friends,” by M. M. Heslor, bal.
to const. MRS. HATTIE A. DEWOLF L. M. 5.00
Newburgh. Miss E. I. P. 0.50
New York. Mrs. J. A. V. A. 0.75
Owasco. Mrs. A. S. 0.50
Parishville. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.73
Poughkeepsie. Cong. Ch. 15.22
Rensselaer Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
Richville. E. J. S. 1.00
Riverhead. First Cong. Ch. 6.00
Rochester. Plymouth Cong. Ch. 90.50
Sherburne. “A Friend” 20.00
Syracuse. “A friend in Plymouth Ch.” $4; A. B.
$1, _for Mag._ 5.00
Walton. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 31.60
Warsaw. Cong. Sab. Sch. 15.47
West Groton. Cong. Ch. 10.00
West Yaphank. H. M. O. 1.00

NEW JERSEY, $64.70.

Englewood. C. T. 0.50
Montclair. First Cong. Ch. 53.00
Newark. “Jonah” 1.20
Raritan. Miss S. Provost 10.00

PENNSYLVANIA, $160.

Hermitage. W. F. Stewart $5; E. P. $1 6.00
Philadelphia. James Smith 100.00
Prentissvale. Mrs. C. B. Lovejoy 5.00
Sharpsburgh. Joseph Turner ($5 of which _for
Indian M._) 10.00
Washington. Dr. F. J. LeMoyne, _for LeMoyne
Inst., Memphis, Tenn._ 9.00
West Alexander. Dr. R. Davidson $20; Thomas
McCleery $10 30.00

OHIO, $943.53.

Andover. O. B. Case $10; Mrs. O. B. Case $10 20.00
Ashland. John Thompson 2.28
Bellevue. “A Little Band of Cheerful Givers in
First Cong. Soc.,” by Mrs. H. L. Berry 11.30
Brownhelm. ESTATE of John Locke, by Cyrus L.
Whittlesey, Ex. 300.00
Cincinnati. Rent, _for the Poor in New
Orleans_, $101.17; “A Friend” $5 106.17
Cleveland. Euclid Ave. Cong. Ch. 21.50
Cuyahoga Falls. Cong. Ch. 9.12
Hudson. Hiram Thompson 20.00
Lodi. Cong. Ch. $6.29; Woman’s Miss. Soc. $1.95 8.24
Mesopotamia. Mrs. S. O. Lyman, bal. to const.
REV. A. M. PIPES L. M. 15.00
Oberlin. T. W. W. 0.50
Painesville. First Cong. Ch. (of which $4.40
from Mrs. A. Morley, _for Straight U._) 50.21
Plymouth. ESTATE of Henry Amerman, by A. L.
Grimes 359.00
Springfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.21
Wadsworth. George Lyman 5.00
Wakeman. Franklin Hale 7.00
Willoughby. Mrs. N. L. 1.00

INDIANA, $130.40.

Bremen. Cong. Ch. 2.00
Fort Wayne. Cong. Ch. $7.35, and Sab. Sch.
$5.65 13.00
Indianapolis. Mayflower Cong. Ch. 5.25
Michigan City. Cong. Ch. 110.15

ILLINOIS, $625.32.

Amboy. Cong. Ch. 26.85
Canton. Cong. Ch. 50.00
Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Chicago. Leavitt St. Cong. Ch. $38.13; First
Cong. Ch. M. C. Coll. $13.58; Rev. E. H. $1 52.71
Clifton. Cong. Ch. 6.70
Cobden. E. W. Towne 10.00
Fawn Ridge. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid_ 5.00
Galesburg. ESTATE of Warren C. Willard, by
Prof. T. R. Willard, Ex. 9.55
Hutsonville. C. V. Newton 2.00
Lamoille. Cong. Ch. 8.35
Lawn Ridge. Cong. Sab. Sch. 13.00
Malden. Cong. S. S. 1.00
Millburn. Cong. Ch. 8.00
Moline. Cong. Ch. (in part) 61.27
Oak Park. Cong. Ch. (in part) 64.75
Odell. Mrs. H. E. Dana 10.00
Peoria. Rev. A. A. Stevens 10.00
Peru. First Cong. Ch. 13.22
Pittsfield. Cong. Ch. 31.00
Providence. Cong. Ch. 20.26
Quincy. First Union Cong. Ch. $28.75; R.
McComb $2 30.75
Rochelle. W. H. Holcombe 10.00
Rockford. Thomas D. Robertson 50.00
Roseville. Cong. Ch. $6.25; Rev. A. L.
Pennoyer and Wife $5 11.25
Shirland. Mrs. J. G. L. 1.00
Sycamore. Cong. Ch. 85.66
Wayne Station. Cong. Ch. 5.60
Wyanett. Cong. Sab. Sch. 12.40

MICHIGAN, $176.53.

