Freedmen's Bureau Records: Thomas P. Jackson to R.
M. Manly, October 18, 1867
Summary:
Jackson reports Miss Rowell's arrival as the new teacher, and immediately
requests that she be sent a female companion, for Jackson fears the impropriety
of her being unaccompanied, and has also struggled to find housing for her.
Rev. R. M.
Manly
Richmond
Oct. 18 1867
Staunton
Sir
Miss Rowell arrived safely at Staunton but I have had great difficulty in finding
a boarding place and at last had to rent part of a house occupied by a colored
man & wife. I am somewhat embarrassed in this matter and this lady
question was the reason I asked so earnestly for a gentleman. Do send Miss R. an assistant and companion as soon as possible, you
will relieve me immediately for although far from young, I am not old enough to
have a solitary and
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amiable young lady under my charge without fear
of being misunderstood by the [unclear: little world] of disloyalty and
censoriousness.
Excuse my hurried letter but I have been working day or night to 9 or 10 at night on Registration & election and would not have written at all had I not felt compelled to notice the [illeg.] [unclear: letter].
Faithfully
Thos P. Jackson
