Skip to main content
Freedmen
Browse All
Digital Collections
Log in
|
Help
Search
Advanced Search
Find results with:
error div
Add another field
Search by date
from
after
before
on
to
Searching collections:
Freedmen's Bureau Records
Add or remove collections
Home
Freedmen's Bureau Collection
James Thompson to W. L. Copeland, October 8, 1868
Reference URL
To link to this object, paste this link in email, IM or document
To embed this object, paste this HTML in website
James Thompson to W. L. Copeland, October 8, 1868
View Description
Download
small (250x250 max)
medium (500x500 max)
large ( > 500x500)
Full Resolution
13.pdf
Description
Title
James
Thompson
to
W
.
L
.
Copeland
,
October
8
,
1868
Record type
Correspondence
Creator
Thompson
,
James
Date of creation
1868-10-08
Series
Records of Superintendents of Education M1000
Description
James
Thompson
writes
to
inform
that
teacher's
salaries
will
no
longer
be
paid
by the
Bureau
.
Additional notes
Series
M1000
,
Reel
1
,
[Frame
883]
Excerpt from record
“October
8
,
1868
Mr
.
W
.
L
.
Copeland
Teacher
,
Freedmen’s
School
at
Smyrna
,
Tenn
Dear
Sir
:
I
regret
to
inform
you
that
under
instructions
from
General
Howard
,
Comm
B
R
F
and A
L
no
salary
can
hereafter
be
paid
to any
teacher
by the
Bureau
. An
effort
will be
made
to have
your
school
sustained
by the
State
authorities
, or by
some
Benevolent
Society
at the
North
.
Very
Respectfully
your
obedient
servant
James
Thompson
Bvt
.
Lieut
.
Col
.
U.S.A
Supt
. of
Education
[The
letter
also
includes
a
list
of
names
titled
“Not
Indexed”]
A.L
.
Wiltse
,
Maggie
Huston
J.B
.
Jones
,
Julie
Evans
[?]
.
Robinson
,
Fannie
Mitchell
[?]
.
Schilling
,
M.E
.
Taylor
Linda
Slaughter
,
Rebecca
Winchester
E.W
.
Douglass”
Geographic location
Murfreesboro (Tenn.)
Rutherford County (Tenn.)
Names that occur in the record
Thompson, James
Copeland, W. L.
Howard, Olivier Otis.
Wiltse, A. L.
Huston, Maggie
Jones, J. B.
Evans, Julie
Robinson, [?].
Mitchell, Fannie
Schilling, [?].
Taylor, M. E.
Slaughter, Linda
Winchester, Rebecca
Douglas, E. W.
Subject (LC)
African Americans--Tennessee
African Americans--Tennessee--Social conditions--19th century
Freedmen's schools and textbooks
Murfreesboro (Tenn.)
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
you wish to report:
Your comment:
Your Name:
Submit
Cancel
...
Back to top
Select the collections to add or remove from your search
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Select All Collections
A
American Women's History
B
Buchanan Family Collection
C
Cannon County (TN) Collection
Cedar Glades Studies Collection
F
Freedmen's Bureau Records
M
Middle Tennessee Historical Theses and Dissertations
Midlanders
Milton Collection
MTSU Memory
R
Rutherford County Historical Society Publications
Rutherford County Historic Photographs
Rutherford County Schools Collection
S
Shades of Gray and Blue
Sidelines
Southern Places
Stones River Battlefield Historic Landscape Collection
T
Tennessee History
Tennessee Schools
500
You have selected:
1
OK
Cancel
Freedmen's Bureau Collection
James Thompson to W. L. Copeland, October 8, 1868 