Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #8 from Freedmen's Bureau Correspondence on Schools, 1869-1870

Roll Number 5
Date 1 Dec 1868
State Maryland
County Baltimore
City/Town/Neighborhood Baltimore
Other Locations Mentioned Blackwater, Dorchester Co.
Authors John Core
Position Actuary for the Baltimore Association
Recipient Rev. Jno. Kimball
Other Names Mentioned Mr. James Clash
Message Abstract States that he has been applied to by [[underlined]] James Clash, [[/underlined]] of Blackwater, Doncaster [Dorchester] co. Md. to request that the Bureau furnish their school-building with desks and seats, as they were not aided in building. The desks should be addressed to [[underlined]] Clash. [[/underlined]]
Message Body I have a request from Mr James Clash, at Blackwater, Dorchester Co. to try and get for their school some desks and seats. I promised to make the request known to you and urge their claim for assistance on the ground that you had not done anything for them in the way of a school building. If you will furnish desks &c. please forward them at once, directed to Mr James Clash, Blackwater. If you cannot furnish them, please advise him to that effect.
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[Author (if known)], Freedmen's Bureau Correspondence on Schools, 1869-1870, 1868, Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva’s Black History, Nabb Research Center, Salisbury University.

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