Freedmen's Bureau Records: Thomas P. Jackson to
Aaron Shoveller and Addison King, September 16, 1867
Summary:
Jackson tries to negotiate with the Methodist Episcopal Church regarding the use
of their basement for a school.
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
Office 4th Division, 9th
Sub-District, Virginia,
Mr. A. Shoveller & Addison King
Committee
Sept. 16, 1867
Staunton, Va.,
Gentm
Your proposition to rent basement of M. E. Church at $15 per month for school purposes is disapproved and I am directed to ask, "Will the Trustees allow the use of the room rent free if $100 0/100 is expended for fitting up basement with school furniture"
Your Obt
Thos P. Jackson
Agent
Please reply today or tomorrow if possible
TPJ
