| Roll Number | 6 |
|---|---|
| Date | 11 June 1869 |
| State | Maryland |
| County | Caroline |
| City/Town/Neighborhood | Federalsburg |
| Other Locations Mentioned | – |
| Authors | Curtis Davis |
| Position | – |
| Recipient | John Kimball Esq |
| Other Names Mentioned | – |
| Message Abstract | Acknowledges receipt of letter offering to send the colored people a teacher. States that the people are making efforts to build their school-house, and think they cannot undertake to start a school until it is completed which will be in November. |
| Message Body | Yours of the 7th is at hand, and contents noted. I called the +[[insert]] (Colored) [[/insert]] people together as soon as I Received yours, And Explained to them +[[insert]] you [[/insert]] would Send them a Teacher for three Months, provided they would pay his Board. They are now Ready to Commence Building their school House. The Contractor will have the House Ready for them to have a school in by the Fall, or by November, he Demands one half of the money when the house is compleated, and the other half on the first day of January 1870, by our Seeing the money paid, under these circumstances they think they will not undertake to Start a school untill the new House is Ready. We thought it best to get a good workman to Build the House. He Employs all the Colored men who can do carpenters work. I am in the Customs House in Baltimore, But had a leave of absence, was here when your Letter came and Laid the matter before them. I made arraingements for them in regard to the building the house before I left for the Custome House. The most of them are poor, part of the money for their money for the land is not yet paid. That and the building of the House will be all they can do for the present. They desire their thanks to you for your offer, for a Teacher, and wish it was in their power to accept it. |
| 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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