Chapter II: Part 2

About eleven years ago, out in the country, near Louisville, there was born a little colored girl. She was her father's first child, and he was justly proud of her, and calculated that there must be some fitting name for her somewhere, and that he must get it out of a book. He could not read, but he could spell a little, and therefore he got him a copy of Webster's blue-backed speller, and spelled the book half way through until he found the word "heterogeneous;" therefore that little girl was christened "Heterogeneous." This morning this programme was handed to me, and I saw on it "Chinese, Indian, Negro, White;" and I couldn't help thinking of Heterogeneous. As I looked over the subjects, and thought that I would have to speak about something, I thought that "Chinese, Indian, White man and Negro," was quite a subject for a speech. But I was inclined to be fair, like a certain minister, who was always preaching on infant baptism. He preached on infant baptism, no matter what the text was. The deacons and the people of the church got tired of it, and they concluded to give him some text that would relate to facts, before there were any infants. So they turned to the Book of Genesis, and found the text "Adam, where art thou?" And when the minister came to the pulpit Sunday morning, the deacons gave this text to him and told him, "Here is a text we want you to preach upon." He demurred a little and wondered why they had not given him more time, but finally concluded to preach on this text. He got up and said: "There are three points in this text: First, that men are always somewhere; second, that they are very often where they ought not to be; third, the text is dead set against infant baptism; and as the time is short, I will speak on point third." Now, I said to myself that either of these themes was a worthy one; but as Chinese comes first, Indian second, and Negro third, and, as the time is brief, I will speak on point third.

Not long ago I saw in an illustrated paper President Harrison with his Cabinet, represented as all lolling over asleep; and in the group there stood a Negro, his mouth open, his collar open, his teeth showing, and with a large scroll in his hand. Beneath this picture was this remark: "Wake up to the question of the day," and on that scroll which the Negro had in his hand were the words: "What are you gwine to do with the black man?"

Now, that question has been asked here indirectly to-day: and, my friends, do you know that sometimes, as we have heard this question discussed, we wonder just exactly how people do consider us in this country. There have been some who have advocated colonization. Some have said that we would have to be sent back to Africa or out West, or to South America. One man thinks that extermination will be the final thing to be resorted to. It may be a fault in my education, it may be that this American Missionary Association has not educated me all right--for I am a product of the Association,--but I have been taught to suppose that we Negroes were free, independent, American citizens, at liberty to choose where we will stay and how long we will stay. It seems that very eminent men are discussing the feasibility of sending us to Africa, and whether it is wise to go to the expense if it is thought best to send us there. Now, my friends, it does not seem to me that there is any question about it so far as we are concerned. The whites may go if they want to, but we are not going to budge! So long as this is a free country we are going to stay here; it satisfies us. It seems to me God has so settled it.

The question is not, what are you going to do with the colored man, but what are you going to do for him? A great deal has been done, and it has been said that more has been done for the Negroes than for any other people. That is true: and the Negro has done more in these last twenty-five years than any other people on whom money and time and labor has been expended. The American Missionary Association found out long ago what the Negro problem was. They established schools and sent teachers among us, and when they came to us, they came at once, assuming--not as Senator Eustis has done, that the Negroes have an inherent sense of inferiority, and that they should take an assigned place; not as Governor Lee has insisted, that the all-important thing for the white man to do is to keep the Negro down; and not as Senator Gibbs of Georgia, who a few weeks ago insisted that the white people are in imminent peril, and even went so far as to bring a bill before the Legislature as to whether the Negroes should be driven out of that State. That is not the way these teachers have come down to us. They have assumed that we are as capable as other people, that we have the same needs; and because they have come to us with this assumption to begin with, because they have received us in this way, we have made the progress that we have.

Now, of all things that are most needed to be done for us, we need a good theological seminary in the South, where the ministry can be educated among us. It is only an elevated Christian citizenship that will save us, and make us what other people are; and we must have a theological seminary to aid us toward that end. You have given us colleges, normal schools, industrial training schools, and schools of common branches, and we have now young men and young women filling all the schools through the South. We can get good teachers for our schools in the remotest places, in Arkansas, Texas and Mississippi, or anywhere else. So it is not a question as to what kind of teachers we will have. But the churches have not in their pulpits ministers well prepared to preach the gospel of Christ. They have not kept up with the young people in the work done by the schools. In the North, one of the pleasant things we find wherever we go, is that in all your churches there is something for the young people to do. You have Christian Endeavor Societies, and various organizations by which the young people may be reached. Therefore, you gather them in from the beginning and have them trained so that they can take your places as soon as you are ready to step out of the work. It is not so with our churches. Our ministers have not advanced to that degree where they can take up such work. In these little Congregational churches that have been planted, we have educated ministers, who are able thus to work, especially among young people. We do not have people at our hand as other churches have, but we are trying to get hold of them. In Fisk University there were last year, I believe, 510 students, of whom, perhaps, there were 100 Congregationalists. So, after all, it is Methodists and Baptists that you are educating there. This is all right, because the great masses of the people are found in those churches. If we had a Congregational Theological School we could reach these people just as well through the pulpit as we reach them in the schools.

I was asked to give a little of my personal experience. I dislike to do this: but if narrating any of my personal experience will give an insight into the work that the American Missionary Association is doing, I will gladly consent. My story is the story of hundreds of young men in the South. Only in the larger cities can we get a good English education, except we go to schools established for us by this Association. I went eight years to Fisk University. I have a brother there now in the senior college class. This is his tenth year, and I have a sister who is also in her tenth year there. It takes a long while to get through. My father had no money to send me to school. In his slavery days he had stolen a little bit of learning, and had learned how to write and read and a little arithmetic. I was about four years old when the stroke for freedom was made. My father began to teach me arithmetic, and many a day in his shoemaker's shop, as I sat and kept the fire going, he would teach me and carry me as far as he could; and he put into me the idea of getting an education. At fifteen he told me I might have my own time. At that age I had advanced far enough to pass the examination of the district school, and, having passed, I made my way to Fisk University. I had not known that there was such an institution in the land, or such a thing as the Missionary Association; but going once into an adjoining county, I happened to fall in with some Christian young men from Fisk, and they told me about that school. I had always had a great desire to be educated, and so I went down there. When I arrived there, I thought it was a strange place. I was familiar with white people, but I think I had never up to that time had one of them shake hands with me. When I found what they were doing there, and that it was an earnest Christian school, my whole soul was uplifted, and I determined to seek for better things. I thought I was pretty well educated, but when I found myself down stairs among those learning grammar and arithmetic, and that there were nine years before me, I concluded that after all I was not very well educated, but I set out to go through that long course of study.

During all those years of study I taught school every summer. For nine years I was not out of the school room a month in the year. I was either a pupil or a teacher. Wherever I was teaching, I would try to set up a little Fisk University of my own. You know that the school teacher who goes out into these country places is everybody and everything. He is law and gospel, and he must know everything--at least, he must not let people know that he does not know everything. So I was not only school teacher, but I organized a Sunday-school, and preached, also. Especially in Mississippi I did that kind of work, where there was much need of it. This is the way that hundreds of young men have gone through Fisk University and other institutions. We get our education sometimes at great cost, and at great hardships. Sometimes we break down under this constant strain of teaching. Many a time in Mississippi swamps I have waded up to my knees in water going to school, and many a time have I taught lying sick on my back; but the money had to be made. This is the way we get through, and not only the young men but the girls. There are two things which it teaches us: It teaches us how to be men, and it teaches us how to work. We are forced to do it for the money's sake, and it is not only for the money's sake, because we are sure that these young men and young ladies go out with a Christian desire to do good, and a young man, whether he is a Christian or not, feels that he must do Christian work when he is teaching in the summer. He is hardly respectable if he does not do that sort of thing during his service as a teacher. In that way the great masses of the people are being reached by Christian students going out among them.

