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[[preprinted]]
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION.
CHAIRMAN
MISS MARY E. JACKSON, 1316 Pine St.

Miss S. L. Baldwin,
Mrs. Geo. Whitney, 
Miss Elizabeth Smith,
Miss Nettie Jackson,
Miss Mary E. Cummings,
Benjamin Coates,
Philip P. Randolph,
Robt. R. Corson.

PENNSYLVANIA BRANCH
American Freedmen's Union Commission,
No. 711 SANSOM STREET.

Philadelphia, ^[[Jany 2]] 186^[[9]]
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Mr. Kimball

Dear Sir,
In your letter recd on Monday you say "Miss Anderson may be a good teacher but she does not report as she is bound to do."

Today she came to see me. A fair was in progress in her school room. She came to Philada. & will return ready for school on Monday. I told her what you had written. She says she [[underlined]] did [[/underlined]] report fully, that her letters constantly fail in reaching their destination & she does not receive those addressed to her. I have had [[underlined]] one [[/underlined]] letter from her, she has written twice.

From what I have seen of her [[strikethrough]] she is [[/strikethrough]] I think her the best colored teacher we have in our employ with the exception of Miss Gordon. 

From what she says I do not see how the colored people [[underlined]] can [[/underlined]] supply Blackboards Maps &c for the school. You understand the difficulties they have had in regard to