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687 Bureau Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Office Superintendent of Education D.C. Washington, March 12th 1870. [[underlined]] Smith Miss Lucinda [[/underlined]] Tracy's Landing, Md. Dear Miss, Please write to Mrs. J. C. Lowell, West New Brighton, N.Y. and tell her when you opened school and what kind of school you have &c., and send her your bill for travelling expenses. She is to pay your bills and salary. Yours Respectfully Bvt. Major and Supt. of Ed. [[line across page]] 688 Bureau Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Office Superintendent of Education D.C. Washington, March 12th 1870. [[underlined]] McComas George M. [[/underlined]] Nog So. Liberty St. Dear Sir I have secured $300 for your school. Please send bills to that amount for approval. I will be in Baltimore next Tuesday en route to Emmittsburg, and will try to call on you. Yours Respectfully Bvt. Major and Supt. of Education. [[line across page]] 689 Bureau Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Office Superintendent of Education D.C. Washington, March 14th 1870. [[underlined]] Cushings Bailey, Messrs. [[/underlined]] Baltimore Md. Gentlemen: Please furnish Miss J. Wilson, (the bearer) with books for amount not exceeding $20. and I will be responsible for the bill. Very Respectfully Yours Bvt. Major and Supt. of Education per J. Q. Crosby. [[end page]] [[start page]] 690 Bureau Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Office Superintendent of Education D.C. Washington, March 14th 1870. [[underlined]] Perkins Mr. william. [[/underlined]] Chestertown Dear Sir; I return your deed and I also send you some blanks. If I can get an appropriation it will be necessary for you to have the Deed recorded and a copy made and sent to me with the clerks certificate of record. They are getting very particular now. I would advise you to have a new deed made out on the Blanks as that will be more secure than the old deed. What is the reason they do not have a a large school at Church Hill? I shall have to take the teacher away if they do not have 30 this week. Yours Respectfully Bvt. Major and Supt. of Education. [[line across page]] 691 Bureau Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Office Superintendent of Education D.C. Washington, March 14th 1870. [[underlined]] Chew Mr. Joseph [[/underlined]] Church Hill, Md. Dear Sir I am surprised at the statement in your letter that the people were not ready for you, as they had promised me a large school. Please call the trustees together and tell them that if there is not an average attendance every day of at least 30 scholars the school will be closed at once and you will be sent to another school. They have had ample time to get ready and must attend to the matter immediately, if they want to have a school. Please report at once. Yours Respectfully Bvt. Major and Supt. of Ed.