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Samuel Ferguson, letter

May 8, 1869

"Sharpsburg May 8th [18]69

Capt Brubaker
Dear Sir
We want a school in our place very badly & would like to have a teacher if you can
procure one for us by the first of next month please let us know Immediately on how
soon you could get us one we are better fixed now then we have been yet & are very
anxious to have a school The Children too seem anxious to go to school
please write to me immediately and let me know what you can do for us.
Hoping to receive a speedy answer
I remain most Respectfully yours
Samuel H. Furgerson"


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_01384; 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

Transcripts

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