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Samuel Ferguson, letter

June 21, 1869

"June the 21 1869
Dear Sir youres of the 13 may was received with much plesher infourming aus that you
wood give aus a teacher the 18 of June we were All readey to receive hiem but we were
disapointed of geting Hiem as we expected i hav ritten to you the 17 May We hav bin -talking
An have the Teachers exam since but we have herde No ancer from you at All as yet - We are
readey to receve hiem at eney Time if Et Will meet, your abprobathion I learne that you will hav
some Teachers on hand now [?] some if so Plese let aus hav one of them and oblige me youres
Truley
Samuiel H Forgurson [signature]
Sharpsburg Washington
County, M.D"


Author

Name: Samuel Ferguson

Unit: N/A

Document Information

Type: Letter

Subject(s):

  • African American

Event Location: Sharpsburg, Washington Co., MD

Document Origin: Sharpsburg, Washington Co., MD

Source

NMAAHC-007675722_01392; Records of the Superintendent of Education for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872; Registered Letters Received; National Museum of African American History and Culture

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