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Henry M. Whittlesey to C. E. Compton, July 10, 1869
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Henry M. Whittlesey to C. E. Compton, July 10, 1869
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Title
Henry
M
.
Whittlesey
to
C
.
E
.
Compton
,
July
10
,
1869
Record type
Correspondence
Creator
Whittlesey
,
Henry
M
.
Date of creation
1869-07-10
Series
Records of Superintendents of Education M1000
Description
This
letter
instructs
C
.
E
.
Compton
to
withhold
appropriations
from the
Tennesse
Manual
Labor
School
.
Additional notes
Series
M1000
,
Reel
5
,
[Frame
83-84]
Excerpt from record
“1869
L
.
R
.
1192
Tenn
.
War
Dept
.
Bur
.
R
F
&
AL
Washington
,
D.C
.
July
10th
.
1869
Whittelsey
,
Henry
,
M
.
actg
Asst
.
Adjt
Genl
States
that in
view
of
all
the
in-formation
received
,
Col
.
Compton
is
authorized
to
withhold
the
payment
of the
appropriations
of
($2000
00/100)
Two
Thousand
Dollars
for the
Tenn
.
Manual
Labor
University
.
War
Department
,
Bureau
of
Refugees
,
Freedmen
, and
Abandoned
Lands
Washington
,
July
10th
,
1869
Brvt
.
Lieut
.
Col
.
C
.
E
.
Compton
.
Supt
.
Education
,
Nashville
,
Tenn
.
Colonel
:
I
am
directed
by the
Commissioner
to
acknowledge
the
receipt
of
your
endorsement
of the
6th
instant
on
papers
relating
to the
appropriations
of
$2000
for the
“Tennessee
Manual
Labor
University”
at
Murfreesboro
. In
accordance
with
your
recommendation
, and in
view
of
all
the
in-formations
received
concerning
the
state
of the
affairs
of that
institution
,
you
are
hereby
directed
to
withhold
the
payment
of the
appropriations
until
further
ordered
from this
office
.
Very
Respectfully
,
Your
Obedient
Servant
,
Henry
M
.
Whittlesey
Actg
Asst
Adjt
.
General”
Geographic location
Murfreesboro (Tenn.)
Rutherford County (Tenn.)
Names that occur in the record
Whittlesey, Henry
Compton, C. E.
Tennessee Manual Labor University
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.
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
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