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“I BEQUEATH to my executor (or executors) the sum of —— dollars in trust, to pay the same in —— days after my decease to the person who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the “American Missionary Association,” New York City, to be applied under the direction of the Executive Committee of the Association, to its charitable uses and purposes.”
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BROWN BROS. & CO.
BANKERS,
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Issue, against cash deposited, or satisfactory guarantee of repayment,
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They also issue Commercial Credits, make Cable Transfers of Money between this Country and England, and draw Bills of Exchange on Great Britain and Ireland.
Warren Ward & Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF ARTISTIC
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Established A. D. 1850.
THE
MANHATTAN
Life Insurance Co.,
156 Broadway, New York,
HAS PAID
| $7,400,000 | DEATH CLAIMS, |
HAS PAID
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HAS A SURPLUS OF
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By New York Standard of Valuation.
It gives the Best Insurance
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| Vice-President. |
| J. L. HALSEY, |
| Secretary. |
| S. N. STEBBINS, |
| Actuary. |
| H. Y. WEMPLE, |
| H. B. STOKES, |
| Assistant-Secretaries. |
E. D. Bassford’s
COOPER INSTITUTE, NEW YORK CITY,
Just received from European and Domestic Manufacturers complete new stock of fresh and beautiful goods. Every department of this great emporium is being re-stocked with the Newest and Best House-Furnishing and Table Wares, in Hardware, China, Glass, Cutlery, Silver and Wooden-ware, and everything in these lines for the complete furnishing of House and Table—Dinner and Tea Sets, Chamber-ware, Cooking Utensils, Tin-ware and
BASSFORD’S
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The best made. Goods promptly delivered in city, or shipped daily. Complete Price Lists and Refrigerator Lists sent free, and every attention paid to inquiries by mail.
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Nos. 1, 2, 3, 12, 13, 15, 16, and 17
COOPER INSTITUTE,
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Unequaled for high character of books, substantial and attractive style, and cheapness, these Libraries are well worth attention of City and Country Sunday Schools. Circular with full Catalogues sent on application.
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY, Publishers, 751 Broadway, N.Y.
A. S. BARNES & CO.
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TEACHERS are requested to send for our Descriptive Catalogue of 400 Text Books and Professional Manuals.
A. S. B. & Co., also publish
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Memoirs of P. P. Bliss:
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Lyman Abbott’s Commentary
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MANUFACTURERS OF
STOVES, RANGES,
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THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT AND VARIETY IN THE MARKET.
EXCLUSIVE MAKERS OF
P. P. Stewart's Famous Stoves.
We continue to make a discount of twenty-five per cent. from our prices on these well-known Cooking and Parlor Stoves, to Clergymen and College Professors. Orders and letters in response to this notice, addressed to our New York house, will receive prompt attention.
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THE THIRTY-SECOND VOLUME OF
THE
American Missionary,
ENLARGED AND IMPROVED.
SUBSCRIPTION DEPARTMENT.
We publish 25,000 copies per month, giving news from the Institutions and Churches aided by the Association among the Freedmen in the South, the Indian tribes, the Chinese on the Pacific Coast, and the Negroes in Western Africa. Price, Fifty Cents a Year, in Advance.
OUR NEW PAMPHLETS.
No. 1.—History of the Association.
No. 2.—Africa: Containing a History of the Mendi Mission, a Description of the Land and the People, and a presentation of their claims on America.
No. 3.—The Three Despised Races in the United States; or, The Chinaman, the Indian, and the Freedman. An Address before the A. M. A., by Rev. Joseph Cook, of Boston, Mass.
No. 4.—The Educational Work. Showing the nature and reality of the black man's needs; the way to help him; the sentiment of Southern men; the work of the Romish Church; the wants of the A. M. A.
Will be sent free to any address, on application.
H. W. HUBBARD, Ass't-Treas., 56 Reade St., N. Y.
ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT.
A limited space in our Magazine is devoted to Advertisements, for which our low rates and large circulation make its pages specially valuable. Our readers are among the best in the country, having an established character for integrity and thrift that constitute them valued customers in all departments of business.
To Advertisers using display type and Cuts, who are accustomed to the "RULES" of the best Newspapers, requiring "DOUBLE RATES" for these "LUXURIES," our wide pages, fine paper, and superior printing, with no extra charge for cuts, are advantages readily appreciated, and which add greatly to the appearance and effect of business announcements.
We are, thus far, gratified with the success of this department, and solicit orders from all who have unexceptionable wares to advertise.
Advertisements must be received by the TENTH of the month, in order to secure insertion in the following number. All communications in relation to advertising should be addressed to
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