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Bureau R F & A L
Washington May 15 1870

Miss G M Snowden
Easton, Md.

Dear Miss
Your letter to Genl Howard has been referred to me to answer. We cannot make any arrangements at present for another School term, but I hope all will be fixed before long, when you will be informed of the result.

As to the aid asked for to complete the Teachers House, I find that the building now used as a School was put up, not by the Colored people of Easton, but by this Bureau — at a cost of Eighteen hundred dollars ($1800 00) which is a great deal more than we have given to any other School outside of Baltimore, and while so many neighborhoods are yet without schools and crying for aid, I do not think we ought to be asked for more help by your people

Yours Respfy
[[signature]] W L Van Derlip [[/signature]]
Bvt Maj & Supt of Edu