| Roll Number | 7 |
|---|---|
| Date | 6 July 1869 |
| State | Maryland |
| County | Baltimore |
| City/Town/Neighborhood | Baltimore |
| Other Locations Mentioned | Cambridge; Vienna, Dorcheter Co. |
| Authors | Walter H. Brooks |
| Position | – |
| Recipient | Mr. Hatfield |
| Other Names Mentioned | Mr. Benj. Janifer; Mr. Pinckett; Mr. [John H.] Butler |
| Message Abstract | – |
| Message Body | I am very sorry indeed of my disappointment. As you directed me to go to Cambridge I went, and when I landed there no Mr. Pinckett came, so I proceeded to inquire for Mr. Benj. Janifer, who could tell me a very little about the school. He told me he could not understand how it was I came so late. (after I had informed him that I was not under the Baltimore Committee of Education). Any how he told me where I could go and stay. And after a few day, information was sent to Vianna in reference to the teacher. They were so long about giveing an answer that I was oblige to go back to Baltimore to see about my trunk, its having not come up on the boat. After coming to Baltimore and not being successful, I was not yet discurage to give up teaching for I thought, if I had lost all my clothes, what I had after purchasing another shirt I might teach the summer season through notwithstanding. When I returned to Cambridge I was presented with this letter. This Mr. Butler lives in Baltimore at [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] present time and tends to all the schools throughout the place. In an educational view of the matter, it appears that the people are asleep and too dependent, and good men are need first to awake them from this state of lethargy and to kindle in them an ardent zeal for the cause of education. I am told that they have been without a teacher for about a year and a half. Mr. Butler promised to answer their request last October, he answer four or five after my arrival. After having put myself to so much trouble to go to the place, and having spent one half of a month's payment, I wished to get a school elsewhere, but it was in vain. I felt very sorry after waiting at Cambridge nearly a week and paying my board to be disappointed. To show that the money was use to accomplish my design in teaching, I here send you an account, for I am not able to return it, after the loss of my trunk. I hope this will satisfy the committee, for I have tried to do all in my power to carry out their design. [...] P.S. Fair From Lincoln University to Baltimore, | $1.90 Trunk transfered from the depot to the boat, | .50 Expenses in Baltimore | .20 " [[ditto for From]] Baltimore to Cambridge | $1.00 Expenses for food on the boat |.50 " [[ditto for Expenses]] in Cambridge for six days board &c | $3.90 Having missed my trunk I went to Baltimore to see about it, fair to & from | $2.00 Being disappointed of the school, returned to Baltimore, fair | $1.00 [[tally line]] Fair total | $11.00 |
| Pages | 569 |
| 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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