Adrian. Stephen Allen 10.00
Alpena. B. C. Hardwick, _for Emerson Inst._ 71.10
Salem. Cong. Ch. 9.00
Churches Corners. A. W. D. and others 1.00
Concord. Henry Mann 2.00
Jackson. “A Friend” 30.00
Lamont. Cong. Ch. 3.00
Memphis. Woman’s Miss. Soc., _for Missionary,
Memphis, Tenn._ 3.00
Michigan Centre. Centre Cong. Ch. 3.10
Oxford. Woman’s Miss. Soc., _for a Missionary,
Memphis, Tenn._ 5.25
Portland. Cong. Ch. 7.50
Richland. J. B. 1.00
Romeo. “Mrs. E. F. F.” $1.50; Mrs. Dr. A. $1:
Mrs. D. M. 50c., _for a Missionary, Memphis,
Tenn._—M. A. J. 50c 3.50
Union City. Cong. Ch. (in part) 22.08
Warren. Rev. J. L. Beebe 5.00

WISCONSIN, $320.13.

Beloit. First Cong. Ch. 130.00
Black Earth. Cong. Ch. 1.15
Geneva Lake. Presb. Ch. 15.00
Green Bay. First Presb. Ch. 61.35
Oak Grove. Cong. Sab. Sch. $5; Dea. D. Richard
$2; Rev. W. E. S. $1 8.00
Milwaukee. Mrs. E. F. Rice 10.00
Portage City. John Jones No. 4 2.50
Rosendale. Cong. Ch. 17.35
Waukesha. First Cong. Ch. 22.00
Wautoma. Cong. Ch. 4.28
Wawatosa. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 48.50

IOWA, $205.82.

Alden. Cong. Ch. 7.75
Burlington. Mrs. Hannah Everall $5; M. L. $1 6.00
Chester Centre. Cong. Ch. 32.00
College Springs. Cong. Ch. 8.60
Farragut. Cong. Ch. $6; C. W. H. $1 7.00
Green Mountain. First Cong. Ch. 31.00
Keokuk. Orthodox Cong. Ch. 55.55
Muscatine. Cong. Ch. 26.35
New Hampton. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. 5.50
Newton. First Cong. Ch. 12.27
Osage. Woman’s Cent. Soc. 4.80
Rockford. Woman’s Miss. Soc. 2.00
Rockford. Mrs. A. E. G. 50c.; Mrs. C. A. C.
50c. 1.00
Shenandoah. Rev. W. P. 0.50
Sloan. Mrs. R. W. F. S. 0.50
Toledo. Ladies’ Aid Soc., _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 5.00

MINNESOTA, $141.33.

Faribault. Cong. Ch. 41.58
Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 20.55
Northfield. First Cong. Ch. 49.95
Spring Valley. Cong. Ch., quar. coll. $13.25;
Rev. C. W. M. $1 14.25
Walcott. Mrs. Mary Adams 15.00

KANSAS, $30.

Osawatomie. Rev. S. L. Adair, to const. H. H.
WILLIAMS L. M. 30.00

CALIFORNIA, $100.

Oakland. S. Richards 100.00

OREGON, $54.55.

Albany. Cong. Ch. 4.00
Portland. First Cong. Ch. 50.55

NORTH CAROLINA, $241.16.

McLeansville. Pub. Fund $42; Miss E. W.
Douglass $30 72.00
Raleigh. Pub. Fund $150; Washington Sch.
$17.83.—Cong. Ch. $1.33, _for Indian M._ 169.16

SOUTH CAROLINA, $188.

Charleston. Avery Inst. 188.00

GEORGIA, $258.61.

Atlanta. Rent $104; Atlanta University $83; T.
N. Chase $50 237.00
Macon. Lewis High Sch. 12.40
Medway. Cong. Ch., _for Mendi M._ 8.00
Savannah. First Cong. Ch. 0.71
Woodville. Rev. J. H. H. S. 25c. _for Indian
M._ and 25c. _for Mendi M._ 0.50

ALABAMA, $29.50.

