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You must go to Baltimore, and take the Steamer which leaves Light St. Wharf every night for Cambridge, and from thence go on to Dorchester and Delaware R.R. to Federalsburg. Very Respectfully Yours W. L. VanDerlip Bvt. Major and Supt. of Education (Sgd) per J. Q. Crosby. [[line across page]] 700 Bureau Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Office Supt. of Education D.C. Washington, March 17th 1870. [[underlined]] Brown Bvt. Lt. Col. J. W. [[/underlined]] Chief Q.M. Colonel. I have the honor to request the following named articles for use in this office, viz:- One (1) cake of black India Ink " [[ditto for: One]] (1) pair of India Ink saucers Very Respectfully Your Obedient Servant W. L. VanDerlip Bvt. Major and Supt. of Education (Sgd) per J. Q. Crosby. [[line across page]] 701 Bureau Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Office Superintendent of Education D.C. Washington, March 18th 1870. [[underlined]] Knight Miss Jane [[/underlined]] Nottingham, Md. Miss, Twenty dollars ($20.00/100) February W. L. VanDerlip (Sgd) per J. Q. Crosby. [[line across page]] 702 Bureau Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Office Superintendent of Education D.C. Washington, March 18th 1870. [[underlined]] Cornish Miss Mary E. [[/underlined]] West River. Miss, Twenty dollars ($20.00/100) February W. L. VanDerlip (Sgd) per J. Q. Crosby. [[end page]] [[start page]] 703 Bureau Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Office Superintendent of Education D.C. Washington, March 18th 1870. [[underlined]] Brooks James H. [[/underlined]] Ridge, Md. Sir Twenty dollars ($20.00/100) February W. L. VanDerlip (Sgd) per J. Q. Crosby. [[line across page]] 704 Bureau Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Office Superintendent of Education D.C. Washington, March 18th 1870. [[underlined]] Gaines Levin W. [[/underlined]] Piscataway, Md. Sir, Eight dollars and 94/100 ($8.95/100) February. $10.05 deducted for books. W. L. VanDerlip (Sgd) per J. Q. Crosby. [[line across page]] 705 Bureau Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Office Superintendent of Education D.C. Washington, March 18th 1870. [[underlined]] Allen Jane S. [[/underlined]] Woodville, Md. Miss: $20.00/100 twenty. February W. L. VanDerlip (Sgd) per J. Q. Crosby. 706 Bureau Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Office Superintendent of Education D.C. Washington, March 18th 1870. [[underlined]] West Florence K. [[/underlined]] Poolsville, Md. Miss, Twenty February W. L. VanDerlip (Sgd) per J. Q. Crosby. If you sign your name across the back and give an order to Mr. Adams