Viewing page 127 of 290

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

seemed so very desirous to go somewhere to make a living — & from all we could learn — Col. Corson & myself felt satisfied that he was well qualified in many respects for a teacher, we concluded to raise a little money [[strikethough]] and [[/strikethrough]] for him & ^[[insert]] with [[/insert]] a few books — & let him find a school where the people would be both willing & able to support him. His preference was to go to North Carolina, Virginia, or Tennessee — but as you wanted teachers very much in Maryland we thought perhaps there was as good an opening there as in the States further [[underlined]] South [[/underlined]], or further [[underlined]] North, [[/underlined]]—  While there would be a decided advantage, in his being under your [[underlined]] supervision & oversight [[/underlined]]— where he would also have your advice & aid as far as practicable— accordingly we raised [[underlined]] $60. [[/underlined]] for him to pay his 3 months ^[[insert]] Salary [[/insert]] at [[underlined]] $20. [[/underlined]] per month — forty Dollars of which