Rachel L. Alexander to Maj. W. L. Van Derlip, Jan. 21, 1870

Title

Rachel L. Alexander to Maj. W. L. Van Derlip, Jan. 21, 1870

Date

01-21-1870

Creator

Rachel L. Alexander

Recipient

Maj. W.L. Van Derlip

Description

Rachel L. Alexander writes from Philadelphia to Education Supt. W. L. Van Derlip, asking if Mr. Carson will pay her salary for December, 1869, which she has not received. Alexander states that she is eager to receive the money, as she wants to acquire a posting at another school. She has no intention of returning to Bel Air. (She had written to Van Derlip on the same subject three days earlier, on Jan. 18.)

References

Col. Robert R. Corson

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

Philadelphia
Jan 21st 1870

Prof. W.L. Vanderlip
Will you please inform me whether Mr Corson is to pay me my salary for [[underlined]] Dec. [/underlined]]. I sent in my report sometime ago. I am quite anxious to get it, for I wish to make arrangements for another school as I do not intend returning to Belair.
Respectfully yours
R.L. Alexander
336 Dugan Street

IIIF Manifests

https://ids.si.edu/ids/manifest/NMAAHC-007675725_00033