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CORRESPONDENCE 469

Oregon City, O. T., Sept. 22, '52. Rev. Benjamin M. Hill,

Cor. Sec. A. B. H. M. Soc., N. York. Dear Br.:

I learn by a letter which Br. Chandler has just received from you that you are in correspondence with a brother who is willing to come to Oregon as a professional teacher, and who is a licentiate. 281 If he can preach, and your Board cannot send him as a teacher, could you not give him an ap- pointment as you did Brs. Chandler and Read? If so, and he can preach to the edification of the people, we can find profitable use for him as a teacher and preacher in this place and vicinity. This would operate to liberate the pastor here and enable him to exert a more general personal influence in the surrounding villages and the churches in the Willamette Valley. We feel that we must have an efficient, professional teacher, and we must look to you for the man. . ..

Please send the Home Mission Record to the following brethren: William S. Wilmot, 282 eight copies, Salem Post- office, Russel T. Hill, eight copies, Santiam Post-office, and John Trapp, eight copies, Marysville Post-office, and charge the same to my account. I have received pay. Will you order to Talbert Carter, 283 Albany Post-office, one copy of the New York Recorder, and pay for the same and charge me with the amount. I wish not to be responsible for any paper I order more than a year at a time. Should they not order them renewed, you will have them discontinued at the end of the year.

281 This was probably J. D. Post, who came to Oregon in 1852. 'Mattoon, Bap. An. of Ore., 1:37.

282 Rev. William S. Wilmot, M. D., was born in Kentucky in. 1808, moved to Missouri in 1841, and to Oregon in 1850. He settled in Marion County and was connected with the Shiloh Church for about twenty years. He was ordained in 1859, and later lived in Washington and Idaho. He died at Beaverton, Ore. Mat- toon, Bap. An>. of Ore., 1:71.

283 Tolbert Carter (1825-1899) was born in Illinois, moved to Missouri in 1841, and to Oregon in 1846. He settled in Benton County and served several terms in the state legislature. He was prominent in church life as a licensed preacher and deacon. Mattoon, Bap. An. of Ore., 1:57.