Part 6

Brandon. “Friends,” box of C., _for Tougaloo U._ Cooksville. Cong. Ch. 5.00 Fulton. Cong. Ch. 4.00 Menomonee. Cong. Ch. (in part) 5.00 Oconomowoc. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid_ 12.50 Ripon. J. D. 0.75 Salem. Wm. Munson 50.00 Union Grove. Dr. Adams 5.00 Windsor. Cong. Sab. Sch. 16.50

IOWA, $247.70.

Davenport. Capt. E. A. Adams, $50 _for Student Aid, Talladega. C._;--Geo. W. Ells, $11 61.00 Dubuque. ESTATE of Calista C. Rogers, by Dr. R. Clark, Ex. 100.00 Dubuque. Cong. Ch. 15.00 Eldora. C. McK. Duren 5.00 Grinnell. Prof. B. 0.50 Iowa City. Mrs. E. A. B., $1; Miss H. C., $1; J. T. T., 50c. 2.50 Lyons. Cong. Ch. 50.00 Tabor. “A. C. G.” 1.00 Toledo. Mrs. E. N. Barker 5.00 Traer. “Little Ones of Cong. Ch.,” $5; _for Student Aid, Fisk U._;--Mrs. C. H. Bissell, Box of C., and $2.70 _for Freight, for Tougaloo U._ 7.70

MINNESOTA, $36.38.

East Prairieville. Union Sab. Sch. 9.00 Hersey. Cong. Ch. 5.60 Leech Lake. Rev. S. G. W., $1; Miss S. B., $1. 2.00 Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 13.52 Sleepy Eye. Cong. Ch. 5.26 Tivoli. L. H. 1.00 Spring Valley. Cong. Ch. Quar. Coll., $15 (incorrectly ack. in March number).

MISSOURI, $18.75.

Kidder. S. C. Coult 5.00 Laclede. E. D. S. 1.00 Saint Louis. Mrs. P. Penrose 4.75 Warrensburg. Rent 8.00

OREGON, $1.00.

Forest Grove. J. W. M. 1.00

CALIFORNIA, $109.71.

Benicia. Mrs. N. P. S. 0.51 Oakland. S. Richards 100.00 Santa Barbara. Mrs. H. M. Van Wrinkle 9.20

MARYLAND, 50c.

Baltimore. ---- 0.50

VIRGINIA, 50c.

Farmville. F. N. W. 0.50

TENNESSEE, $428.25.

Chattanooga. Rent, $150; Cong. Ch., $2; Individuals, $2 154.00 Memphis. Le Moyne Sch. 109.75 Nashville. Fisk University 164.50

NORTH CAROLINA, $136.12.

Raleigh. Washington Sch. 33.40 Wilmington. Normal Sch. $99; First Cong. Ch., $3.22; P. J. I., 50c. 102.72

SOUTH CAROLINA, $288.

Charleston. Avery Inst. 288.00

GEORGIA, $1,189.12.

Atlanta. Storrs School, $256.60; Atlanta University, $190.50; “A Student, Atlanta U.” $3 450.10 Brunswick. Risley School, _for Mendi M._ 1.00 Macon. Lewis High Sch. 50.65 McIntosh. Rev. Joseph E. Smith, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 50.00 Ogeechee. Miss E. W. D. 1.00 Savannah. Beach Inst., $630.54; Cong. Ch., $5.83 636.37

ALABAMA, $212.

Childersburg. Rev. A. J., _for Mendi M._ 1.00 Mobile. Emerson Inst. 36.00 Montgomery. Public Sch. Fund 175.00

FLORIDA, 50c.

Orange City. Mrs. M. D. H. 0.50

LOUISIANA, $110.25.

Orleans. Straight University 110.25

MISSISSIPPI, $47.93.

Deasonville. H. L. B. 0.50 Livingston. “Friends,” _for Tougaloo_ 10.00 Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., $27.43.;--Rev. G. S. Pope, $10 _for Student Aid_ 37.43 --------- Total 9,809.33 Total from Oct. 1st to Feb. 28th $65,733.41 H. W. HUBBARD, _Ass’t Treas._

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New Haven, Conn. Mrs. Sarah A. Hibbard 10.00 Rockville, Conn. Ladies, by Mrs. H. F. Hyde 25.00 Whitneyville, Conn. Ladies in Cong. Ch. by Elias Dickerman 26.00 Ashburnham, Mass. Collected by Mrs. E. L. Evans 23.00 Haverhill, Mass. Gyles Merrill and Wife 100.00 Campello, Mass. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.69 Millbury, Mass. Tyler Waters 5.00 North Abington, Mass. Cong. Ch. $7; Mrs. Noah Ford, $3 10.00 West Roxbury, Mass. Rev. Edward Strong 25.00 Griffin’s Mills, N. Y. Dea. Henry Moore 25.00 North Winfield, N. Y. Miss E. J. Alexander 10.00 Rochester, N. Y. Collected by Mrs. M. P. Porter 17.00 Spencerport, N. Y. Mrs. Upton. $1; Mrs. Jones, $1; Others, $3, by Mrs. I. B. Clark 5.00 Baltimore, Md. Collected by Mrs. Martin Hawley 25.00 Illinois. “A Friend,” 1,388.58 Olivet, Mich. Wm. B. Palmer 500.00 College Springs, Iowa. Cong. Ch. 5.00 Iowa. Sales of Iowa Mortgages 10,669.51 S’kokomish, Wash. Ter. Rev. Myron Eells and Wife 25.00 ---------- Total 12,801.78 Previously acknowledged in January receipts 11,587.19 ---------- Total $24,488.97

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Transcriber’s Notes:

Obvious punctuation errors corrected.

“reponsibility” changed to “responsibility” on page 102 (its responsibility and opportunity)

“repect” changed to “respect” on page 106 (entitled to the highest respect)

Duplicate word “the” removed on page 108. (work among the the colored population)

“emancicipation” changed to “emancipation” on page 113 (since emancipation laid up property)

Arithmetic or printing on page 124 is incorrect. The entry beginning with Keene is 10 cents off, and was left as printed.

A letter was missed by the printer on page 124. “Temp e” is probably “Temple”.