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Bureau R.F. and A.L.
Office Supt. Education, D.C. &c
Washington, Nov. 13th 1869.

[[underlined]] Lowell  Mrs. C. R. [[/underlined]] 
North Shore, N. Y.

Madame:

Can you furnish us with a few more teachers for Maryland?  We are having calls from some localities where the people seem in earnest about schools, and are ready to comply with the conditions required.

There are still many school houses in the State vacant for want of teachers.  We do not expect to fill all of them, but mean to locate what teachers we can get to the best advantage.  We wrote early in the season to the trustees of most of our schools, stating the conditions on which we would send the teachers:  that they were to gather at least thirty pupils, and pay the incidental expenses of the school, and board of the teacher.  They were very slow in responding, and we were obliged to take the risk of sending out teachers without knowing whether the people were ready or not.  They want a good lady teacher (colored) at Upper Marlboro.  This school numbered eighty or ninety pupils last term.  Most of the other schools require colored men.  Hope you will aid us as much as possible.

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, Nov. 13th 1869.

[[underlined]] Crisfield  Miss P. C. [[/underlined]] 
Darlington, Md.

Miss:

Did you receive the register and blanks sent you?  Your school report for October should have been made out and forwarded to this office on the 1st inst.  Please send it at once.

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, Nov. 13th 1869.

[[underlined]] Douglass  Mr. Joseph F. [[/underlined]] 
Piscataway

Dear Sir:

[[underlined]] Col. Corson [[/underlined]] sends me your letter, requesting books &c.  You had better come to Washington and buy what books you want of Mr. [[underlined]] Wm. Ballantyne, [[/underlined]] cor. 7th and D Sts.  He will let you have them on my account, if you show him this letter, and I shall pay the bill 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,
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, Nov. 15th 1869.

[[underlined]] Cummings  Miss Annie. [[/underlined]] 
Sunderlandville, Md.

Miss:

Yours received.  We send out teachers on conditions that the people will pay their board and the incidental expenses of the school.  They can raise this amount either by paying tuition or by subscription.  Teachers are generally expected to open night schools, where the people desire them, if they board within a reasonable distance of the school house.  If the house is not completed, and the people are in debt, and you are willing to devote the proceeds of the night school to paying this debt, or finishing the house, then the people ought to do all in their power to support the night school, for the sooner they get the house finished, and the debt paid, the better it will be for them.

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