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Bureau R.F. and A.L.
Office Supt. Education, D.C. &c
Washington, Oct. 29th 1869.

Miss:

Please inform me if the schools under the auspices of the [[underlined]] New England Home Mission [[/underlined]] are going on the same as last year.  Also whether the teachers are supplied with blanks etc.

Very Respectfully, Yours,
D. G. Swain
Bvt. Maj. U.S.A. A.D.C. and Act. Supt. Ed.

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Bureau R.F. and A.L.
Office Supt. Education, D.C. &c
Washington, Oct. 29th 1869.

[[underlined]] King  Rev. G. P. [[/underlined]] 
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

I send you a supply of blanks.  Please forward report of your school to this office at the end of each month.

Very Respectfully, Yours,
D. G. Swain
Bvt. Maj. U.S.A., and A.D.C. and Supt. Ed.

The same forwarded to Rev. E. Turney, Washington, D.C.

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Bureau R.F. and A.L.
Office Supt. Education, D.C. &c
Washington, Oct. 30th 1869.

[[underlined]] Thompson  Miss Annie. [[/underlined]] 
Horse Head Md.

Miss:

When you send for books, you should state just what kind you want, and the number of each kind.  I will send your order to [[underlined]] Mr. Ballantyne [[/underlined]] who will send them according to your directions and at your risk.  Be careful to state how you want them sent.  He will hold me responsible for the bill, which I shall pay, and deduct the amount from your salary.  You must sell these books to your pupils or their parents at a price sufficient to cover all expenses.

Very Respectfully, Yours,
Bvt. Maj. U.S.A. A.D.C. and Act. Supt. Ed.

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Bureau R.F. and A.L.
Office Supt. Education, D.C. &c
Washington, Oct. 30th 1869.

[[underlined]] Corson  Col. R. R. [[/underlined]] 
Philadelphia, Pa.

Dear Sir:

The school that Miss [[underlined]] Cummings [[/underlined]] applies for has a teacher.  I can situate her at St. Clements Bay, where Mrs. [[underlined]] Sullivan [[/underlined]] taught last term, although they want a man.  I enclose Thomas' letter.

Mr [[underlined]] Fry [[/underlined]] called yesterday and has gone to his school near Chaptico.  I wrote to Price the 28th inst., advising him to go to Oakville, which is no far from Fry's school.  I also wrote to [[underlined]] Douglass [[/underlined]] to go to Piscataway, and offered [[underlined]] Bevans [[/underlined]] the school at Pisgah.

I wrote to the latter on the 28th inst., but, he has not yet reported.  [[underlined]] Allen [[/underlined]] is all right at Pomonkey.

Very Respectfully, Yours,
D. G. Swain
Bvt. Maj. U.S.A., A.D.C. and Act. Supt. Ed.

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Bureau R.F. and A.L.
Office Supt. Education, D.C. &c
Washington, Oct. 30th 1869.

[[underlined]] Thompson  Mr. John. [[/underlined]] 
Union Bridge, Md.

Dear Sir:

Mr. [[underlined]] T. B. Snowden [[/underlined]] of Westminster, wrote me some few weeks since, that you informed him that the colored people of Union Ridge wanted a teacher, and he advised me to send one there as you requested.

I accordingly sent Miss [[underlined]] Emely Johnson [[/underlined]] to take charge of your school, for whose salary we were to be responsible:  but on her arrival she wrote me that the people did not want or expect a teacher.

Will you please inform if you can, when this lady left your place and where she went.

Very Respectfully, Yours,
D. G. Swain
Bvt. Maj. U.S.A., A.D.C. and Act. Supt. Ed.