Freedmen's Bureau Records: Frederick S. Tukey to W.
H. Woodbury, September 21, 1865
Summary:
Tukey writes on behalf of two teachers, a Miss McLeane and a Mrs. Dunn, and
pleads for the Bureau to not overlook the Shenandoah Valley where there has been
no schooling at all (presumably for newly freed slaves).
Professor Woodbury
September 21st 1865
Staunton Virginia
Dear Friend
Yours of the 16 inst. is received and in [unclear: hopely] I wish to say, that if American Missionary Society should decide to take District Number 1 and my proposition cannot be accepted on that account, I wish you to see that Miss McLeane & Mrs Dunn are again Commissioned & sent to Portsmouth they filed their applications at John Street last May, and are both regular members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and have been for years as their parents have been before them, and I understand have been laboring somewhat for the association this summer at home, and forwarded them some money as the results of said labor which I think should entitle them to some consideration.
The children here in the Valley have never had a days schooling and I think should not be overlooked for the benefit of those who have had school the last three or four years.
Yours with Respect
F.S. Tukey Assistant Superintendent Freedmen &c
