| Roll Number | 5 |
|---|---|
| Date | 9 Jan 1869 |
| State | Delaware |
| County | New Castle |
| City/Town/Neighborhood | Wilmington |
| Other Locations Mentioned | Newport; Slaughter Neck; Summit Bridge; Union Church of New Castle Co.; Red Lion Hundred; Christiana Hundred; Milford; Cape Henlopen |
| Authors | Samuel Woolman |
| Position | – |
| Recipient | John Kimball |
| Other Names Mentioned | – |
| Message Abstract | Acknowledges receipt of Check for $720, for rent of school houses. Also paper relating to school houses at Newport and Slaughter Neck asking explanation as to the price of shingles. States that shingles vary in size, and range in price from $10. to $65. per thousand States that he has received a letter from Milford informing him that the new school-house was burned on the 6th inst. and is supposed to be the work of an incendiary. [ADDITIONAL NOTE:] Respectfully forwarded. The building burned, will have cost the Bureau $305.45, when the bill already presented is paid. I recommend that the matter be immediately investigated. |
| Message Body | The check for $720 for Rent of school house came also sumary papers relating to House at New Port & Slaughter Neck asking explanation for price of 2300 Shingles at 27 pr thousand Shingles vary in size from covering 15 square inches to 63 square inches and in price from $10 per thousand to 65 per thousand I advised paying the latter price for some to recover Friends Meeting house in this town and I think it economy to buy large sized when time & durability are considered Those used were good cypress covering say 54 inches each = The Deed for Summit Bridge is Backed Trustees of Union Church of N Castle County To [[strikethrough]] Jese B [[/strikethrough]] Jesse Porter Stephen Wiley & Locates the lot in Red Lion Hundred That for Newport (H Tihlman To J Turner & others) Locates the land in Christians Hundred the last I have not seen being sent [[direct?]] for the colored people inside With deep regret I state that I received a letter from Milford stating that the new school house was burned to the ground at midnight of the 6th inst. Circumstances point that it was the work of an incendiary and the reliable white men are very anxious that the case shall be investigated by the Bureau or Committee of Congress. The location is on the road leading from Milford to Cape Henlopen say six or seven miles from the [[strikethrough]] lake [[/strikethrough]] former place. |
| Pages | – |
| 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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