Title	J. K. Nelson to D. Burt, February 15, 1868
Record type	Correspondence
Creator	Nelson, J. K.
Date of creation	1868-02-15
Series	Records of Superintendents of Education M1000
Description	D. Burt, Freedmen’s Bureau agent stationed in Murfreesboro writes this letter to J.K. Nelson, the Superintendent of Education for the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, regarding Mr. and Mrs. Douglas, teachers at a school in Smyrna.
Additional notes	Series M1000, Reel 4, [Frames 105-107]
Excerpt from record	"# L.R. No. 395 Murfreesboro, Tenn. Febr. 15th, 1868 Nelson, J.K. Agt. B R F. Urges the Bureau to Aid Mr. and Mrs. Douglas teachers at Smyrna, Tenn. Read BRF & AL Febr. 17th, 1868 D.D. Burt Supt. Ed. Bu. R [illegible] Dear sir, I have the honor to [illegible] you for the purpose of urging the [illegible] of Mr. Douglas and wife who are teaching at Smyrna for some assistance [illegible] from this bureau. They have a large flourishing school [illegible] about one hundred and seventy five pupils which they teach in a house that is none too comfortable for a cow stable. They have been in the [illegible] more than a year and are earnest and faithful in their work and are only paid a [illegible] by the society that sent them here. I think about Thirty Five Dollars for both. The Colored People were to add to this amount forty dollars per month which they have failed to do and Mr. Douglas has given up all hopes of getting any further assistance from them. They [illegible] $120.00 before mr. D would agree to [illegible] and continue the school after last summers vacation. This [illegible] which is their proportion of their months salary he will probably get and no more. I know Mr. Douglas to be energetic and [illegible] and that he would not relinquish his endeavors if there was any possibility of getting the assistance required from the colored people and unless we can come to the rescue and make it up from the fonds of this Bureau I am afraid we shall lose his services. Hoping this matter will receive the attention it needs. I subscribe myself. Very Respectfully your [illegible] J.K. Nelson Agent Bu. R. [illegible]"
Geographic location	Murfreesboro (Tenn.) Rutherford County (Tenn.)
Names that occur in the record	Burt, D. Nelson, J. K.
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