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Very Respectfully, Yours,
W. L. Van Derlip
Bvt. Maj. and Supt. Education

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Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Office Supt. Education, D.C. &c.
Washington, December 30th 1869.

[[underlined]] Jackson  Miss E. G. [[/underlined]] 
Concord, Mass.

Miss:

Your letter to [[underlined]] Maj. Swain [[/underlined]] requesting an appointment as teacher, is at hand.  This bureau does not employ teachers but aids Northern Societies in locating those whom they appoint and in other ways.

Most of these societies think they have already as many teachers in the field as they are able to support, but if you can find a society that will pay your salary we will furnish you a situation.

Very Respectfully, Yours,
W. L. Van Derlip
Bvt. Maj. and Supt. Education

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Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Office Supt. Education, D.C. &c.
Washington, December 31st 1869.

[[underlined]] Cornish  Miss Mary E. [[/underlined]] 
Baltimore, Pa.

Miss:

We sent you a check on the 22d inst. to West River for amount due you up to December 1st deducting the two bills for books, one of June 1st and other of Oct 15th amounting in aggregate to $21.72.

Please state distinctly your Post Office address.  You mention West River and Gatesville, which do you mean.

Very Respectfully, Yours,
W. L. Van Derlip

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Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Office Supt. Education, D.C. &c.
Washington, December 31st 1869.

[[underlined]] Cummings  Miss C. E. [[/underlined]] 
St. Clement's Bay, Md.

Miss:

We have just received your report, and are surprised and mortified to learn that you have only fifteen pupils.  The people of St. Clements promised to get up a school of not less than thirty pupils, and we sent you on that condition.

The teachers at that place had a good school last year, and we do not understand why you have failed, unless the people are dissatisfied with you.

We do not proposed to continue any such schools, and if you cannot induce the people too send their children we want you to close at once.

Very Respectfully, Yours,
W. L. Van Derlip
Bvt. Maj. and Supt. Education

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Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Office Supt. Education, D.C. &c.
Washington, December 31st 1869.

[[underlined]] Thomas  Mr. Wm. [[/underlined]] 
St. Clements Bay, Md.

Dear Sir:

We thought that the people of your place wanted a teacher, and we sent one at your request about six or eight weeks since, on condition that they would get up a school of not less than thirty pupils, but it seems from the teacher's report that she has only fifteen.  Now unless the people take interest enough in their school to send their children your teacher will be removed at once, and sent where her services will be better appreciated.

Very Respectfully, Yours,