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Respectfully yours [[signature]] John Kimball [[/signature]] Supt. of Education. [[line across page]] 570 Bureau R. F. & A. L. Headquarters Asst. Com'r D.C. Washington, Oct. 28, 1868. [[underlined]] Cooper [[/underlined]] Mr. [[underlined]] George [[/underlined]] Trustee of Colored School, Port Republic, Md. Sir: I shall send a colored lady, a Miss [[underlined]] Cummings, [[/underlined]] to teach your school, by the boat next Wednesday. She will land at Plum Point where I expect you to meet her and take her to her boarding place and school. Respectfully yours [[signature]] John Kimball [[/signature]] Supt. of Education. [[line across page]] 571 Bureau R. F. & A. L. Headquarters Asst. Com'r D.C. Washington, Oct. 28, 1868. [[underlined]] McCullot [[/underlined]] Mr. [[underlined]] John B [[/underlined]] Dear Sir: I will send a white or colored teacher (man or woman) if the people will furnish place for the [[strikethrough]] board [[/strikethrough]] school and pay board of the teacher and incidentals of the school. I can get a good white lady. Please inform me what sort of a teacher is wanted. I am sorry about the conduct of the last teacher. He had good papers and when I visited Frostburg seemed to be teaching a good school. Respectfully yours [[signature]] John Kimball [[/signature]] Supt. of Education. [[line across page]] 572 Bureau R. F. & A. L. Headquarters Asst. Com'r D.C. Washington, Oct. 28, 1868. [[underlined]] Corson [[/underlined]] Col. [[underlined]] R. R. [[/underlined]] Have you heard from Miss [[underlined]] Howell, [[/underlined]] and has she gone to St. Marys? I have asked transportation for the Cummings sisters to Calvert County to teach, where Cole and Jones were last year. I want them to go without fail from Baltimore, next Wednesday. Respectfully yours [[end page]] [[start page]] [[signature]] John Kimball [[/signature]] Supt. of Education. 573 Bureau R. F. & A. L. Headquarters Asst. Com'r D.C. Washington, Oct. 28, 1868. [[underlined]] Wilmer [[/underlined]] Dr. [[underlined]] W. R. [[/underlined]] Port Tobacco. You did not say if you wanted a man or woman, white or colored, at Pomonkey, or how the teacher was to reach the school and to whom report. Please inform me and I will send immediately. James will go to Budd's Ferry on Friday. Respectfully yours [[signature]] John Kimball [[/signature]] Supt. of Education. [[line across page]] 574 Bureau R. F. & A. L. Headquarters Asst. Com'r D.C. Washington, Oct. 28, 1868. [[underlined]] Jackson [[/underlined]] Mr. [[underlined]] E. G. [[/underlined]] Your name has been given me as one who would like to teach a colored school. Would you like to take a place in Lower Maryland wherever needed at $20. per month and board and transportation one way for eight months? If so let me know and send references. Respectfully yours, [[signature]] John Kimball [[/signature]] Supt. of Education. [[line across page]] 575 Bureau R. F. & A. L. Headquarters Asst. Com'r D.C. Washington, Oct. 28", 1868. [[underlined]] Whittlesey [[/underlined]] General [[underlined]] E. [[/underlined]] A.A.A. General Bureau R., F., and A.L. General: I have the honor to request transportation for [[underlined]] Annie Cummings [[/underlined]] (colored) from Wellsboro', Pa., to Sunderlandville, Calvert County, Maryland. Route: to Baltimore, Md., thence by Patuxent river boat to Fair Haven Wharf. She is a teach of freedmen, and goes out under the auspices of the Pennsylvania Freedmen's Relief Association. Very respectfully