Rachel L. Alexander

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Rachel L. Alexander to J. R. Crosby, Dec. 27, 1869
Rachel L. Alexander to Maj. W. L. Van Derlip, Jan. 18, 1870
Rachel L. Alexander to Maj. W. L. Van Derlip, Jan. 21, 1870
Rachel L. Alexander to Rev. John Kimball, Oct. 6, 1869
Rachel L. Alexander to Rev. John Kimball, Oct. [?], 1869
Teacher's Monthly School Report of Rachel L. Alexander, Bel Air, Dec. 1869
Teacher's Monthly School Report of Rachel L. Alexander, Bel Air, Nov. 1869
Teacher's Monthly School Report of Rachel L. Alexander, Bel Air, Oct. 1869
Bill for books ordered by Rachel L. Alexander from Cushings & Bailey, Nov. 15, 1869
Bill for books ordered by Rachel L. Alexander from Cushings & Bailey, Oct. 19, 1869
Col. Robert R. Corson to John Kimball, Sept. 20, 1869
Col. Robert R. Corson to Rev. John Kimball, 1 Oct. 1869
Maj. D. G. Swaim to Col. Robert R. Corson, Dec. 14, 1869
Maj. W. L. Van Derlip to Col. Robert R. Corson, Jan 10, 1870, Letter 487
Maj. W. L. Van Derlip to Col. Robert R. Corson, Jan 10, 1870, Letter 489
Rev. John Kimball to George M. McComas, Sept. 29, 1869
Schedule of Schools and Rental Accounts of the Pennsylvania Branch American Freedmen Commission, for the Quarter Ending December 31, 1869 for the State of Maryland
Maj. W. L. Van Derlip to Rachel L. Alexander, Dec. 18 (28?), 1869
Maj. W. L. Van Derlip to Rachel L. Alexander, Dec. 22, 1869
Maj. W. L. Van Derlip to Rachel L. Alexander, Feb. 26, 1870
Rev. John Kimball to Rachel L. Alexander, Oct. 14, 1869
Rev. John Kimball to Rachel L. Alexander, Oct. 8, 1869
Rev. John Kimball to Rachel L. Alexander, Sept. 29, 1869
Name
Rachel L. Alexander
Biographical Information
Rachel L. Alexander was an African American woman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who taught at the Bel Air/Hendon Hill school. On September 29, 1869, Superintendent John Kimball wrote to Alexander at her home in Philadelphia, directing her to go to Hendon Hill to teach. She arrived there on October 5, 1869, and wrote to Supt. Kimball the next day to inform him that she did not plan to begin teaching until the following Monday, owing to the schoolhouse not being quite finished.

Alexander taught at Hendon Hill for less than three months, leaving the school on Christmas Eve, 1869, after the end of the fall term. In January, 1870, she wrote to her sponsor, the Pennsylvania Branch of the Freedmen’s Union Committee, asking if she was to be posted to a new school. It is unclear why she did not return to Hendon Hill for the spring term.
School Affiliation
Bel Air aka Hendon Hill

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