Register entry for letter of Thomas Taylor to Edward H. Monteith, May 27, 1868
- Title
- Register entry for letter of Thomas Taylor to Edward H. Monteith, May 27, 1868
- Date
- 05-27-1868
- Creator
- Thomas Taylor
- Recipient
- Edward H. Monteith
- Description
- Register entry for a letter of May 21, 1868, from building committee chairman Thomas Taylor at Elkton, Cecil County. Taylor explains that he did not answer Disbursing Officer Monteith's previous letter promptly because he ended up hiring a carpenter on his own to work on the school building. One carpenter, he says, will do all the work on a building 26 x 50 feet, and two stories high, for $375. The number of students will be 116. Taylor informs Monteith that he will let him know when they are ready to receive lumber.
- School
- Port Deposit, Cecil County
- 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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[Register entry dated May 23, 1868, for letter from Thomas Taylor, chairman of the building committee at Port Deposit.]
Port Deposit
May 21” 1868.
In regard to Freedmen’s School House to be put up at that place states that he did not answer letter from this office promptly on account of getting carpenter to do the work upon the proposed building. Says one Carpenter will do all carpenter work on a Building 26 x 50 - two stories high for $375. also that the number of pupils will be 116. He will inform when they are ready for the lumber. - IIIF Manifests
- https://ids.si.edu/ids/manifest/NMAAHC-005413074_00191
Part of Register entry for letter of Thomas Taylor to Edward H. Monteith, May 27, 1868