Title	A. B. Clinton Douglas to Rev. D. Burt, August 26, 1867
Record type	Correspondence
Creator	Douglas, A. B. Clinton
Date of creation	1867-08-26
Series	Records of Superintendents of Education M1000
Description	This letter discusses teachers and education in Smyrna.
Additional notes	Series M1000, Reel 3, [Frame 1232-1234]
Excerpt from record	“L.R. No. 398. Brentwood, N.H. Aug 26th 1867 Douglas, A B Clinton. Teacher. [illegible] that M Cravath declines to commission him. Thinks is a great disappointment to the colored people at Smyrna if some teachers are not sent there this fall. Rec’d B.R. [?] L. Tenn. Aug 28th, 1867” [Douglas received a letter from Cravath, who decided not to send teachers back to Smyrna that year. Douglas opposed this, knowing that would have been “a great disappointment to” Smyrna’s African American community. Douglas was worried for them and said he will not look for alternative work until he tried everything he could to return to Smyrna. He recalled a previous letter from Mr. Cravath, who had hoped for funding from the State School Fund of Tennessee; Douglas asked Burt if that was a real possibility for the schools in Smyrna. Douglas also inquired if transportation would be provided for teachers. Douglas commented that Mr. Dillon did not replace Mr. C.]
Geographic location	Rutherford County (Tenn.) Smyrna (Tenn.)
Names that occur in the record	Burt, D. Douglas, A. B. Clinton Cravath Dillion
Subject (LC)	African Americans--Social conditions African Americans--Tennessee--Social conditions--19th century Freedmen's schools and textbooks Race relations Racism Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Tennessee--Rutherford County. Rutherford County (Tenn.) United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
Coverage	1860-1869
Contributing institution	National Archives and Records Administration
Medium	Microfilm
Bibliographic citation	[Document title, date]. Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Tennessee. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870. Series M1000, [Reel number, Frame number/s]. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Copyright status	Public domain
Collection name	Freedmen's Bureau Records