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and all who are in authority under her, is 
our bounden duty, and we trust will ever be 
our privilege. 
" And now, Keverend sir, we would bespeak 
your attention and interest for the following 
items : The whole community are members 
of the Church of England, admitted thereto 
in their infancy by the rite of baptism ; and 
the service of that Church is duly performed 
twice every Sabbath ; but we are much in 
want of Prayer-books, Psalms, and Watts's 
Hymns for public use. The procuring some 
for us would be conferring a most essential 
service. Elementary books for the younger 
classes in the school, and Walkinghame's, or 
other books on arithmetic, for the more ad- 
vanced scholars, are greatly needed. In 
short, the want of school requisites gene- 
rally, impedes the progress of the rising 
generation. 
" The next thing we would respectfully 
state our want of, is a medicine chest ; for 
there is a vast amount of sickness among us, 
and serious accidents frequently occur. Our 
teacher possesses considerable skill as a phy- 
sician, but his knowledge is often rendered 