Anniston. Rev. P. J. McEntosh 0.50
Athens. Trinity Sch. 29.00

MISSISSIPPI, $26.20.

Tougaloo. Tougaloo University 26.20

MISSOURI, $7.

Amity. Cong. Ch. 3.00
St. Louis. Mrs. M. P. Chapman 4.00

INCOME FUND, $101.50.

Avery Fund, _for Mendi Mission_ 101.50

SANDWICH ISLANDS, $1,000.

Sandwich Islands. “A Friend” 1,000.00

ENGLAND, $253.

London. Freedmen’s Missions Aid Soc., by Dr.
O. H. White £50 243.00
—— Miss S. L. Ropes 10.00

TURKEY, $5.

Van. Rev. H. S. Barnum 5.00
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Total 13,362.75
Total from Oct. 1st to July 31st $142,670.50

H. W. HUBBARD, _Ass’t Treas_.

RECEIVED FOR DEBT.

Springfield, Vt. A. Woolson 100.00
East Hampton, Conn. E. C. Barton 20.00
West Haven, Conn. Mrs. Huldah Coe 6.00
Gilbertsville Academy, N. Y. Rev. A. Wood 5.00
Gloversville, N. Y. Mrs. U. M. Place 50.00
Malone, N. Y. Mrs. S. C. Wead 100.00
New Jersey. “Hearts Content” 25.00
Clark, Pa. Mrs. Elizabeth Dickson and Miss
Eliza Dickson $5 ea. 10.00
Hyde Park, Pa. Thomas Eynon 50.00
Scranton, Pa. F. E. Nettleton 10.00
Fredericktown, Ohio. “A. H. R.” 500.00
Atlanta, Ga. Students and Teachers in Atlanta
U. 175.00
Woodville, Ga. Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke 0.75
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1,051.75
Previously acknowledged in June Receipt 12,163.72
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Total $13,215.47

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Application for Credits may be made to either of the above houses direct, or through any respectable bank or banker in the country.

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They also issue Commercial Credits, make Cable Transfers of Money between this Country and England, and draw Bills of Exchange on Great Britain and Ireland.

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The Book of Psalms.

ARRANGED FOR RESPONSIVE READING IN
SABBATH SCHOOL, OR SOCIAL OR FAMILY WORSHIP.

The current version is strictly followed, the only peculiarity being the arrangement according to the _Original Parallelisms_, for convenience in responsive reading. Two sizes. _Prices_: 32mo, Limp Cloth, 30 cts. per copy, $25 per 100; 16mo. Cloth, 70 cts. per copy, $56 per 100. Sent postpaid on receipt of price.

TAINTOR BROTHERS, MERRILL & CO., Publishers,
758 Broadway, New York.

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The most extensive stock of

Theological and S. S. Books

In the Country, Good and Cheap.

We publish books upon the “Clark” plan. In the regular way, DR. ARNOLD’S 84 Rugby Lectures are $3.50—on the “Clark” plan, =$1.20=, postpaid.

Besides our general stock of Sunday-school Books, we have one Library of shop-worn and second-hand Books, $50 retail, for =$12.50=, and 10 Libraries of New Books of the best quality, and cheaper than any offered.

Also, Books sold by Agents only. Just ready, =The Old and New Bible Looking-Glass=, with =280= Beautiful Emblem Engravings. The work is written by Drs. CROSBY, GILLET, CHEEVER, PUNSHON of England, and others. It has received, from the ablest Divines and the religious press, the best indorsements of any book we have had.

SEND FOR PARTICULARS.

N. TIBBALS & SONS, 37 Park Row, New York.

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_Case’s Bible Atlas._

Quarto Size. Accurate and _up to the times_. 16 Full Page Maps, with Explanatory Notes and Index. Designed to aid Sunday-school Teachers and Scholars. Every family needs it. Price $1.00. In Cloth, $1.50. Sent by mail on receipt of price.

=AGENTS WANTED= in every Township. _Liberal terms given._ Address =O. D. CASE & CO., Hartford, Ct.=

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Established A. D. 1850.

THE

MANHATTAN

Life Insurance Co.,

156 Broadway, New York,

HAS PAID

$7,400,000 DEATH CLAIMS.

