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and school.  If they will not take your transportation on the boat or cares, pay your fare and let me know what it cost and it will be refunded to you.  The children will have to buy their books.  You will see what books are needed and I will send them to you with the prices and you will send them.

You will inform me when you reach your school and I will send you a daily register.

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

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497

Bureau R. F. & A. L.
Hd. Qurs Asst. Comr. DC
Wash. Oct. 16th, 1868

[[underlined]] Hicks [[/underlined]] Mr. [[underlined]] Abraham [[/underlined]]

I shall send you a colored man, Mr. [[underlined]] Allen [[/underlined]] to teach your school, one week from the day.  He will come on the "Mary Washington".  I want you to meet him at Deep Landing and start the school [[?stiang.]]

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

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498

Bureau R. F. & A. L.
Hd. Qurs Asst. Comr. DC
Wash. Oct. 16th, 1868

[[underlined]] Russell [[/underlined]] Mr.

I have sent that deed to Judge [[underlined]] Bond, [[/underlined]] after our lawyer said we could do nothing with the land.

I thought [[underlined]] Bond [[/underlined]] might see some way out of the difficulty.  I shall be in Baltimore tomorrow or Monday and let you know why your school is not started.  I am doing all I can for you.

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

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499

Bureau R. F. & A. L.
Headquarters Asst. Com'r D.C.
Washington, October 16, 1868,

[[underlined]] Woolman [[/underlined]] Mr. [[underlined]] Samuel [[/underlined]]

Dear Sir:

Please give me the address of Mr. [[underlined]] Howard Day, [[/underlined]] the former Supt. of Education in your State under the Bureau, if you have it.

Sorry I did not see you yesterday.  I should lower the grade and file of the Departments of your Normal School.

Very Respectfully Yours
[[signature]] John Kimball [[/signature]]
Superintendent of Education

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Bureau R. F. & A. L.
Headquarters Asst. Com'r D.C.
Washington, October 16, 1868,

[[underlined]] Swaim [[/underlined]] Major [[underlined]] D. G. [[/underlined]]
A.A.A.G.

Sir:

I respectfully ask for Miss [[underlined]] Kate E. Trumball, [[/underlined]] teacher of freedmen, supported by Reformed Presbyterian Association, at 704, Sixth street (Island) in this City, the privilege of buying of the Government Commissary.

Your obt. servant
[[signature]] John Kimball [[/signature]]
Superintendent of Education

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Bureau R. F. & A. L.
Headquarters Asst. Comm'r D.C.
Washington, October 16, 1868,

[[underlined]] Douglass [[/underlined]] Mr. [[underlined]] J. B. [[/underlined]]

I send you [[space]] blanks to sign;  and have marked in pencil the two places on each paper where you are to sign.  I will send those things by Mr. [[underlined]] Dial [[/underlined]] when he comes;  only instead of Baldwins, Felter's Arithmetics, and Wilson's Readers unless it will interfere with books of other kinds in your school.  I have but one blackboard.

Respectfully Yours
[[signature]] John Kimball [[/signature]]
Superintendent of Education