Title	A. A. Gee to Rev. D. Burt, October 31, 1867
Record type	Correspondence
Creator	Gee, A. A.
Date of creation	1867-10-31
Series	Records of Superintendents of Education M1000
Description	This letter discusses payment for a school building.
Additional notes	Series M1000, Reel 3, [1411-1413]
Excerpt from record	“LR. No. 467 Murfreesboro, Tenn. October 30th, 1867 Gee, Rev. A.A. Will allow the church at Lebanon to be rented by the Bureau Received BRF&AL Tenn. October 31, 1867 Murfreesboro October 31, 1867 Rev. D. Burt Dear Sir: Yours of the 29th is at hand. I was anxious to secure to the colored people in Lebanon something for the use of their house this year to enable them to complete the payment for it as I fear it will be very difficult for them to do that without further assistance, and I know of no place where I can secure anymore. I have paid $800 from Ch. Ex. So. on it and they undertook to raise $700 themselves which is a pretty heavy load them under the circumstances. As soon as the property is paid for it will be deed to them for schools etc. If the Bureau can do it I believe General Corlin would feel that it is better to pay something in the way of rent than for the people there to incur the risk of losing the property and what has been paid on it. If that can not be done the Bureau can have the building free of rent this year for the sake of having a school there that will benefit all the colored people. Mr. Sharp is not teaching in the building by any authority of mine. I suppose he has no authority from anyone, as he is not employed by Dr. Rust or the society he represents. If he has received any permission to occupy the building for any part of this year it must be from some Agt. of the Bureau, the building being leased to them they alone could give permission.Your Agt. of L. I presume will find no difficulty in giving permission to your teacher, so he has or should have a copy of the lease and when that expires this gives you authority over the property. I will renew the deed if you wish. Wish sincere respect to yours, A.A. Gee”
Geographic location	Murfreesboro (Tenn.) Rutherford County (Tenn.)
Names that occur in the record	Gee, A. A. Burt, D. Corlin
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