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Title
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[Petitions (Colored schools) 1927 - Hughesville - petitions to reopen school]
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Description
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Petition from parents and patrons of the Hughesville School, following a meeting at the schoolhouse on October 23, 1927. The petitioners note that there are twenty or more children of school age in the community and request that the school be reopened. The document includes signatures of parents and patrons in support.
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Tag
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Hughesville School, petition, reopening, parents, patrons, school age children, community support, 1927
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Date
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1927-10-23
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Identifier
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1015033
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Is Version Of
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1015033_EWP_Hughesville1927001.pdf
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Is Part Of
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Black Petitions
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Source
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Petition labeled "2.5.A Petition C Hughesville - 10/24/1927 Req that school remain open, given that 23 will attend" in the 2.5.A Colored Petitions Box in the Loudoun County Public Schools Record Office
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Language
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English
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Replaces
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/Volumes/T7 Shield/EWP/Elements/EWP_Files/source/Ingest One/2 Petitions Plans School Board and Districts/2-5A_Colored_Petitions/Old_FIle_Petitions_Colored_Schools/PetitionHughesville_1927to1928/EWP_Hughesville1927001.pdf
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Transcription
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Hughesville, Va
Oct. 24, 1927
File petition
We the parents and patrons of the Hughesville School, having met at the schoolhouse on Oct. 23, 1927 and finding that there are twenty or more children of school age in our community, request that said school be reopened.
Signed–
Patrons / children
Rosetta Bryant / 1
Martha Bruant / 2
Beverley Ramey / 2
Henry Weaver / 2
Clifton Coots / 3
Jennie Cross / 3
Maud Thompson her mark / 2
Nellie Grayson / 2
Mary E Bryant / 2
Edmund Russ
Daniel T. White
Gregg White
David Bryant / 3
[illegible] Harrington
Eva Green her mark / 3
Rosie Chinn
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