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crushed out almost every hope, and, therefore to Friends do
such oftimes instinctively turn for help in their time of need.

But to our work of giying an account of our stewardship
during the past year; for truly we do feel that we have been
stewards in that we have had committed to our care the means
of doing good, (though, we have painfully 10 confess, in too lim-
ited a measure,) and that a higher power than our own finite
wisdom has'constituted us stewards in a still more exalted sense,
by placing before us a field white unto harvest, wherein to labor.

The following is a list of the schools we have had, either
entirely under our care, or to which we have rendered such pe-

cuniary assistance as seenred their maintenance, and without
which they would not have been sustained :

Titles of Schools. Teacher’s Names.

Localities.
Mt. Pisgah, Mary Anderson, (colored) Port Tobacco, Md.
Denton, Rebecea M. Tyler, Denton, Md.
Woodlawn, M. A. Davenger, Acotink, Va.
oer Hannah W. Cox, os
Gum Spring, Hannah V. Gibbs, Gum Spring, Va.
Fairfield, Emma Haslem, Fairfield, Va.
Waldo, F. E. Gauze, Gainsville Fla.
Falls Church, Hannah Jenkins, (colored) Falls Church, Va.
Frying Pan, Calista Baker, Herndon, Va.
Manasses, Lavina Chase, Manasses, Va.
Olive Branch, 0. L. Grant, (colored) "
ft D. L. Stewart, (colored) ms
Chapel Spring, Catherine Nichols, (colored) Ae
Macedonia, Simon J. R. Nelson, “ $c
Mt. Pleasant, Cornelia Hancock, near Charleston, S. C,
" Abby D. Munro, 6 &
Richersville, Isabella Lenair, (colored) “ s

It will be seen from the above schedule, that seven of the
teachers are colored.

‘To the teachers of these schools we have also extended such
advice and encouragement as seemed appropriate, and the
monthly reports received from them have not only kept us ap-
prised of the condition of their respective schools, but have sat-
isfied us of theirfaithfulness and integrity of purpose in the work
in which they have engaged. The obloquy and discourtesy to
which some of these have been subjected, has entitled them to
our warmest sympathies, and we cannot but commend them