Jerome B. Armstrong to Rev. John Kimball, Oct. 23, 1868
- Title
- Jerome B. Armstrong to Rev. John Kimball, Oct. 23, 1868
- Date
- 10-23-1868
- Creator
- Jerome B. Armstrong
- Recipient
- John Core
- Description
- Jerome B. Armstrong, chairman of the building committee at Darlington, writes to Supt. Kimball of the continuing need for desks. The trustees have gone deeple into debt building the school, cannot afford additional expenditures, and were promised desks by the Freedmen's Bureau. They petition the Bureau to make good on their promise.
- References
-
Mary Watson
- 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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Darlington Harford Co Md
Oct. 23rd 1868
Rev John Kimball
Supt. of Education
Washington D.C.
Sir
Your communication in receipt to mine sent to Mr Monteith came to hand yesterday. As I was absent from home I did not receive it readily. I or we petitioned to you for Desks we was promised by the Bureau all of the material to build with if we would pay the workmen for the labour and we are bond for that and stone work & carpenter work cost us over $400.00 beside five hundred shingles three hundred feet of sheathing boards 238 ft more studing one more window frame & lights we furnished only six we asked for when we should at least had 9 lights or window we put in seven we are not able to do more then we are doing we are few in number and not wealthy our school is a burden for an uneducated class as yet. And we are only asking for that which was promised to us and the reason we ask is because we are not able to furnish ourselves without going to much in debt and we already are far enough in now. we have a willing people but a poor people in means and the boiler is now on a strain it is all the pressure it will bear. our school is not commenced as yet Miss M. E. Watson has not come to us as yet and we can not be ready for her for some considerable time if she waits for the house to be ready because our funds is exhausted and we are already in debt and had not made any provisions for Desks expecting them from the Bureau. And we again petition to you to regard this appeal favorable we pray you
Respectfully your
J. B. Armstrong
Chairman of building comm
Part of Jerome B. Armstrong to Rev. John Kimball, Oct. 23, 1868