So it seems to me as though the problem were being slowly yet truly solved, and by and by the Negroes will be lifted up on the same footing with other people. That is the only thing we want. We are not fighting for social equality, or this or that thing. No intelligent Negro has any desire to put the South into the hands of the Negroes for rule. No man who is intelligent could wish the government of the South to come into the hands of any ignorant and inexperienced people, whether white or black, and that is what we are as a mass. But we do want recognition, so far as we have those qualities that would cause the same thing to be granted to us if we were not Negroes. This is the only thing that we ask for, and this is what is withheld from us. There are those even in the South who are willing to give us this recognition, and little by little they are getting over some of their prejudice and are inclined to recognize us so far as we have a right to their respect. Of course there are those who are determined to keep the Negro down; but these are coming over slowly but surely, and by and by there will be in this land no Negro problem.

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BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.

MISS D.E. EMERSON, SECRETARY.

In our February number, in mentioning the special work of some of the Woman's Organizations, we referred to the four teachers of the Woman's Home Missionary Association. These have been assigned them from the ranks of the American Missionary Association additional to their former work in the Southern field. They having transferred to the American Missionary Association their former work, have now eleven missionaries under our auspices.

We also failed to mention in our February number the Woman's Union of Iowa, which is rendering us so substantial aid in the support of our Beach Institute at Savannah, Georgia.

And here comes yet another pledge--the Union of Kansas starting in with three hundred dollars toward the support of a missionary. Nebraska has also come forward with a pledge of a definite amount.

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The State Unions organized in the South have begun their growth in the right direction. The Union of Louisiana shows its right to live by the following words from its Treasurer: "I have just had the privilege of sending off three postal orders, $8.00 to the A.M.A., $7.00 to the A.H.M.S., and $3.00 to the W.B.M.I., which at least is a beginning. We hope the little acorn planted last April may yet be a grand live oak."

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The following from one of the auxiliaries of the Union of Tennessee and Kentucky is also cheering. "The inclosed $6.00 is an offering of our Ladies' Missionary Society of Trinity Congregational Church to the American Missionary Association, the first fruits, financially, of the little organization. Be assured the small gift is accompanied with large-hearted gratitude for the work of the Association in elevating the colored people, and earnest prayers for the continued success of the Association in its beneficent work in every field."

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MICHIGAN,--"We have we think, a model Missionary Society in our church. We take up the study of our six great Societies and give two months to each, just preceding our church collection for the same cause. We study them as thoroughly as possible and our collections for the two months go to the object of our study. November and December are A.M.A. months with us. At our meeting this week we had reports from the Chicago meeting. We always aim to have at least one leaflet to put into each family once a month--on the study we are on--hoping in this way to gain the attention of those not interested."

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A NOVEL DISH.

A barrel of clothing recently sent from Putney and Dummerston, Vermont, received its first installment of gifts from a Christmas plum pudding, which formed a part of the Christmas exercises. A wash-tub was covered with brown paper to represent a pudding. At the proper time a young man dressed to represent a cook, with white cap and apron, and wand of office, entered the room followed by two boys, also in white caps and aprons, and carrying a pudding dish. Placing this in the center of the platform, the chief cook advanced to the front, and after appropriate words of greeting and of explanation, the assistants passed down the aisles and gathered the various ingredients, or "plums" which the audience had brought. When ready it was started on its way to the South. We venture to say it will last longer and do more good than any plum pudding that ever was served.

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OUR MANY-SIDED MISSIONARY WORK.

One of our efficient ladies, Principal of a large school embracing the grades from primary to the high school and normal department, and in which the scholastic standard is creditably maintained, writes as follows:

"Our school is on the whole in good condition. The teachers are earnest, efficient and united. The students are of a better average than ever before. There has been a healthful religious interest all the year. During the past two weeks there have been several conversions in every room, (unless, perhaps, in the primary). Every room has had some religious services conducted by the teachers. A few union services were held, attended by those interested. These were mostly conducted by Miss B. In Miss S.'s room the conversions are very hopeful young men and women.

"The industrial classes of boys and girls were never so large before, and among the girls the spirit of real work and helpfulness through work seems to be developing true womanly character. In the tool-room there are five classes of from eight to fourteen boys every day. A little printing-press is set up, and one boy has begun to set type. The shop is a busy place when fourteen boys are in it shoving their saws and planes, running the lathes, carving or hammering, and they usually seem very happy. We are looking with anxious longing for that new teacher promised. The number of country students this year makes it imperative if we reach these surrounding counties, as we want to do, but the new teacher must come soon, or we must send away thirty-five or forty scholars, nearly all from the country. This is written that you 'also might know our affairs and how we do.'"

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WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS.

CO-OPERATING WITH THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.

MAINE.

WOMAN'S AID TO A.M.A. Chairman of Committee--Mrs. C.A. Woodbury, Woodfords, Me.

VERMONT.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. A.B. Swift, 167 King St., Burlington. Secretary--Mrs. E.C. Osgood, 14 First Ave., Montpelier. Treasurer--Mrs. Wm. P. Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury.

MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND.

[1]WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. President--Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer, Cambridge, Mass. Secretary--Miss Nathalie Lord, 32 Congregational House, Boston. Treasurer--Miss Ella A. Leland, 32 Congregational House, Boston.

[Footnote 1: For the purpose of exact information, we note that while the W.H.M.A. appears in this list as a State body for Mass, and R.I., it has certain auxiliaries elsewhere.]

CONNECTICUT.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. Francis B. Cooley, Hartford. Secretary--Mrs. S.M. Hotchkiss, 171 Capitol Ave., Hartford. Treasurer--Mrs. W.W. Jacobs, 19 Spring St., Hartford.

NEW YORK.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. Wm. Kincaid, 483 Greene Ave., Brooklyn. Secretary--Mrs. Wm. Spalding, 6 Salmon Block, Syracuse. Treasurer--Mrs. L.H. Cobb, 59 Bible House, New York City.

OHIO

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. J.G.W. Cowles, 417 Sibley St., Cleveland. Secretary--Mrs. Flora K. Regal, Oberlin. Treasurer--Mrs. F.L. Fairchild, Box 932, Mt. Vernon, Ohio.

INDIANA.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. C.B. Safford, Elkhart. Secretary--Mrs. W.E. Mossman, Fort Wayne. Treasurer--Mrs. C. Evans, Indianapolis.

ILLINOIS.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. B.F. Leavitt, 409 Orchard St., Chicago. Secretary--Mrs. C.H. Taintor, 151 Washington St., Chicago. Treasurer--Mrs. C.E. Maltby, Champaign.

IOWA.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. T.O. Douglass, Grinnell. Secretary--Miss Ella E. Marsh, Box 232, Grinnell. Treasurer--Mrs. M.J. Nichoson, 1513 Main St., Dubuque.

MICHIGAN.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. George M. Lane, 47 Miami Ave., Detroit. Secretary--Mrs. Leroy Warren, Lansing. Treasurer--Mrs. E.F. Grabill, Greenville.

WISCONSIN.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. H.A. Miner, Madison. Secretary--Mrs. C. Matter, Brodhead. Treasurer--Mrs. C.C. Kealer, Beloit.

MINNESOTA.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. President--Mrs. E.S. Williams, Box 464, Minneapolis. Secretary--Miss Gertude A. Keith, 1350, Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis. Treasurer--Mrs. M.W. Skinner, Northfield.

