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[[preprinted]] 450 [[/preprinted]] June 2d 1870. Miss Ellen Watts, Rockville, Md. Miss: I cannot continue your school, as you request, because I have no means to paying teacher's salaries, at present. Very Respectfully, Yours, W. L. Van Derlip Bvt. Maj. & Supt. of Education per J. Q. Crosby.