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24 Bureau of Refugees Freedmen and A.L. Hd. Qrs. Asst. Commr D.C. Washington, January 14, 1888. [[underlined]] Carson [[/underlined]] Col. [[underlined]] R. R. [[/underlined]] I want a colored lady to teach about four miles from this city at Oxen Run, Prince George Co. Md. She will have a very good boarding place near the school. The house is ready and scholars too. The house is a new one built last summer. Very respectfully yours [[signature]] John Kimball [[/signature]] Supt. of Schools. [[line across page]] 25 Bureau Refugees Freedmen and A.L. Hd of Quarters Asst. Com'r D.C. Washington, January 13, 1888. [[underlined]] Carson [[/underlined]] Col. [[underlined]] R.R. [[/underlined]] I hope your Society will be able to help in keeping M. [[underlined]] Newton [[/underlined]] in the city. He is a very faithful man and while I am anxious that all the Societies should withdraw their [[underlined]] teachers [[/underlined]] from the Dist. of Col. I think under present circumstances they had best continue their support to M.N. Very respectfully yours [[signature]] John Kimball [[/signature]] Supt of Schools. [[line across page]] 26 Bureau Refugees Freedmen and A.L. Head Quarters Asst. Com'r D.C. Washington, Jsny 15th, 1868. [[underlined]] Eldridge [[/underlined]] Major [[underlined]] Stuart, [[/underlined]] A. A. Genl Sir: Messrs [[underlined]] Richard S. [[/underlined]] and [[underlined]] R Venning, J William Cole, Horace F. Owens, [[/underlined]] and [[underlined]] Foussant L.O. Martin, [[/underlined]] Teachers for Calvert County are unable to use their transportation from Baltimore as the Patuxent River boat has stopped running. I therefore ask transportation for them from Philadelphia to Annapolis by R.R. and thence by team to their schools in Calvert Co. Md. Very respectfully yours [[underlined]] John Kimball [[/underlined]] Supt of Schools. [[end page]] [[start page]] 27 Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and A.L. Head Quarters Asst. Commissioner D.C. Washington January 15th 1868 [[underlined]] Carson [[/underlined]] Col. [[underlined]] R. R. [[/underlined]] I send you transportation for the four (4) teachers by way of Annapolis to their fields of labor. When they get to Annapolis they will report to Major [[underlined]] W.L. Van Derlip [[/underlined]] Bureau Agent and he will procure them a team to Calvert County and give them directions &c. Very Respectfully Yours [[underlined]] John Kimball [[/underlined]] Supt of Schools. [[line across page]] 28 Bureau Refugees Freedmen and A.L. Head Qurs. Asst. Commissioner D.C. Washington January 15, 1868. [[underlined]] Lawrence [[/underlined]] Capt. [[underlined]] A. A.[[/underlined]] I have a white man who will come down if you want him to teach. How soon will they be ready at the Pines just below Lawton? Don't you want a white teacher there as well as at Head of the Bay? Very respectfully yours. [[signature]] John Kimball [[/signature]] Supt. of Schools [[line across page]] 29 Bureau of Refugees Freedmen and A.L. Head Quarters Asst. Comm'r D.C. Washington January 16, 1868. [[underlined]] Van Derlip [[/underlined]] Major [[underlined]] W. L. [[/underlined]] I send you box of books for those teachers in Calvert County, which I want them to take along with them. There are [[column 1]] 38 Wilsons Primers 25 Spellers 23 1st Readers 23 2d Readers P.& W. 53 2d Readers, Wilsons 24 Primary Arithmetics 6 Geographys Mitchells 12 " [[ditto for Geographys]] Monteiths [[column 2]] Besides these I send 27 Spellers (P & W.) 10 1st Readers (Wilsons) 25 1st Readers (P. & W.) — which must be sold at 8¢ each. The others are given away. Very respectfully yours [[signature]] John Kimball [[/signature]] Supt. of Schools.