NORTH DAKOTA.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. President--Mrs. A.J. Pike, Dwight. Secretary--Mrs. Silas Daggett, Harwood. Treasurer--Mrs. J.M. Fisner, Fargo.

SOUTH DAKOTA.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. A.H. Robbins, Bowdie. Secretary--Mrs. T.M. Jeffris, Huron. Treasurer--Mrs. S.E. Fifield, Lake Preston.

NEBRASKA.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. T.H. Leavitt, 1216 H. St., Lincoln. Secretary--Mrs. L.F. Berry, 724 No. Broad St., Fremont. Treasurer--Mrs. D.E. Perry, Crete.

MISSOURI.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. C.L. Goodell, 3006 Pine St., St. Louis. Secretary--Mrs. E.P. Bronson, 3100 Chestnut St. St. Louis. Treasurer--Mrs. A.E. Cook, 4145 Bell Ave., St. Louis.

KANSAS.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Presidents--Mrs. F.J. Storrs, Topeka. Secretary--Mrs. George L. Epps, Topeka. Treasurer--Mrs. J.G. Dougherty, Ottawa.

COLORADO AND WYOMING.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. J.W. Pickett, White Water, Colorado. Secretary--Miss Mary L. Martin, 106 Platte Ave., Colorado Springs, Colorado. Treasurer--Mrs. S.A. Sawyer, Boulder, Colorado. Treasurer--Mrs. W.L. Whipple, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. Elijah Cash, 927 Temple St., Los Angeles. Secretary--Mrs. H.K.W. Bent, Box 426, Pasadena Treasurer--Mrs. H.W. Mills, So. Olive St., Los Angeles.

CALIFORNIA.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. President--Mrs. H.L. Merritt, 686 34th St., Oakland. Secretary--Miss Grace E. Barnard, 677 21st St., Oakland. Treasurer--Mrs. J.M. Havens, 1389 Harrison St., Oakland.

LOUISIANA.

WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. R.C. Hitchcock, New Orleans. Secretary--Miss Jennie Fyfe, 490 Canal St., New Orleans. Treasurer--Mrs. C.S. Shattuck, Hammond.

MISSISSIPPI.

WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. A.F. Waiting, Tougaloo. Secretary--Miss Sarah J. Humphrey, Tougaloo. Treasurer--Miss S.L. Emerson, Tougaloo.

ALABAMA.

WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. H.W. Andrews, Talladega. Secretary--Miss S.S. Evans, 2612 Fifth Ave., Birmingham. Treasurer--Mrs. E.J. Penney, Selma.

FLORIDA.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION. President--Mrs. S.F. Gale, Jacksonville. Secretary--Mrs. Nathan Barrows, Winter Park. Treasurer--Mrs. L.C. Partridge, Longwood.

TENNESSEE AND ARKANSAS.

WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION OF THE CENTRAL SOUTH ASSOCIATION. President--Miss M.F. Wells, Athens, Ala. Secretary--Miss A.M. Cahill, Nashville, Tenn. Treasurer--Mrs. G.S. Pope, Grand View, Tenn.

NORTH CAROLINA.

WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. President--Miss E. Plimpton, Chapel Hill. Secretary--Miss A.E. Farrington, Raleigh. Treasurer--Miss Lovey Mayo, Raleigh.

We would suggest to all ladies connected with the auxiliaries of State Missionary Unions, that funds for the American Missionary Association be sent to us through the treasurers of the Union. Care, however, should be taken to designate the money as for the American Missionary Association, since _undesignated funds will not reach us_.

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RECEIPTS FOR FEBRUARY, 1890.

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THE DANIEL HAND FUND,

_For the Education of Colored People._

FROM Mr. DANIEL HAND, GUILFORD, CONN.

Income for February, 1890 ...$4,197 35

Income previously acknowledged ...1,792 50

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Total ...$5,989 85

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CURRENT RECEIPTS.

MAINE. $241.98.

Augusta. Joel Spalding, to const. MRS. PHEBE MARTIN L.M. ...30.00

Augusta South Parish Ch. ...22.00

Bath. Central Ch. and Soc ...10.00

Belfast. Y.P.S.C.E., Bbl. and Box, 1.51, _for Freight, for Raleigh, N.C._ ...1.51

Bethel. Second Cong. Ch. ...13.00

Bluehill. Y.P.S.C.E. of Cong. Ch., 5; Cong. Ch., 2 ...7.00

Brownville. Sab. Sch. of Gong. Ch., _for Mountain Work_ ...20.00

Castine. Misses Mary and Margaret J. Cushman ...2.50

Castine. Y.P.S.C.E., Bbl., 1.80, _for Freight, for Raleigh, N.C._ ...1.80

Cumberland Center. Bbl. of C., 2, _for Freight, for Selma. Ala._ ...2.00

Edgecomb. Cong. Ch. ...6.84

Freeport. Daniel Lane ...3.00

Limerick. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...8.00

Limington. Cong. Ch. ...11.00

Monson. R.W. Emerson ...10.00

North Yarmouth. Y.P.S.C.E., by E.M. McIntire, Sec. ...3.00

Orland. "A Friend" ...3.00

Otisfield. Cong. Ch., Mrs. Susan Lovel, 5; Rev J. Loring, 3; Mrs. M. Knight, 2; Mrs. Mary Jennings, 1; Mrs. Sarah P. Morton, 1 ...12.00

Portland. State St. Ch., "A Friend" ...50.00

Portland. Y.P.S.C.E., Williston Ch., _for Wilmington, N.C._ ...8.00

South Berwick. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for Raleigh, N.C._

Waterford. First Cong. Ch. ...3.13

West Woolwich. Mrs. J.P. Trott ...2.50

Woodfords. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Freight to Raleigh, N.C._ ...1.70

Yarmouth. Cong. Ch., _for Sherwood, Tenn._ ...10.00

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $469.77.

Amherst. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ ...20.00

Exeter. "A Friend," _for the Freedman_ ...30.00

Candia. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...21.00

Conway. Second Cong. Ch. ...10.00

Dover. Dr. L.G. Hill, _for Library, Sherwood, Tenn._ ...15.00

Gilsum. Cong. Soc. ...8.75

Greenland. Cong. Ch. ...20.00

Greenville. Cong. Ch. ...13.00

Hollis. Rev. S.L. Gerould, _for Freight to Birmingham, Ala._ ...1.45

Jaffrey. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...18.41

Keene. Second Cong. Ch. ....15.65

Manchester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. H.B. SAWYER L.M. ...58.58

Manchester. Sab. Sch. of First Ch., _for Wilmington, N.C._ ...30.00

Milford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...5.00

Nashua. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., Miss Collins, _for Student Aid, Avery Inst._ ...11.25

Nashua. Miss H.M. Swallow ...10.00

Nashua. Y.P.S.C.E. First Cong. Ch., B. of C., _for Charleston, S.C._

Newport. Cong. Ch. ...43.38

North Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...13.00

Northumberland. _For Freight_ to McIntosh, Ga. ...2.00

Rochester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...25.00

Rindge. Cong. Soc. ...10.80

South Newmarket Miss H.L. Fitts, _for Wilmington, N.C._ ...20.00

Stratham. Cong. Ch., to const. REV. GEORGE A. FOSS L.M. ...30.00

Swanzey. Cong. Soc. ...7.50

Tanmouth. Mrs. Amanda M. Dane, to const. HORACE A. PAGE L.M. ...30.00

VERMONT, $661.17.

