Darlington Hoopes to Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard, Dec. 25, 1869
- Title
- Darlington Hoopes to Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard, Dec. 25, 1869
- Date
- 12-25-1869
- Creator
- Darlington Hoopes
- Recipient
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Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard
- Description
- Darlington Hoopes writes "on behalf of the colored people of this neighborhood" requesting a teacher for a new school they have prepared. The local people are able to provide a furnished schoolroom and board for a teacher, but cannot pay their salary. He suggests sending a black teacher as the neighborhood is "rather secesh."
- 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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12 Mo 25th 1869
Respected Frd
Gen O O Howard
I write on behalf of our coloured people in this neighborhood for a Teacher to teach their children in the rudimentary branches as far as reading writing and arithmetick They have a good new house well furnished, and will probably muster 30 scholars and can afford to pay the teachers boards but think they can't pay any salary. I think a coloured Teacher would suit best as the politicks of our neighborhood is rather [[underlined]] secesh [[/underlined]] please inform me soon whether thee can furnish one they have tried a good while and thus far have been unsucsesful They are [[strikethrough]] are [[/strikethrough]] generally orderly and worthy people Respectfully
[[signature]] Darlington Hoopes [[/signature]]
Hicory P. C
Harford County M.d
Part of Darlington Hoopes to Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard, Dec. 25, 1869