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all I can get it for you, except to pay it out of my own pocked. I have hoped all along that the Bureau would pay, but they will not. Very Respectfully Yours, [[signature]] John Kimball [[/signature]] Supt. of Education. [[line across page]] 280 Bureau Refugees Freedmen and A.L. Head Quarters Asst. Comr. D.C. Washington, June 24th 1868. [[underlined]] Lawrence Capt. A. A. [[/underlined]] Leonardtown, St. Mary's Co. Md. Dear Sir: Do you know where [[underlined]] Butler [[/underlined]] is? If you do please send me his post office address. I want to hear from him immediately very much. Very Respectfully Yours, [[signature]] John Kimball [[/signature]] Supt. of Education. [[line across page]] 281 Bureau Refugees Freedmen and A.L. Head Quarters Asst. Comr. D.C. Washington, June 26th 1868. [[underlined]] Coakley Miss M. A. C. [[/underlined]] Woodville, Prince George Co. Md. I received your letter of the 23d to-day. You school will close on the 1st of July, as you request. I cannot tell when it will start again, but will see you, and let the people know. Very Respectfully Yours, [[signature]] John Kimball [[/signature]] Supt. of Education. [[line across page]] 282 Bureau Refugees Freedmen and A.L. Head Quarters Asst. Comr. D.C. Washington, June 26th 1868. [[underlined]] Butler Mr. J. W. [[/underlined]] Benedict, Charles Co. Md. Dear Sir: I have two or three teachers that I will send to Prince George or Charles Counties of elsewhere, where there have been no schools in houses completed, if you [[end page]] [[start page]] will name the places. I wrote you the other day. You said nothing about the receipt of my letter in yours of the 22d. I want you to make your way up through to Washington, visiting the places on the way, and get here about the 4th of July, if you can. I want to send you to Montgomery Co. You do not write often enough. I do not know where to find you. Very Respectfully Yours, [[signature]] John Kimball [[/signature]] Supt. of Education. [[line across page]] 283 Bureau Refugees Freedmen and A.L. Head Quarters Asst. Comr. D.C. Washington, June 27th 1868. [[underlined]] Eldridge Bvt. Maj. Stuart. [[/underlined]] A.A.A. Genl. Major: I have the honor to report that the services of Miss [[underlined]] M. A. C. Coakley, [[/underlined]] as Asst. Supt. of Education, in Prince George Co. Md. will not be required after the 1st of July. Very Respectfully, Your Obedient Servant, [[signature]] John Kimball [[/signature]] Supt. of Education. [[line across page]] 284 Bureau Refugees Freedmen and A.L. Head Quarters Asst. Comr. D.C. Washington, June 278th 1868. [[underlined]] Wilmer Dr. W. R. [[/underlined]] Port Tobacco, Charles Co. Md. Dear Sir: Please forward these papers to the teachers and have them sign where I have written their names in pencil. Please have them sign it right; if not I will have to send back and make a good deal of trouble. Let them sign over the pencil and I will erase the pencil marks. Please send me their post office addresses. They will forward their monthly school reports through you. I will write you about the lumber for which you ask in a few days. I want these papers signed and returned immediately. Very Respectfully Yours, [[signature]] John Kimball [[/signature]] Supt. of Education.