Barnet. Cong. Ch., 49.99; Cong. Sab. Sch., 13.61; Alexander Holmes, 20 ...83.60

Cambridge. Mrs. S.W. Safford, B. of C., _for McIntosh, Ga._; 2 _for Freight_ ...2.00

Coventry. "Friends," B. of C., _for McIntosh, Ga._; 2 _for Freight_ ...2.00

East Corinth. Cong. Ch. ...8.47

Essex Junction. Cong. Ch. ...4.00

Franklin. Cong. Aid Soc., Bbl. of C., _for McIntosh, Ga._

Hartford. J.G. Stimson, for Cong. Ch. ...100.00

Manchester. W.H.M. Soc., _Freight to McIntosh, Ga._ ...1.62

Manchester. "A Friend" ...9.50

Montpelier. "Friends," 68.90 and B. of Goods, _for Meridian, Miss._ ...68.90

North Craftsbury. _For Freight_ to McIntosh, Ga. ...3.00

Norwich. Mrs. B.B. Newton ...5.00

Saint Albans. Christian Endeavor Soc., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...50.00

Saint Johnsbury. Box of C., _for McIntosh, Ga._; 2 _for Freight_ ...2.00

Springfield. A. Woolson ...200.00

West Brattleboro. Cong. Ch., B. of C., _for McIntosh, Ga._

Westminster. Y.P.S.C.E., by Carrie S. Watkins, _for Indian M._ ...2.55

Williston. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. ...7.00

Woodford. "Soc. of Christian Endeavor" ...1.00

Woman's Home Missionary Union of Vt., by Mrs. William P. Fairbanks, Treas., _for Woman's Work_:

Jamaica. Sab. Sch. ...4.53

Pittsford. Sab. Sch. ...20.00

Saint Johnsbury. W.H.M.S. of North Ch. ...60.00

Saxton's River. W.H.M.S. ...5.00

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$640.17

ESTATE.

Jericho. Estate of Hosea Spaulding, by C.M. Spaulding, 10; A.C. Spaulding, 5; Helen M. Percival, 3; Ernest J. Spaulding, 3 ...21.00

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$661.17

MASSACHUSETTS, $37,154.78.

Acton. Evan. Cong. Ch. ...7.50

Andover. Miss Lucia Merrill, _for Mobile, Ala._ ...8.00

Arlington. Mrs. M.J. Wiggin, Bbl. _for Tougaloo U._

Attleboro. Cong. Ch., _for Williamsburg Academy, Ky._ ...5.00

Belchertown. Mrs. D.B. Bruce ...15.00

Billerica. Mrs. H.B. Stanton ...2.00

Boston. Jacob P. Bates, _for Student Aid, Girls' School, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ ...67.00

Mrs. Woodbridge Oldin, _for Miss Collins' Indian Work, Grand River, Dak._ ...10.00

S.W. Merrill ...1.00

Charlestown. Winthrop Ch. Sew. Soc, _for Tougaloo U._ ...1.00

Mrs. E.H. Flint, _Christmas Gifts for Tougaloo U._

Winthrop Ch. Sew. Circle, Bbl., _for Tougaloo U._

Dorchester. Y.P.S.C.E. of Pilgrim Ch ...2.33

East Somerville. Y.L. Mission Circle of First Cong. Ch., _for Williamsburg Academy, Ky._ ...20.00

Franklin St. Ch. ...4.38

Neponset. Y.L. Aid Soc., Box of Basted work, _for Sew. Dept., Talladega C._

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Brimfield. First Cong. Ch. ...6.25

Brockton. Mrs. B. Sanford, _for Freight to Tougaloo, Miss._ ...2.00

Buckland. Cong. Ch. ...14.41

Cambridge. Y.L.M. Soc. North Ave. Ch., _for Indian Sch'p_ ...17.50

Cambridgeport. Prospect St. Ch., 210.11; Ladies' Miss'y Soc., 30, to const. MRS. CHARLES OLMSTEAD L.M. ...240.11

Campello. Cong. Ch., to const HORACE BAKER L.M., ad'l ...50.00

Chatham. Cong. Ch. ...6.12

Chester. W.S. Gamwell, _for Student Aid, Lexington, Ky._ ...1.00

Cohasset. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...12.25

Dalton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Sch'p, Santee Indian Sch._ ...17.50

Dunstable. Cong. Ch. ...32.00

Douglass. Rev. James Wells, 5; Miss Wells' S.S. Class, 5; Pkg. Patchwork, _for Tougaloo U._ ...10.00

Georgetown. Y.P.S.C.E. of Memorial Ch., 10; First Ch., 30c ...10.30

Grafton. Cong. Ch., _for Williamsburg Academy, Ky._ ...4.00

Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch., _for Mountain Work_ ...33.75

Greenwich. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ ...24.10

Holbrook. Winthrop Cong. Ch. ...38.49

Holbrook. Sab. Sch. of Winthrop Ch., ad'l, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...38.00

Holliston. "Bible Christians" ...100.00

Holyoke. Woman's H.M. Soc. of First Ch., Box of C.; 5 for Freight, _for Grand View, Tenn._ ...5.00

Hopedale. A.A. Westcott, _for Student Aid, Sherwood, Tenn._ ...5.00

Hopkinton. Mrs. Wing's S.S. Class, _for Mobile, Ala._ ...12.00

Hubbardston. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of Work for Sew. Dept., _Talladega C._

Hyde Park. First Cong. Ch. ...20.00

Lakeville. Woman's Home Miss'y Soc., _for Indian M._ ...25.50

Lancaster. Sab. Sch. of Evan. Ch. ...11.00

Lawrence. Trinity Sab. Sch., 10; Y.P.S.C.E. of South Cong. Ch., 4 ...14.00

Lawrence. Ladles of Lawrence St. Ch., Bbl, Val. 107.30, by Mrs. S.J. Quimby, Sec., _for Sherwood, Tenn._

Leicester. Cong. Ch., _for Talladega C._ ...1.50

Leominster. Mrs. Wm. Howland, 25; Cong. Ch., 5, _for Williamsburg Academy, Ky._ ...30.00

Manchester. Cong. Ch. ...30.00

Maplewood. Ladies' Social Union, Bbl., _for Raleigh, N.C._

Marblehead. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...20.00

Medford. McCollom Mission Circle of Mystic Ch. ...25.00

Middleboro. "A Friend," _for Indians, Chinese and Freedmen_ ...3.00

Millis. Cong. Ch. ...15.00

Newtonville. Central Cong. Ch. ...106.13

Northampton. "C" ...100.00

North Brookfield. Y.P.S.C.E. of First Cong. Ch. ...5.25

North Woburn. "A Friend" ...5.00

Oxford. Sab. Sch of Cong. Ch. ...14.67

Phillipston. Mrs. Mary P. Estey ...5.00

Plymouth. Church of the Pilgrimage ...88.60

Quincy. Evan. Cong. Ch. ...120.00

Randolph. Collected by Mrs. J.C. Labaree, _for Woman's Work_ ...30.00

Randolph. Y.L.M. Soc., _Freight to Tougaloo, Miss._ ...3.40

Reading. Cong. Ch,. (2 of which special) ...20.00

Rockland. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for Fisk U._

Royalston. Ladies' Soc, Bbl. of Bedding, _for Girls' Hall, Greenwood, N.C._

Salem. Benev. Soc. Crombie St. Cong. Ch., _for Wilmington, N.C._ ...20.35

Sheffield. Y.P.S.C.E., Cong. Ch., _for Mountain Work_ ...10.00

South Amherst. Cong. Ch. ...4.50

South Easton. Cong. Ch., _for Fisk U._, (30 of which from Young Men's Class, _for Student Aid_) ...68.68

South Sudbury. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C. and Bedding, _for New Orleans, La._

Spencer. Cong. Ch. ...22.38

Spencer. Cong. Ch., _for Williamsburg Academy, Ky._ ...5.00

Spencer. "Nickel Band," _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...10.00

