| Roll Number | 7 |
|---|---|
| Date | 6 Sept 1869 |
| State | Maryland |
| County | Worcester |
| City/Town/Neighborhood | Newtown |
| Other Locations Mentioned | – |
| Authors | R.H. Gillett |
| Position | – |
| Recipient | Mr. John Kimball |
| Other Names Mentioned | John H. [Butler] |
| Message Abstract | States that there is need of more school-houses in Worcester County. Inquires if the Bureau still aids in building school-houses, to the amount of $300.00 for each house? Also if he can be employed to superintend the business? &c. |
| Message Body | i take the Libety to writ you afue lines to inform you of the of the condishion of Worcester County in reards of School needs of More School in the County their is only 4 School in the County and they are Sum 3 of them is sum 16 miles a part I know of Sum Places Wher their mite be good School got up if their was Sum one to aten to them Dear Sir Will their be any chances for $300.00 Three Hundred Dollars to wards a School Houses if so you Will Please to Reply we wold Like to have a School House at Newtown on the Same Terms all thes Places want is School House & Sum one to aten to them Dear Sir do the Bureau Pay any thing for tening to them if So will Plase to give me a chances if in to it I understood that Mr John. H. [Butler] was Paid By the Bureau When he was a goin thougth[[?]] a stabling School Sir will you give 3 Hundred Dollars to thes places in the [[strikethrough]](illegible)[[/strikethrough]] County Places Pleas to writ & Let Me know all about the Matter & if [[strikethrough]] you [[/strikethrough]] the Bureau is a Paying any [[strikethrough]] one [[/strikethrough]] thing to tend to [[strikethrough]] that [[/strikethrough]] them Matters Pleas Writ and I will go to work if you Will give 3 Hundred Dollars & Let me know I will go to Work any Pay or not and Do all I can But if their is any pay it wold able me more Better I can Supenten Worcester County & Somerset County & More if it is Needet |
| Pages | 262 |
| Transcribers Notes | – |
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[Author (if known)], Freedmen's Bureau Correspondence on Schools, 1869-1870, 1869, Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva’s Black History, Nabb Research Center, Salisbury University.
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