Rev. John Kimble to George M. McComas, June 4, 1869
- Title
- Rev. John Kimble to George M. McComas, June 4, 1869
- Date
- 06-04-1869
- Creator
- Rev. John Kimball
- Recipient
- G.M. McComas (George March)
- Description
- Education superintendent John Kimball informs George M. McComas that he has a "first rate colored man, student from Lincoln University" that he can send to Hendon Hill to teach a summer school, if the people there will board him and organize such a school. The teacher is one of about forty that Kimball is sending out, and he want to send him right away. Kimball asks McComas to find out if the people around Hendon Hill want him.
- School
- Bel Air aka Hendon Hill
- 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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Bureau R. F. and A. L.
Office Supt. of Education D.C.
Washington. June 4th 1869.
[[underlined]] McComas Geo. M. [[/underlined]]
Baltimore, Md.
Dear Sir:
I have a first rate colored man, student from Lincoln University,,
that I can send to Hendon Hill, for a summer school, if the people will pay his board, and get up a good school. He is one of about forty,
I am sending out. I want to send him right away. Cannot you find out for me if the people want him? and thus help the cause and oblige?
Very Respectfully, Yours,
[[signature]] John Kimball [[/signature]]
Supt. of Education. - IIIF Manifests
- https://ids.si.edu/ids/manifest/NMAAHC-007675717_00318