Maj. W. L. Van Derlip to Mary Watson, May 24, 1870
- Title
- Maj. W. L. Van Derlip to Mary Watson, May 24, 1870
- Date
- 05-24-1870
- 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 has recommended her application (to keep her school open after the end of April) to Col. Robert R. Corson of the Pennsylvania Freedmen's Relief Association, and he as received word back from Corson that her school may stay open through the month of June, 1870.
- References
- Col. Robert R. Corson
- 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
-
May 24th
Miss Mary E. Watson,
Port Deposit, Md.
Miss:
I recommended your application of the 18th inst. to Col. Corson, secretary of the society that pays your salary, and I have just received word from him that the society will continue your school through the month of June.
Very Respectfully, Yours,
W. L. Van Derlip
Bvt. Maj. & Supt. of Education
per J. Q. Crosby. - IIIF Manifests
- https://ids.si.edu/ids/manifest/NMAAHC-007675719_00222