| Roll Number | 5 |
|---|---|
| Date | 1 Dec 1869 |
| State | Delaware |
| County | New Castle |
| City/Town/Neighborhood | Wilmington |
| Other Locations Mentioned | Middletown, Delaware; Slaughter's Neck, Delaware |
| Authors | Samuel Woolman |
| Position | Actuary |
| Recipient | Major Swain; approved by W.L. Van Derlip, Bvt Maj & Supt of Ed'd and Bt. Maj. General Howard |
| Other Names Mentioned | – |
| Message Abstract | Encloses bill to the amount of $200.00 for materials used in partial construction of school-house at Middletown, Del. States that the above amount was promised by the late Bureau Supt. for that State, upon comptition of the house: that the freedmen and their friends have added largely to this appropriation and they have now a fine house completed. Also encloses bill of $300.00 for materials used in rebuilding school-house at Slaughter's Neck, Del. on site of one burned last year by incendiary. |
| Message Body | Enclosed please find acc of materials used in the partial construction of Freedmens school house at Middletown W. Castle Co Del by order of John ^[[Kimball]] late Superintendent of this district. The Freedmen & their Friends have added largely to the appropriation of the house is highly crediable to all concerned is to plastered waiting to dry before opening school in it It will give me much pleasure to have some of the Bureau Officers present at the dedication and opening ceremonies between now & [[?]]s[[?]] as Pleas inform me of the probability of thy being present that we may fix the time to suit all parties Also please find a statement of materials used in rebuilding the Slaughter neck house Sussex Co [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] the site of the one that was destroyed by incendiary nearly one year since. A Physician informs me that he attended [[underlined]] Elias Bennett [[/underlined]] in his last sickness about six months ago; and that he is fully satisfied that the deceased (Bennett) was the prime hand or agent in burning the house. The Freedmen in that district are as industrious truthfull and modest as in any part of the state and very thankful for the help given them It will give me much pleasure to have some of the Bureau Officers present at the dedication and opening ceremonies between now & [[?]]s[[?]] as Pleas inform me of the probability of thy being present that we may fix the time to suit all parties Also please find a statement of materials used in rebuilding the Slaughter neck house Sussex Co [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] the site of the one that was destroyed by incendiary nearly one year since. A Physician informs me that he attended [[underlined]] Elias Bennett [[/underlined]] in his last sickness about six months ago; and that he is fully satisfied that the deceased (Bennett) was the prime hand or agent in burning the house. The Freedmen in that district are as industrious truthfull and modest as in any part of the state and very thankful for the help given them |
| Pages | 592 |
| 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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