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543 Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Office Supt. Education, D.C. &c. Washington, Jany 29th 1870. [[underlined]] Catto, Esq. Octavius V. [[/underlined]] Philadelphia, Penn. Dear Sir: We need some ten or fifteen teachers to go at once to go at once to [[underlined]] Maryland. [[/underlined]] Can you help me to procure them. I have arranged to pay the salaries of same and think I can provide for all by the time they report. Most of them are wanted on the [[underlined]] Eastern Shore. [[/underlined]] Pay $20. per mo. board, fuel and lights. Please let me hear from you as soon as possible. Very Respectfully, Your Obd't Serv't. Bvt. Major and Supt. Education. [[line across page]] 544 Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Office Supt. Education, D.C. &c. Washington, Jany. 29th 1870. [[Footnote 1]] [[underlined]] Adams Mr. George E. [[/underlined]] Centerville, Md. Dr. Sir: Will you please inform me whether you have a school house at [[underlined]] Centerville. [[/underlined]] Also whether there is one at [[underlined]] Salem. [[/underlined]] Also whether you have a school now open at either of these places, and any other information you can give me about them. I expect to visit your place week after next, and will try to send you word a few days in advance. Yours respectfully, Bvt. Major and Supt. Education. [[Footnote 1]] I wrote you last week and directed to Geo. P. Adams. [[end page]] [[start page]] 545 Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Office Superintendent Education, D.C. &c. Washington, Jany. 29th 1870. [[underlined]] Harden H. [[/underlined]] Port Republic, Md. Dr Sir: Yours of the 15th inst. is received. There are so many schools without any teachers that we cannot send you an assistant [[underlined]] now. [[/underlined]] Do the best you can and let me hear from you often. [[underlined]] Mr. Butler [[/underlined]] — my assistant will call on you in a few days. Yours respectfully, Bvt. Maj. and Supt. Education. [[line across page]] 546 Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Office Supt. Education, D.C. &c. Washington, Jany. 29th 1870. [[underlined]] Corson Col. R. R. [[/underlined]] Phila., Penn. Dear Sir: Yours of yesterday is received. [[underlined]] Lindsey [[/underlined]] is not one of our teachers, and has never shown himself here as I am aware of. Better let [[underlined]] Douglass [[/underlined]] case rest till [[underlined]] Crosby [[/underlined]] returns. He will be back sometime next week. I cannot tell about Mr. [[underlined]] Douglass [[/underlined]] salary. [[underlined]] Crosby [[/underlined]] will know. I have heard from [[underlined]] Jenkins. [[/underlined]] Very respectfully, Bvt. Maj. and Supt. Education.