| Roll Number | 8 |
|---|---|
| Date | 21 Nov 1869 |
| State | Maryland |
| County | Kent |
| City/Town/Neighborhood | Chestertown |
| Other Locations Mentioned | Queen Ann County |
| Authors | Wm. Perkins |
| Position | – |
| Recipient | Genl. O.O. Howard |
| Other Names Mentioned | – |
| Message Abstract | Asks for aid in completing School House in that place thinks that $75. or $80 will be sufficient; Without this aid they can have no School for the next ten months. |
| Message Body | Sir thare is a new Houes in Kent County in the Frifth Elect disterit ware thare is some fifty Childern to go to school and thay have got thare Houes down all to plasting and lathing which will take a bout seventy five or Eighty dollars and if you Can assist them with that a mount thay can finish the Houes and be ready to opin school in three weeks and without this aide form you thay Can have no shool for the next 10 mounts pleas healp thoues poor peopel for it is a hard part of the County and thare is no school in that dist for our peopel. thare is a grate number of young mens to go to school, if we Could once get a school started in that place pleas let me har form you |
| Pages | 111 |
| Transcribers Notes | Message forwarded to D.G. Swain, who replies "Respectfully returned. There are already ten schools in successful operation in Kent County and the people seem to take a greater interest in educational matters than in some other Counties in the State. I recommend that an appropriation of seventy-five dollars ($75) be made for completion of within mentioned House" |
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