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George W. Murray was born into slavery and later became a United States Congressman representing South Carolina. Robert Benson was the business manager of the Schofield Normal and Industrial School in Aiken, South Carolina, a school for African Americans founded by Pennsylvania Quaker Martha Schofield. Murray informs Benson that he cannot give teacher Miss Emma J. Wilson a certificate of character for industrial school work as she has never served as a principal. He also writes that the Committee on privilege and election has determined that he is entitled to his seat, and he will be inducted into office (the U.S. House of Representatives) next week.
