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W. L. Copeland to C. E. Compton, April 1, 1870
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Title
W
.
L
.
Copeland
to
C
.
E
.
Compton
,
April
1
,
1870
Record type
Correspondence
Creator
Copeland
,
W
.
L
.
Date of creation
1870-04-01
Series
Records of Superintendents of Education M1000
Description
This
letter
requests
support
for a
school
.
Additional notes
Series
M1000
,
Reel
5
,
[Frame
1387-1388]
Excerpt from record
“Smyrna
,
Tenn
.
April
1
,
1870
Copeland
,
Wm
.
L
.
[William]
Teacher
States
that the
Presbt
Home
Miss
[Presbyterian
Home
Missions]
refuses
? to
support
his
school
.
Asks
if there
is
any
other
source
where
from
assistance
could
be
obtained
. if not, will be
obliged
to
closed
.
Smyrna
,
Tenn
April
1
,
1870
Col
.
Compton
Nashville
Dear
Sir
,
Please
find
support
of
my
school
for
March
. Also that the
[society?]
which
has been
supporting
me
has
come
and that the
[Freedway?]
support
the
school
but
I
don’t
know
how
long
.
Can
you
assist
in the
support
of the
school
? If
so
please
me
know
or if there
is
any
prospect
of
getting
support
from any
other
[source?]
please
let
me
know
if not
I
will to
close
.
I
Remain
Yours
Truly
,
W
.
L
.
Copeland”
Geographic location
Murfreesboro (Tenn.)
Rutherford County (Tenn.)
Names that occur in the record
Copeland, W. L.
Compton, C. E., Presbyterian Home Mission
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
1870-1879
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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