Joseph Haines, et al. to Rev. E. P. Smith, Aug. 17, 1868

Title
Joseph Haines, et al. to Rev. E. P. Smith, Aug. 17, 1868
Date
08-17-1868
Creator
Joseph Haines
Recipient
Rev. E.P. Smith
Description
Joseph Haines and nine other members of the School Committee at Darlington write to Rev. E. P. Smith of the American Missionary Association to express their satisfaction with teacher Mary Watson, calling her "a light shining in a dark place."
School
Darlington aka Hosanna or Berkley
Related Financial Supporters
American Missionary Association
Source
American Missionary Association Papers. Amistad Research Center, New Orleans, LA. Contact for use and licensing permissions.
Transcript
Darlington Md Augt 17th/.68

Rev E. P. Smith, G. F. Agt
American Missionary Association
53 John St New York

Sir
With these presents of ours which will respectfully inform you that we have no fault or faults to find of Miss M. E. Watson. She has filled her mission as teacher truly as a teacher should and according to your requirements dutifully and according to our wishes or desires she is a light shining in a dark place and many crod or flock towards it
Joseph Haines Prest
Thomas P. Norton, Ex. Presdt
Jerome B. Armstrong Sect
School commt Robert Peaco Com
Joseph Peaco
Hampton Washington
William H James
George W. Prestberry
Stephen S Wilson
William Wallace

Part of Joseph Haines, et al. to Rev. E. P. Smith, Aug. 17, 1868