Richard Cadbury letter to Martha Schofield; George Dixon letter to William Cadbury

Martha Schofield
Dear Friend

Here is [George] Dixon's
answer to thy application, by
which thou will see that he adopts
the children wrote about -
I do not know whether his friend
pays traveling expenses or no; but
if necessary our Freedmen's [Association]
will provide that and some clothing
[Crossed out: if necessary] I suppose nothing
can be done till thy return to
Aiken, but it would be well to learn
from [General] Armstrong what to do with
the children - where to send them, etc.
[Respectfully]
[Richard] Cadbury

[Philadelphia] 9 [month] 1. 1872


[?] Miss Murray
Write to Miss
Towne for
base and tenor -.
voices -.
Laura [?]
Jennie Hayne -
Mr. Fenner -


[Stamped Letterhead]
FRIENDS INSTITUTE
12 Bishopsgate [Street]
Without
London. E.C.

7 [month] 31. 1872

Dear Friend
Richard Cadbury/

We were in Birmingham
last 6th day and received
thy letter inclosed in thy uncle
Benjamin's We were disappointed
in finding him from home
we saw some part of his family
at thy uncle John's where we
dined. Took tea with thy cousin
George and his wife. We conferred
with the Treasurers of our [?] who
were quite willing to help the young
people thou named in thy letter
provided their friends are willing

[Left margin ]
with my in love to thee and others of your association who
may know us
Thy Sincere Friend
[George] Dixon


for them to be trained at Hampton &
as I gather from thy letter they
will not object to this, we shall
at once put them on our list.
Many of our Friends are only willing
to subscribe with an understanding
that when we return to the States
we shall give some personal attention
to the training of
these young persons for teachers
which makes it necessary that they
are all under training at one place
Friends generally have made up
their minds that they have done
enough for the Freedmen, and had
we not come and made a personal
appeal very little more would have
been done. We are constantly asked

[Left margin]
P.S. Arthur Albright has lost one his daughters. She died


"What are American Friends doing
themselves." I am glad to be
able to answer this by reference
to your [Underlined: 9th] annual report. I
do think our coming over just now
will be of some service to the cause
both in England and Ireland. Although
our appeal is for a special
object that of training for teachers
my wife and daughter's old
Scholars, and those that were under
my care during the 3 years I
served you as Superintendent;
should we be successful we may
take a more extensive range, yet
we shall give the Scholars that are
being educated at [Underlined: your Schools]

[Left margin]
yesterday at 2 o'clock. the complaint was rheumatic fever -


in North Carolina & Virginia the
preference. We are encouraged in
this by the promise you hold out
of "giving small sums in aid of
Schools in rural districts taught
by those of your former pupils
who have become qualified for
teaching." this is a wise policy,
for it is in country places that the
education of the freedmen is most
needed, and this want can only be
supplied from teachers of their
own race -

If we hear nothing to the contrary
from thee we shall conclude that
the young persons thou named will
be sent to Hampton for training. We shall
arrange with General Armstrong
for the payment of their board and
education. [Insert from left margin:
of course I mean what they do not to work out -]
Eunice is well and writes


[Envelope]

Martha Schofield
Darby
[Delaware County]