Springfield. Sab. Sch. First Cong. Ch., Class No. 16, Bbl., _for Tougaloo U._

Springfield. G. & C. Merriam, one copy Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, _for Grand View, Tenn._

Springfield. Ladies of Cong. Ch., 3 Bbls. of C., _for Charleston, S.C._

Spring Hill. Y.P.S.C.E., by C.E. Hoxie ...6.00

Sunderland. Mrs. F.G. Abby, _Freight to Tougaloo, Miss._ ...2.00

Taunton. Young People's Union, Broadway Ch., _for Indian M._ ...25.00

Townsend. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...30.00

Upton. First Cong. Ch. ...14.47

Walpole. Y.P.S.C.E., _for Mountain Work_ ...6.26

Waltham. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., (10 of which from Miss Childs' and Miss Kidder's classes on True Blue Cards.) ...15.76

Webster. First Cong. Ch., Miss K. Goddard's S.S. Class, 10.25; Mrs. Goddard, 2.40, _for Mountain Work_ ...12.65

Wellesley. Miss M.A. Stevens, 10; Cong. Ch., adl., 10 ...20.00

Wellesley. Wellesley College, Box of C., _for Savannah, Ga._

Westboro. Young Ladies' Benev. Soc., _for Woman's Work_ ...20.00

West Brookfield. Cong. Ch., _for Williamsburg Academy, Ky._ ...15.15

West Brookfield. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Santee Agency, Neb._ ...7.34

Westfield. First Cong. Ch., Box C. and Box Books, _for Grand View, Tenn._

West Hawley. Y.P.S.C.E. by Carrie Atkins, Treas. ...1.76

West Medway. Second Cong. Ch. ...2.32

West Newton. "Pax," _for Atlanta U._ ...2.00

Woburn. Mrs. Susan T. Greenough ...5.00

Worcester. Union Ch., Albert Curtis, 100; Plymouth Ch., 56; Union Ch., 23; Pilgrim Ch., 27.10; "Two Friends," 2, _for Williamsburg Academy, Ky._ ...208.10

Worcester. Summer St. Ch., _for Indian M._ ...2.25

Worcester. Rev. T.W. Thompson, _for Freight to Sherwood, Tenn._ ...2.00

Worcester. Plymouth Ch., _Freight to Tougaloo, Miss._ ...1.60

Worcester. Primary Dept. Sab. Sch. of Central Ch., Box of Effects, _for Marion, Ala._

Worcester. "A Friend" ...25.00

Woman's Home Missionary Association, by Ella A. Leland, Treas., _for Woman's Work_:

_For Salary of Teachers_ ...440.00

_For a Teacher_, 100; _For Pleasant Hill, Tenn._, 51 ...151.00

Cambridge. Aux. of First Cong. Ch., _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ ...10.00

Newton. Mr. Cobb's Class, Eliot Ch., _for Sch'p, Santee Agency Indian Sch., Neb._ ...6.25

-------- 607.25

Hampden County Benevolent Society, by Charles Marsh, Treas.:

Monson. ...29.56

South Hadley Falls. ...12.25

South Hadley Falls. _For Gregory Inst., Wilmington, N.C._ ...5.13

Springfield. North ...33.00

Springfield. Indian Orchard ...14.74

West Springfield. Park ...15.00

West Springfield. Mittineague ...14.63

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$2,813.17

ESTATES.

Framingham. Estate of Mrs. Mary F. Cutler, by George E. Cutler and Chas. F. Cutler, Executors ...841.61

Greenfield. Estate of Ex-Gov. William B. Washburn, by W.N. Washburn and F.G. Fessenden, Ex's ...30,000.00

Medfield. Estate of Mrs. Abigail Cummings, by E.A. Hildreth and S.B. Hildreth, Executors, _for the education, instruction and improvement of the Colored population of the South_ ...1,500.00

Woburn. Estate of Daniel Richardson, by William Beggs, Ex. ...2,000.00

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$37,154.78

CLOTHING, BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE

Alfred, Me. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl., _for Selma, Ala._

North Bridgton. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl., _for Tougaloo, Miss._

Exeter, N.H. Ladies of Second Cong. Ch., 3 Bbls., Val. 195, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._

Brockton, Mass. Mrs. B. Sanford, Bbl., _for Tougaloo, Miss._

Cambridgeport, Mass. Mrs. R.T. Howes, Broadcloth Suit, _for Minister, Birmingham, Ala._

Newton, Mass. Eliot Ch., Mrs. M.T. Vincent, Box, _for Sherwood, Tenn._

West Newton, Mass. Miss Alice Williston, Box, _for McLeansville, N.C._

Yarmouthport, Mass. Ladies' Sewing Circle, Box, _for Raleigh, N.C._

RHODE ISLAND, $1,089.97.

Central Falls. "Mission Workers." Cong. Ch., _for Indian Sch'p_ ...20.00

Little Compton. United Cong. Ch. ...12.00

Providence. Union Cong. Ch., (of which 57.20 _for Indian Work_) ...817.11

Providence. James Coats ...100.00

Providence. Central Ch., 35; Union Ch., 25; Miss Emily Howard, 25; Blackstone Chapel, 17; Plymouth Ch., 11.75; Riverside Ch., 7.11; Beneficent Ch., Mr. Troup, 5; Phoenix Bap't Ch., 5, _for Williamsburg Academy, Ky._ ...130.86

Providence. Y.P.S.C.E. of North Cong. Ch., _for Grand View, Tenn._ ...10.00

Providence. W.H. Waite, Bbl. of Papers

CONNECTICUT, $13,301.19.

Ansonia. Y.P.S.C.E. of Cong. Ch., _for Girls' Hall, Santee Agency, Neb._ ...20.00

Bethel. Cong. Ch., 64.82; "Thanksgiving Offering," 5 ...69.82

Bridgeport. First Cong. Ch. ...146.31

Bridgeport Y.P.S.C.E., Park St. Ch., _for Indian Sch'p_ ...12.27

Bristol. Miss Nettleton's Class, Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Indian Sch'p_ ...14.00

Centerbrook and Ivoryton. Cong. Ch., ad'l, to const. MISS ISABEL NORTHROP and N.D. MILLER L.M's ...49.27

Centerbrook and Ivoryton. Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ ...18.00

Cornwall. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._ ...14.75

Columbia. "Friends," B. of C., _for McIntosh, Ga._

East Hampton. Dea. S. Skinner, _for Talladega C._ ...10.00

East Hartford. "A Friend," to const. MISS HARRIET M. OLMSTED and MISS M. ELLA PORTER L.M's ...60.00

Essex. First Cong. Ch. ...25.33

Farmington. Miss M.G. Jones, 2 Packages C., _for Tougaloo U._

Guilford. First Cong. Ch., to const. ELI T. DUDLEY L.M. ...30.00

Guilford. Wigwam Club, by Mary F. Munson, Bbl., Val., 39.84, _for Ramona Sch., Santa Fe_

Hadlyme. J.W. Hungerford ...100.00

Hampton. "A Friend" ...5.00

Hartford. Mrs. Henry A. Perkins, for Perkin's Hall, _Santee Agency, Neb., Indian M._ ...1,000.00

Hartford. Sab. Sch. of Asylum Hill Cong. Ch., _for Indian M. Santee Agency, Neb._ ...100.00

Hartford. Windsor Av. Cong. Ch., 10.60; Asylum Hill Cong. Ch., Rev. Wm. H. Moore, 10; Mrs. L.M. Hotchkiss, 4 ...24.60

Hartford. "Friends" in Asylum Hill Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ ...3.00

