Capt. Samuel J. Wright to Mary J. C. Anderson, Feb. 18, 1867 · Freedmen's Bureau Project

Title: Capt. Samuel J. Wright to Mary J. C. Anderson, Feb. 18, 1867
Date: 02-18-1867
Creator: Capt. Samuel J. Wright
Recipient: Mary J.C. Anderson
Description: Bureau quartermaster Capt. Samuel J. Wright send a check for $3.04 to teacher Mary J. C. Anderson. Wright advises Anderson have a friend to cash the check with a merchant in Havre de Grace. She can then use the cash to pay Mr. White, the man from whom the schoolroom is rented. Wright instructs Anderson to return the rental account he has enclosed to him, after having White sign it and adding her own signature as witness.
References: Jesse White
School: Havre de Grace aka Anderson Institute
Source: Smithsonian, National Museum of African American History and Culture; Courtesy of the U. S. National Archives and Records Administration, FamilySearch International, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
IIIF Manifests: https://ids.si.edu/ids/manifest/NMAAHC-005413068_00912