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590 Bureau R.F. & A. Lands Office Supdt. of Education Washington. Feby 21, 1870 [[underlined]] Cummings Miss C. E. [[/underlined]] St Clement's Bay, Md. Dear Miss: I return you the Bill of Books as requested, and would say that [[underlined]] Mr. Kimball [[/underlined]] made an error in copying the Bill [[space]] the difference some $[[blank]] consequence. The price [[blank]] you 45 cents is right for [[blank]] and you will be charged the [[blank]] Yours Respectfully Bvt. Major & Supdt. of Education Bureau R.F. & A. Lands. You will receive your salary in a day or two. [[line across page]] 591 Bureau R.F. & A. Lands Office Supdt. of Education, D.C. Washington. Feby 21, 1870 [[underlined]] Corson Col. Robt. R. [[/underlined]] Phil'a Penn'a. Dear Sir: I was absent on the [[underlined]] Eastern Shore, [[/underlined]] all last week and on returning today found [[underlined]] Mr. Crosby [[/underlined]] has gone to attend his mothers funeral so cannot furnish list as requested. He will return Wednesday. You do not owe [[underlined]] Douglas [[/underlined]] anything. He never kept school 20 days in all and not a day in January. All our reports for January show large schools. I want to get some more schools going, but dont see how I am to do it. Yours Respectfully Bvt. Major & Supdt of Education [[line across page]] 592 Bureau R.F. & A.L. Office Supdt. of Schools, D.C. Washington. Feby 1870. [[underlined]] Brooks J. H. [[/underlined]] Ridge, Md. Dear Sir: I have received yours of the 8th instant, and in reply do not send the books. I do not send the books because we have no [[end page]] [[start page]] If you send me an order for [[underlined]] Wilson's or Hilliard's Readers [[/underlined]] and other books you may want, I will have them sent to you, and you must charge them to your pupils and the amount of your bill will be deducted from your salary. I will send you some question books. We have no means to pay an assistant. Very respectfully, yours Bvt. Major & Supdt. of Education, &c. [[line across page]] 593 Bureau R.F. & A. Lands Office Supdt. of Education D.C. Washington. Feby 21, 1870 [[underlined]] Isaiah U. [[/underlined]] Dame's Quarter, Maryland. Dear Sir: Yours of the 11th instant is received. I can send you what books you need if you send me a list. They will be charged to you and deducted from your salary, and you must get your pay from the scholars for them. The people must repair their house or we shall have to close the school. Yours Respectfully Bvt. Major & Supdt. Education [[line across page]] 594 Bureau R.F. & A. Lands Office Supdt. Education, D.C. Washington. Feby 23, 1870 [[underlined]] Stickney Esq. G. W. [[/underlined]] Washington, D.C. Dear Sir: Please disburse checks for $739.50 in the following manner, viz: [[underlined]] Cushing & Bailey [[/underlined]] | Check | $85.57 [[checkmark]] [[underlined]] William Ballantyne [[/underlined]] | Cash | 56.06 [[checkmark]] [[underlined]] Jane Knight [[/underlined]] | Check | 20. [[checkmark]] [[underlined]] Mary E. Cornish [[/underlined]] | " [[ditto for: Check]] | 17.60 [[checkmark]] [[underlined]] James H. Brooks [[/underlined]] | " [[ditto for: Check]] | 20. [[checkmark]] [[underlined]] Levin W. Gaines [[/underlined]] | " [[ditto for: Check]] | 20. [[checkmark]] [[underlined]] Jane S. Allen [[/underlined]] | " [[ditto for: Check]] | 20. [[checkmark]] [[underlined]] Florence K. West [[/underlined]] | " [[ditto for: Check]] | 20. [[checkmark]] [[underlined]] Susan Morris [[/underlined]] | " [[ditto for: Check]] | 18. [[checkmark]] [[subtotal]] | - | 257.22 [[underlined]] Matilda Bond [[/underlined]] | Check | 4.54 [[underlined]] Noah Lewis [[/underlined]] | " [[ditto for: Check]] | 5.80 [[underlined]] James T. Bracey [[/underlined]] | " [[ditto for: Check]] | 20. [[underlined]] Pheni C. Crisfield [[/underlined]] | " [[ditto for: Check]] | 20. [[underlined]] Annie R. Thompson [[/underlined]] | " [[ditto for: Check]] | 3.76 [[underlined]] Pauline Allen [[/underlined]] | " [[ditto for: Check]] | 15.84 [[underlined]] Emma J. Whittington [[/underlined]] | " [[ditto for: Check]] | 4.62 [[underlined]] R. C. Moss [[/underlined]] | - | - [[underlined]] Mary E. Watson [[/underlined]] | " [[ditto for: Check]] | 20.