HAS PAID

$4,900,000 Return Premiums to Policy-Holders,

HAS A SURPLUS OF

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C. Y. WEMPLE,
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S. N. STEBBINS,
_Actuary_.

H. Y. WEMPLE,
H. B. STOKES,
_Assistant-Secretaries_.

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THE SINGER

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THE SINGER M’F’G CO., Principal Office, 34 Union Square, New York.

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AND

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E. D. Bassford’s

COOPER INSTITUTE, NEW YORK CITY,

Just received from European and Domestic Manufacturers complete new stock of fresh and beautiful goods. Every department of this great emporium is being re-stocked with the Newest and Best =House-Furnishing= and =Table Wares=, in =Hardware=, =China=, =Glass=, =Cutlery=, =Silver= and =Wooden-ware=, and everything in these lines for the complete furnishing of =House and Table—Dinner= and =Tea Sets=, =Chamber-ware=, =Cooking Utensils=, =Tin-ware= and

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Edward D. Bassford,

Nos. 1, 2, 3, 12, 13, 15, 16, and 17

_COOPER INSTITUTE_,

NEW YORK CITY.

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Boynton’s Gas-Tight Furnaces

HAVE A RENOWNED REPUTATION FOR

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_84 Lake St., Chicago. 232 and 234 Water St., New York._

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CRAMPTON’S

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IS THE BEST FOR

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The Kitchen,

AND FOR

General Household Purposes.

MANUFACTURED BY

CRAMPTON BROTHERS,

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Young America Press Co.,

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manufacture a variety of hand, self-inking, and rotary printing presses, ranging in price from $2 to $150, including the =Centennial=, =Young America=, =Cottage=, =Lightning=, and other celebrated printing machines. Our new rotary press, the =United States Jobber=, for cheapness and excellence, is unrivalled. Other presses taken in exchange. Lowest prices for type and printing material. Circulars free. Specimen Book of Type. 10 cts. A sample package of plain and fancy cards, 10 cents.

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THE THIRTY-SECOND VOLUME OF

THE

American Missionary,

ENLARGED AND IMPROVED.

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SUBSCRIPTION DEPARTMENT.

We publish =25,000= copies per month, giving news from the Institutions and Churches aided by the Association among the Freedmen in the South, the Indian tribes, the Chinese on the Pacific Coast, and the Negroes in Western Africa. Price, =Fifty Cents a Year, in Advance=.

OUR NEW PAMPHLETS.

No. 1.—=History= of the Association.

No. 2.—=Africa=: Containing a History of the Mendi Mission, a Description of the Land and the People, and a presentation of their claims on America.

No. 3.—=The Three Despised Races in the United States=; or, The Chinaman, the Indian, and the Freedman. An Address before the A. M. A., by Rev. Joseph Cook, of Boston, Mass.

No. 4.—=The Educational Work.= Showing the nature and reality of the black man’s needs; the way to help him; the sentiment of Southern men; the work of the Romish Church; the wants of the A. M. A.

_Will be sent, free to any address, on application._

H. W. HUBBARD, Ass’t-Treas., 56 Reade St., N. Y.

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ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT.

A limited space in our Magazine is devoted to Advertisements, for which our low rates and large circulation make its pages specially valuable. Our readers are among the best in the country, having an established character for integrity and thrift that constitute them valued customers in all departments of business.

To Advertisers using display type and Cuts, who are accustomed to the “RULES” of the best Newspapers, requiring “DOUBLE RATES” for these “LUXURIES,” our wide pages, fine paper, and superior printing, with =no extra charge for cuts=, are advantages readily appreciated, and which add greatly to the appearance and effect of business announcements.

We are, thus far, gratified with the success of this department, and solicit orders from all who have unexceptionable wares to advertise.

Advertisements must be received by the TENTH of the month, in order to secure insertion in the following number. All communications in relation to advertising should be addressed to

J. H. DENISON, Adv’g Agent,
56 READE STREET, NEW YORK.

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Transcriber’s Notes:

Punctuation and spelling were changed only where the error appears to be a printing error. Inconsistent hyphenation was retained as there are numerous authors. The punctuation changes are too numerous to list; the others are as follows:

“Theoogical” changed to “Theological” on page 273 (a student from the Theological Department).

“brethern” changed to “brethren” on page 281 (whether our Chinese brethren).

Extra “(” removed from before COOPER INSTITUTE, NEW YORK CITY on page 288.