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CORRESPONDENCE 461

Oregon City, July 28, '52. Rev. Benjamin M. Hill,

Cor. Sec. A. B. H. M. Soc. Dear Brother:

Will you do me the favor to order me a copy of the New York Recorder to Mr. John Robinson to Marysville postoffice, Benton Co., O. T. ? and pay for the same and charge the same to my account ?

EZRA FISHER.

N. B. I shall write you no more until after my return from Umpqua and Rogue River valleys. The distance is about 350 miles out, and my return the same, which will re- quire about six weeks to perform and reach all the points I wish. I leave home tomorrow morning. We greatly need the prayers of God's people in Oregon that Heaven's richest blessings may rest upon us in laying the foundation for ef- ficient Christian enterprise for after ages. I have collected over $1000 since last fall for our school building. The work has advanced so far that the school is now in it; but we must immediately look for other teachers, or rather teacher. It seems to me desirable that we should have an efficient young man qualified to teach an academy in N. Y. who wishes to make teaching a profession and could at the same time exert an influence in the Baptist cause. We have had no meeting of the Board for eight weeks and they are now scat- tered so that it has been impracticable to call a meeting since my return last week. I feel safe however in request- ing you to find such a man. The school will number about 30 next year, perhaps more. We need very much the port- able maps, on rollers, of the world, the United States, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and a map of the Ancient Roman Empire and one of Palestine. Could not some friends secure them for us so that you could send them out next winter?

Yours in the bonds of the gospel,

EZRA FISHER. Received Sep. 13, 1852,