Edward H. Monteith to Thomas Taylor, May 15, 1868

Title

Edward H. Monteith to Thomas Taylor, May 15, 1868

Date

05-15-1868

Creator

Edward H. Monteith

Recipient

Thomas Taylor

Description

Disbursing Officer Edward H. Monteith writes to Port Deposit trustee Thomas Taylor, asking if they are ready to employ workmen to construct a schoolhouse. He asks for the number of students expected to attend the school, and for the name of the chairman of the building committee. Monteith reminds Taylor that the school must not be for the use of a particular sect but for all the colored people in his vicinity.

School

Port Deposit, Cecil County

Source

Smithsonian, National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Transcript

Office Disbg. Officer
May 15” 8.

Thomas Taylor trustees &c.
and others.

Port Deposit Md.

Gentlemen:
You will please inform me if you are ready to employ your Carpenters and workmen to put up the Freedmen’s School House proposed for your place. Give also the number of pupils who will attend the school, remembering that the house is to be for no particular sect, but for a school for all colored people in your vicinity.
Give name of the chairman of your building committee.

Very Respectfully,
Your Obt. Servant,
E. H. Monteith
Disbursing Officer

IIIF Manifests

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