Hebron. "A Friend" ...3.00

Ivoryton. Y.P.S.C.E., _for Indian Sch'p_ ...17.50

Ivoryton. Miss Isabel Northrop and Sab. Sch. Class, _for Indian M._ ...12.50

Kensington. Cong. Ch., 34.53, to const MRS. CORNELIUS W. DUNHAM L.M.; William Upson, 10 ...44.53

Lebanon. Goshen Cong. Ch., _for Talladega C._ ...15.00

Ledyard. "A Friend" ...2.00

Lyme. First Cong. Ch. ...29.74

Mansfield. Geo. F. King ...1.00

Melrose. Mrs. Wm. H. Thompson ...10.00

Meriden. Mrs. G.W. Carter, Pkg. Patchwork, _for Tougaloo U._

Milford. Plymouth Ch. ...50.00

Middletown. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ ...35.00

New Haven. United Ch., 374.83; J.L. Ensign, 10 ...384.83

New Haven. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Indian Sch'p_ ...17.50

New London. Second Cong. Ch. ...324.60

New London. Mrs. J.N. Harris, _for Indian M._ ...20.00

North Guilford. Cong. Ch. ...20 00

North Haven. Y.P.S.C.E., by Miss E.G. Marihugh, Treas. ...15.00

Plainfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 25.70; Y.P.S.C.E. of First Cong. Ch., 9.69 ...35.39

Plainville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ ...10.00

Pomfret. Rev. C.P. Grosvenor, 2 Boxes of Books, _for Talladega C._

Putnam. Sab. Sch. or Second Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...25.00

Ridgefield. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ ...10.00

Sound Beach. A.P. Cobb ...4.50

South Norwalk. Mrs. E.S. Hall, _for Tougaloo U._ ...1.80

Stratford. "A.S.C." ...3.00

Thomaston. Cong. Ch., 10.57; Y.P.S.C.E. of Cong. Ch., 11.65 ...22.22

Trumbull. Cong. Ch. ...7.30

Washington. "N." ...10.00

Waterbury. First Cong. Ch. ...150.00

Wauregan. Ladies' Benev. Soc., _for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._ ...8.00

West Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...47.38

Westminster. Mrs. A.C. Greene's Sab. Sch. Class ...10.00

Wilton. Cong. Ch. ...60.00

Winchester. Cong. Ch. ...2.55

Windsor. Mrs. E.N. Loomis ...10.00

Windsor. Mrs. M.E. Pierson, _for Student Aid, Sherwood, Tenn._ ...10.00

Windsor Locks. Cong. Ch., _for Jewett Memorial Hall_ ...25.00

Winthrop. Mrs. Clarissa Rice, 2; Mrs. M.A. Jones, 1.50 ...3.50

Woodbury. Ladies' M. Soc., First Cong. Ch., (18 of which _for Student Aid), for Williamsburg, Ky._ ...25.00

Woodstock. First Cong. Ch., ad'l, to const. MISS DAISY AMSDEN, MRS. CAROLINE BOYDEN and ADELBERT LYON L.M's ...16.00

----. "Friends in Connecticut" _for Native Indian Missionary_ ...100.00

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$3,301.19

ESTATE.

New Britain. Estate of C.B. Erwin, by Henry E. Russell, Jr., Executor ...10,000.00

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$13,301.19

NEW YORK, $740.50.

Amsterdam. N.R. and S.L. Bell ...5.00

Brooklyn. Mrs. J.H. Adams, 50; The Misses Thurston, 50, _for Indian M._ ...100.00

Brooklyn. Pilgrim Chapel, _for Indian Hospital_ ...25.88

Brooklyn. Park Cong. Ch. ...6.50

Brooklyn. "Lilly Circle," Park Ch., Christmas Package, by Miss Edith Leonard, _for Santee Indian Sch._

Canandaigua. First Cong. Ch. ...43.50

Eldred. Cong. Ch. ...4.00

Ellington. Mrs. H.B. Rice ...5.00

Flushing. First Cong. Ch. ...51.42

Hamilton. Cong. Ch. ...10.00

Holly. "Life Member" ...10.00

Jamestown. First Cong. Ch. ...10.00

LeRoy. Mrs. L.A. Parsons ...5.00

Millers's Place. Mrs. S.B. Jones ...1.00

Mount Sinai. Cong. Ch. ...8.00

New York. S.T. Gordon ...100.00

New York. B. VanWagenen, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ ...25.00

New York. Mrs. Armour, Box Toys and Clothing, _for Troy, N.C._

Ovid. D.W. Kinne ...5.00

Paris. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ...13.75

Perry Centre. L.M. Soc., _Freight to Tougaloo, Miss._ ...1.25

Phoenix. Kings' Daughters and Primary S.S. Class, Bbl. C. etc., _for Talladega C._

Portland. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. ...5.50

Sherburne. Miss E.A. Rexford, _for Mountain Work_ ...5.00

Smyrna. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., to const. DWIGHT L. SWEET L.M. ...50.00

Syracuse. Plymouth Ch. ...20.12

Walton. First Cong. Ch. ...101.58

Waterville. Mrs. John Haven, 20; Miss M.E. Barnes, 5 ...25.00

West Bloomfield. Cong. Ch. ...36.00

Woman's Home Missionary Union of N.Y., by Mrs. L.H. Cobb, Treas., _for Woman's Work_:

Homer. Band of Hope ...5.00

Lockport. Ladies' Aux., _for Sch'p, Talladega C._ ...30.00

Paris. Judd Mission Band ...6.00

Saratoga. Ladies' Soc., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ ...20.00

Geddes. Cong. Ch. ...6.00

-------- 67.00

NEW JERSEY, $23.88.

Montclair. L.H.M. Soc., Cong. Ch., Pkg. Bedding, _for Tougaloo U._

Newark. Christian Endeavor Soc. of Belleville Av. Cong. Ch. ...8.15

Upper Montclair. Sab. Sch. of Christian Union Ch. ...15.73

Vineland. Geo. W. Lewis. Bbl. of Papers

OHIO, $5,299.17.

Austinburg. W.M.S. and S.S. Classes, Cong. Ch., 10; Kings' Daughters, 2, _for Student Aid, Marion, Ala._ ...12.00

Austinburg. Ladies' Aid Soc., Box of C., etc., _for Marion, Ala._

Chatham Center. Mrs. M.S. Clapp ...1.00

Cincinnati. "Friends," B. of C., _for McIntosh, Ga._

Cincinnati. Ladies of Central Ch., Box of C., _for Fisk U_

Cleveland. Euclid Av. Cong. Ch., 83.30; Jennings Av. Cong. Ch., 25; "Pulpit Supply," 15; Rev. I.W. Metcalf, 10; Rev. W.F. McMillen, 10; Mrs. Caroline A. Garlick, 2; Society of Christian Endeavor, by Jennie Macdougall, Sec., 6.56 ...151.86

Columbus. C.E. Dunham, _for Wilmington, N.C._ ...3.00

Columbus. Mrs. P.A. Crafts, Box of Books, _for McIntosh, Ga._

Columbus. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for Fisk U._

Hartford. Cong. Ch. ...15.65

Fremont. C.T. Rogers ...5.00

Jersey. Mrs. C.F. Slough ...4.50

Norfolk. "A Friend," _for Indian M._ ...5.00

Norwalk. First Cong. Ch. ...25.17

Pittsfield. Union Sab. Sch., _for Mountain Work_ ...3.25

Simons. Miss Lizzie Clark, _for Mobile, Ala._ ...2.00

Springfield. Cong. Ch. ...9.00

Youngstown. J.D. Whitney ...1.00

Wakeman. Ladies of Cong. Ch., B. of C., _for Fisk U._

Ohio Woman's Home Missionary Union, by Mrs. F.L. Fairchild, Treasurer, _for Woman's Work_:

Cleveland. First Cong. Ch., W.H.M.S. ...10.00

Cleveland. Y.P.S.C.E., First Ch. ...0.75

Columbus. Eastwood Ch, Mrs. P.A. Crafts, 30; E.T. Bronson, 5; P.L. Alcott, 5, _for Miss Collins' Indian Work_ ...30.00

Edinburg. Branch of O.W.H.M.U., _for Mist Collins' Indian Work_ ...5.00

Harmar. Oak Grove Mission Band ...3.00

Hudson. L.H.M.S. ...7.50

Johnsonville. Home Land Circle ...2.24

Litchfield. L.M.S. ...5.00

North Bloomfield. Kings' Daughters ...10.00

Oberlin. Second Ch., Ladies' Soc. ...60.00

Oberlin. First Ch., Aid Soc., _for Miss Collins' Indian Work_ ...5.00

Salem. Mrs. D.A. Allen ...5.00

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$381.92

ESTATES.

