Maj. W. L. Van Derlip to Mary Watson, May 16, 1870
- Title
- Maj. W. L. Van Derlip to Mary Watson, May 16, 1870
- Date
- 05-16-1870
- Creator
- Maj. W.L. Van Derlip
- Recipient
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Mary Watson
- Description
- Supt. Van Derlip informs Port Deposit teacher Mary Watson that he is in possession of her paycheck for April, 1870, but cannot send it to her unless he receives her past due monthly report. He reminds Watson that reports are to be sent promptly on the first of each month. He informs her than she will have to close her school on the last day of April, her supporting society having decided to close all of their schools on that date. Van Derlip asks her to send him an address to which he can send her salary for May.
- School
- Port Deposit, Cecil County
- Related Financial Supporters
- Pennsylvania Freedmen's Relief Association aka the Pennsylvania Branch of the American Freedmen's Union Commission
- 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.
- Transcript
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May 16th
Miss Mary E. Watson
Port Deposit, Md.
Miss,
I have a check at hand in payment of your salary for last month, and am keeping it because I have not yet received your report. These reports ought always to be sent promptly on the first of the month.
You will have to close your school on the 31st of this month, as the Society that sustaines you has decided to close all its schools on that date.
Please state in your report where you want your check for the month of May sent.
Very Respectfully Yours,
W. L. VanDerlip
Bvt. Maj & Supt. of Education
per J. Q. Crosby - IIIF Manifests
- https://ids.si.edu/ids/manifest/NMAAHC-007675719_00200