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Chaptico St marys Co md april 23th 1870

Dear Mr vanderlip I am the that trustees of the Cross Road School have make a conplaints to you Sir in regards Mr fry that he teaches he children both good and bad one half of the peabil peobil says they Will not send their Children to him any more to him for he is real blackgard in School and parson that have large girls go to that School say they will not send them any more to him as long he stay hear and now Sir Mr fry has 6 hour in the day to hear the Children and When his School is out at night Why should he stoppe one of the larger girl to learn heir sums and started all of the rest of them home now Sir What do you think of that and Sir he Curstes in School and he says to the Childrens he dont [[strikethrough]] cary [[/strikethrough]] care how much tobacco they use at School just so they bring him some now Sir we dont want our Childrens teach to no such Idle habits Mr fry Sir is very much disSatfy hear and he dont want to stay and [[strikethrough]] we not [[/strikethrough]] very anxious the peopi are not very anxious for him to stay in the first place Sir he says he are not sent hear to [[Equilil?]]