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551

Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Office Supt. Education, Jany. 31st 1870
Washington, D.C. &c.

[[underlined]] Butler  Mr. John H., [[/underlined]] Agent.
Prince Fredrick, Md.

Dear Sir:

I enclose a letter from the teacher at [[underlined]] St. Leonards, [[/underlined]] and wish you would settle affairs at his school, and report your action to me.

Send the letter back with your report.  I want you to visit all the school houses in [[underlined]] Calvert Co., [[/underlined]] and report the condition of each.

When the buildings are damaged call the people together and advise them to repair them.  After leaving [[underlined]] Calvert [[/underlined]] you will go to [[underlined]] St. Mary's, [[/underlined]] and I have some things there for you to look after.  Write to me often, and keep me posted as to your whereabouts, so I may communicate with you readily.

Yours &c., 
Bvt. Maj., and Supt. Education.

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552

Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Office Supt. Education, D.C. &c.
Washington, Jany. 31st 1870.

[[underlined]] Ballantyne  Wm. [[/underlined]] 
Washington, D.C.

Dr. Sir:

Please send to Miss [[underlined]] Ellen Watts, Rockville, Md.
6 Primers, 6 Monteiths Geographies No.–
6 Primary Arithmetics, and send bill to 

Yours respectfully, 
Bvt. Maj., and Supt. Education.

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553

Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Office Supt. Education, D.C. &c.
Washington, Jany. 31st 1870.

[[underlined]] Core  Mr. John A. A. [[/underlined]] 
Baltimore, Md.

Dear Sir:

I have an application from [[underlined]] Thomas Higgins [[/underlined]] No. 5 King St. [[underlined]] Baltimore [[/underlined]] for a place as teacher.

Will you be kind enough to send for him and if you find him competent, I will have him commissioned and sent to [[underlined]] Centerville, [[/underlined]] or such other point as you may deem best.

Yours respectfully, &c., 
Bvt. Maj., and Supt. Education.

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554

Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Office Supt. Education, D.C. &c.
Washington, Feby. 2d 1870.

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

Dear Sir:

I do not think it best to send [[underlined]] Anderson [[/underlined]] back.  I have not had time to make inquiries, but it is altogether wrong to let a teacher break up her school in this way.  I will at once try to find out what the trouble is.

Yours, &c.,
Bvt. Maj., and Supt. Education.

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555

Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Office Supt. Education, D.C. &c.
Washington, Feby. 2d 1870.

[[underlined]] Cummings  Miss Carrie E. [[/underlined]] 
St. Clements Bay, Md.

Dear Miss:

I think you are wrong about