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Oaklands 9th mo 2nd 

Maj. Vanderlip,

Some of the colored people about here have obtained from some source the idea that the department will continue its assistance to their schools the coming year, and, are anxious to have theirs' opened again, and also express a preference for my services as teacher, to a strangers, and I am willing to go on upon the old terms if the assistance is continued.

Please inform me what they may expect as soon as possible., Respectfully,
[[signature]] E. F. Haviland [[/signature]]
Bryantown Md.