Austinburg. Estate of Miss Elizabeth G. Austin, by Henry Fassett, Adm'r. ...1,223.50

Mechanicstown. Estate of Mrs. Susan Manifold, by William Boyd, Executor ...3,393.75

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$5,299.17

INDIANA, $2.00.

Sparta. John Hawkswell ...2.00

ILLINOIS, $930.94.

Alton. Chas. Phinney ...25.00

Aurora. First Cong. Ch. ...18.04

Batavia. Cong. Ch. ...30.40

Bartlett. Cong. Ch. ...7.00

Belvidere. Mrs. M.C. Foote, 5, _for Tillotson C. and N. Inst._; 3 _for Woman's Bureau_ ...8.00

Champaign. Cong. Ch. ...9.84

Chicago. New England Cong. Ch., 106.79; "Hapland," 100; "Friend," 51.30; W.H.M.U. of South Cong. Ch., 30 ...287.99

Chicago. First Cong. Ch., _for Fort Berthold, Indian M._ ...30.00

Chicago. Mrs. E.C. Hancock, Pkg. Christmas Gifts, _for Sherwood, Tenn._

Chicago. Wm. Babbitt, Chest of Carpenters Tools, _for Austin, Texas_

Earlville. "J.A.D." ...25.00

Galena. Mrs. Ann Bean ...2.50

Geneseo. Cong. Ch. ...107.96

Hampton. Henry Clark ...5.00

Hyde Park. S.S. Class, Presb. Ch., by Miss Elsie Cole, _for Student Aid, Marion, Ala._ ...1.50

Kewanee. Cong. Ch. ...32.44

Mendon. Mrs. J. Fowler ...40.00

Morrison. Robert Wallace, to const. MRS. SUSAN P. ROGERS and MRS. WILLIAM H. WALLACE L.M'S ...100.00

Normal. Mrs. P.E. Leach ...5.00

Oak Park. Royal Legion Class, Box Literature, _for Marion, Ala._

Ottawa. Cong. Ch. ...45.47

Ottawa. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Mobile, Ala_. ...6.40

Peoria, Miss Rutherford's S.S. Class, _for Mobile, Ala._ ...12.00

Princeton, Mrs. P.B. Corss ...15.00

Rio. Sab. Sch., by Mrs. John T. Avery ...7.00

Woman's Home Missionary Union of Illinois, by Mrs. C.E. Maltby, Treasurer, _for Woman's Work_:

Aurora. ----, _for Indian M._ ...15.00

Millburn. ...25.50

Morris. L.M. Soc. ...10.00

Port Byron. ...14.40

Rockford. First Ch. ...15.00

Rockford. First Ch., _for Indian M._ ... 21.00

South Chicago. ... 2.50

Toulon. ...6.00

-------- 109.40

MICHIGAN, $268.46

Agricultural College. Prof. R.C. Kedzie. ...10.00

Belding. J.W. Bushnell. ...10.00

Dowagiac. A. Benedict. ...10.00

Grand Rapids. First Cong. Ch. ...33.60

Grand Rapids. Young Ladies' Park. Miss. Soc. Cong. Ch., _for Santee Indian M._ 20.00

Kalamazoo. T. Hudson, to const. PRES. C. A. BLANCHARD L.M., 50 _for Student Aid, Beach Inst., Savannah, Ga._, and 50 _for Hampton, Va._ ...100.00

Lake Linden. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ ...10.00

Milford, Mrs. Wm. A. Arms. ...5.00

Northville. D. Pomeroy. ...5.00

Saint Johns. Y.P.S.C.E. of First Cong. Ch., by P.E. Walsworth, Sec. ...2.00

Union City. Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C. etc, _for Marion, Ala._

Vermontville. Cong. Ch. ...15.21

Whitehall. Cong. Ch., 10; Girls' Miss'y Soc., 5. ...15.00

Woman's Home Miss'y Union of Mich., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ ...5.00

Woman's Home Missionary Union of Michigan, by Mrs. E.F. Grabill, Treas., _for Woman's Work:_

Allendale. W.H. and F.M.S. ...5.00

Cadilas. W.H.M.S. ...3.00

Covert. W.M.S. ...7.00

Detroit. Ladies' Union, First Ch. ...10.00

Detroit. Y.L.M.C., Trumbull Av. Ch. ...2.65

-------- 27.65

WISCONSIN, $155.94

Berlin. Young Conquerors' Mission Band, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...3.86

Hartford. Mr. and Mrs. R. Freeman, 30. to const. ALTA E. WEEKS L.M.; Cong. Ch., 20.32. ...50.32

LaCrosse. First Cong. Ch. ...40.00

Madison. First Cong. Ch., by W.H. Chandler. ...50.00

Stoughton. Miss. H. Sewell and Friends, Box Books, etc., _for Sherwood, Tenn._

Wisconsin Woman's Home Missionary Union, _for Woman's Work:_

Clinton. W.M.S. ...4.00

Madison. W.M.S. First Cong. Ch. ...7.76

-------- 11.76

IOWA. $242.45

Burlington. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Mountain Work._ ...10.00

Burlington. Mercy Lewis. ...1.00

DesMoines. Plymouth Cong. Ch., thro. Mrs. J.M. Otis, Clothing, _for Talladega, Ala._

Fairfield. J.W. Burnett. ...25.00

Grinnell. Cong. Ch. ...108.32

Marion. Cong. Ch. ...9.50

Muscatine. "Two Friends". ...5.00

Fairfax. Cong. Sab. Sch. ...1.50

Gilbert Station. Cong. Ch. ...3.55

McGregor. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ ...5.00

McGregor. Ladies' Miss'y Circle, _for Freight to New Orleans, La._ ...1.40

Waucoma. Miss'y Soc., by Mrs. Sarah. W. Beggs, Treas., _for Beach Inst., Savannah, Ga._ ...12.00

Iowa Woman's Home Missionary Union, _for Woman's Work:_

Alden. L.M.S. ...1.55

Alden. Mrs. E. Rogers. ...2.00

Alden. Mrs. I.H. Utley. ...0.35

Big Rock. W.H.M.U. ...4.20

Dubuque. Y.P.B. Soc., _for Mrs. DeForest, for Student Aid, Talladega C._ ...8.00

Grinnell. W.H.M.U. ...9.73

Grinnell. "A Friend". ...1.00

McGregor. W.M.S. ...9.73

Monticello. W.M.S. ...8.00

Red Oak. W.M.S. ...5.00

Stacyville. W.M.S. ...7.00

Toledo. L.M.S. 1.62

Wentworth. "A few young Ladies". ...2.00

-------- 60.18

MINNESOTA. $93.01

Glyndon. "Church at Glyndon," 6.25, Sab. Sch., 59c; Mrs. Martha Millard, 1. ...7.84

