George Washington to Supt. W. L. Van Derlip, July 24, 1870 · Freedmen's Bureau Project

Title: George Washington to Supt. W. L. Van Derlip, July 24, 1870
Date: 07-24-1870
Creator: George Washington
Recipient: Maj. W.L. Van Derlip
Description: George Washington writes to education superintendent Maj. W. L. Van Derlip in relation to dissolution of the Baltimore Association and the Freedmen's Bureau's assumption of managing the school. He requests a teacher be sent, preferably Henrietta Gilmore. The freedmen would acquire desks themselves.
References: Henrietta Gilmore; John B. Giles
School: Hopewell Crossroads aka Green Spring
Related Financial Supporters: Baltimore Association for the Moral and Educational Improvement of the Colored People
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.
IIIF Manifests: https://ids.si.edu/ids/manifest/NMAAHC-007675725_01526; https://ids.si.edu/ids/manifest/NMAAHC-007675725_01527