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keep up the school.  We left much pleased with the labors of the day and reached Horse Head at dark where were our lodgings for the night, and where we have a school house in an unfinished state to which I intend to sent a teacher on the 1st of Oct.

The whole of Md & the State of Delaware having been added to our Dept. I went to Baltimore on the 18th of Aug. to meet Mr. [[underlined]] Day [[/underlined]] the former Supt. of Education and learn the work before me.

He was away sick but I gained much information from the papers and Officers at the Hd Qurs.  On Aug. 22d we attended a public meeting at Perrymansville Harford Co. and learned much about the condition of school in the county.  The colored people in that part of the state a getting much better ways then those in the lower counties.

Still another meeting was held on Aug. 24th at Piscataway, Prince Geo. Co., a poor miserable place, where none of the colored people own any land, except the school lot.  Mr. [[underlined]] Charles Waters, [[/underlined]] a young colored man has labored for a long time to start a school there, he organized a society, collected money for the land, built the School house and waits for his pay, we shall soon have a school in operation here.

[[underlined]] J. M. Langston [[/underlined]] Esq. went with me to Piscataway.  The colored people everywhere throughout our District need to be stimulated to more earnest effort for theire own education.  I therefore recommend that as many meetings as possible be gathered at convenient points, where addresses may be read by friend of the race.

Very Respectfully
Your obedient servant
[[signature]] John Kimball [[/signature]]
Supt. of Education.

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Bureau R.F. & A.L.
Hd Qurs Asst. Comr. D.C.
Wash. D.C.  Sept. 11th 1868.

[[underlined]] Lawrence [[/underlined]] Capt. [[underlined]] A. A. [[/underlined]]

Sir

Mr. [[underlined]] P. A. Lee [[/underlined]] has just called on me, having closed his school.  He says the lumber for that school house not built, has been taken by various persons & used and that nothing has been done toward building that house, and if it was now undertaken it could not be built owing to the amount taken.  He says there are men who can tell the thieves.  Now this is very bad and as the lumber was sent at your request, please let me know what this means.  We shall be down if we can come the say I stated, if not we shall make another arrangement to come by the Planter or the Patuxent.  Regards to Mrs L.

Very Respectfully Yours
[[signature]] John Kimball [[/signature]]
Supt. of Education.

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Bureau R.F. & A.L.
Hd Qurs Asst. Comr. D.C.
Wash. D.C.  Sept. 11th 1868.

[[underlined]] Swaim [[/underlined]] Maj. [[underlined]] G. D. [[/underlined]]
A. A. A. Genl

Major

I have the honor to report, that the service of Mr. [[underlined]] A. P. Lee [[/underlined]] as laborer in this Bureau will not be needed after the eight of Sept. 1868.

Very Respectfully Yours
[[signature]] John Kimball [[/signature]]
Supt. of Education.

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Bureau R.F. & A.L.
Hd Qurs Asst. Comr. D.C.
Wash. D.C.  Sept. 11th 1868.

[[underlined]] Davis [[/underlined]] Mr [[underlined]] E. W. [[/underlined]]

I was glad to hear that you are trying to buy land and should be very glad to help you.  The society that employed you, paid what they thought was right and what they could.