Hamilton. Cong. Ch. ...5.00

Hastings. D.B. Truax. ...5.00

Minneapolis, Plymouth Ch., 53, Union Cong. Ch. 15.42. ...68.42

Minneapolis. Sab. Sch. Pilgrim Ch. Bbl., _for Tougaloo U._

Morristown. Cong. Ch. ...2.00

Pelican Rapids. Miss'y Soc., Box of Work etc., _for Jonesboro, Tenn._

Saint Paul. Sab. Sch. Class, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ ...2.25

MISSOURI. $89.81

Saint Louis. First Trin. Cong. Ch., 79.56; Third Cong. Ch., 10.72. ...89.81

KANSAS. $66.25

Council Grove. Cong. Ch. ...10.00

Kirwin. Cong. Ch. ...8.25

Lawrence. Second Cong. Ch. ...5.00

Sabetha. Cong. Ch. ...8.00

Topeka. "Helping Hand," 25; Miss L. Storrs, 5; _for Meridian, Miss._ ...30.00

Woman's Home Missionary Society of Kansas, by Mrs. F.J. Storrs, President, _for Woman's Work:_

Topeka. Sab. Sch. of Central Ch. ...5.00

NEBRASKA. $50.42

Clarks. Y.P.S.C.E., by M.L. Thomas, Sec. _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ ...3.18

Crete. Mrs. F.L. Foss. ...5.00

Fairfield. Cong. Ch. ...11.63

Nebraska City. First Cong. Ch. ...8.61

Oxford. F.A. Wood. ...10.00

Rising City. E. Grubb. ...12.00

NORTH DAKOTA. $1.36

Wahpeton. Y.P. Soc. of Christian Endeavor, by R.T. Barber, Treas. ...1.36

SOUTH DAKOTA. $52.97

Grand Forks. Plymouth Cong. Ch. ...40.00

South Dakota Woman's Home Missionary Union, by Mrs. S.E. Fifield, Treasurer, _for Woman's Work_:

Bowdie ...1.50

Henry ...2.53

Yankton. Y.P.M.B. ...7.20

Yankton. W.M.S. ...1.74

-------- 12.97

UTAH, $2.00.

Salt Lake City. Burlington Y.P.S.C.E., by Emma M. Blodgett, Treas. ...2.00

WASHINGTON, $5.00.

Sumner. E.D. Swezey ...5.00

CALIFORNIA, $75.00.

Los Angeles. Rev. E.H. Hildreth, to const. EDWARD T. HILDRETH L.M. ...50.00

Santa Barbara. Emily Beckwith, 12.; Mrs. M.B. VanWinkle, 2 ...14.00

San Diego. Misses Mather ...10.00

Santa Rosa. John Schatz ...1.00

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $55.00.

District of Columbia. Soc. of C.E., Lincoln Mem. Ch. ...10.00

Washington. Genl. E. Whittlesey, 25; First Cong. Ch. "Two Ladies," 5 each, 10 ...35.00

Washington. Ministering League of First Cong. Ch. _for Marie Adlof Sch'p Fund Tougaloo U._ ...10.00

MARYLAND, $45.00.

Agricultural College. W.H. Bishop, _for Tougaloo U._ ...45.00

VIRGINIA, $5.00.

Hampton. Miss Marsh, _for Student Aid, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ ...5.00

KENTUCKY, $11.50.

Lexington. Miss Etta M. Hitchcock, _for Student Aid_, 1.50; _for Mission Sab. Sch._, 5; A Friend, 5; _for Student Aid, Lexington, Ky._ ...11.50

TENNESSEE, $23.50.

Jonesboro. Cong. Ch. ...10.00

Cleveland. Chas. N. Cooper, M.D. ...10.00

Knoxville. Ogden Brothers ... 0.50

Knoxville. "The Pine Forest Union" Y.P.S.C.E., by Maggie Howell, Treas. ...3.00

NORTH CAROLINA, $8.50.

Chapel Hill. Mrs. C.E. Jones ...4.00

High Point. Cong. Ch. ...1.50

Nalls. Cong. Ch. ... 0.50

Salem. Cong. Ch. ...2.50

GEORGIA.

Atlanta. The New Home Sewing Machine Co., No. 4 New Home Sewing Machine, _for Conn. Industrial Sch., Thomasville, Ga._

FLORIDA.

Saint Petersburg. Geo. Johnson, Box Oranges, "Kings' Daughters" Box Toys, etc., _for Troy N.C._

ALABAMA, $15.34.

Athens. Y.P.S.C.E. of Trinity Sch. ...1.60

Birmingham. Cong. Ch., _for Talladega C._ ...5.00

Kymulga. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ ...1.00

Talladega. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ ...7.74

LOUISIANA, $8.00.

Louisiana. Woman's Home Missionary Union, by Mrs. C.S. Shattuck, Treasurer, _for Woman's Work_:

Hammond ...1.00

New Iberia. St. Paul's Ch., Aux. ...1.00

New Orleans, Straight U. ...5.00

New Orleans, Morris Brown Ch. ...1.00

-------- 8.00

TEXAS, $2.50

Dallas. Cong. Ch. ...2.50

CANADA, $5.00.

Montreal. Chas. Alexander ...5.00

JAPAN, $20.00.

Kyoto. Branch of the Church of Christ, by Sam'l C. Bartlett, Treas. ...20.00

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Donations ...$11,937.50

Estates ...49,279.86

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$61,217.36

INCOME, $30.00.

Scholarship Fund, _for Fisk U._ ...30.00

TUITION, $4,935.20.

Lexington, Ky. Tuition ...219.05

Chapel Hill, N.C. Tuition ...6.10

Troy, N.C. Tuition ...21.90

Wilmington, N.C. Tuition ...202.00

Charleston, S.C. Tuition ...275.38

Greenwood, S.C. Tuition ...132.65

Crossville, Tenn. Tuition ...70.00

Jellico, Tenn. Tuition ...56.95

Jonesboro, Tenn. County Fund ...100.00

Jonesboro, Tenn. Tuition ...3.00

Memphis, Tenn. Tuition ...512.90

Nashville, Tenn. Tuition ...628.68

Oakdale, Tenn. Pub. Sch. Fund ...117.00

Pleasant Hill, Tenn. Tuition ...27.45

Pleasant Hill, Tenn. Public Fund ...22.00

Sherwood, Tenn. Public Fund ...25.00

Sherwood, Tenn. Tuition ...17.00

Macon, Ga. Tuition ...417.05

McIntosh, Ga. Tuition ...74.88

Savannah, Ga. Tuition ...240.00

Thomasville, Ga. Tuition ...86.70

Anniston, Ala. Tuition ...181.08

Athens, Ala. Tuition ...87.55

Marion, Ala. Tuition ...97.00

Mobile, Ala. Tuition ...221.75

Selma. Ala. Tuition ...102.15

New Orleans, La. Tuition ...488.00

Meridian, Miss. Tuition ...96.55

Tougaloo, Miss. Tuition ...232.25

Austin, Texas. Tuition ...178.18

-------- 4,935.20

United States Government for the Education of Indians ...2,365.20

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Total for February ...$68,547.76 ========

SUMMARY.

Donations ...86,417.76

Estates ...80,534.63

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$166.952.39

Income ...3,688.31

Tuition ...17,747.37

United States Government for the education of Indians ...8,049.6

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Total from Oct. 1 to Feb. 28 ...$196,437.74

FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

Subscriptions for February ...$104.23

Previously acknowledged ...372.89

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Total ...$477.12

H.W. HUBBARD, Treasurer,
Bible House, N.Y.

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