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REPORT of Condition of Freedmen and Operations of the Freedmen's Bureau in the ^[[Southern District]] of ^[[North Carolina]] under the charge of ^[[Bt. Brig. Gen'l. Allan Rutherford]], for the 15 days ending ^[[27th August]], 1866.

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| 1 DATE. | 2 STATION. | 3 NAME OF PERSON IN CHARGE. | 4 No. of Men - (well.) | 5 No. of Women - (well.) | 6 No. of Children - (well.) | 7 No. of Sick in Hospital. | 8 Aggregate. | 9 Aggregate Last Report. | 10 GAIN. By Birth. | 11 GAIN. Received. | 12 LOSS. By Death. | 13 LOSS. Discharged. | 14 No. of persons for whom contracts have been made since last Report. | 15 Do Whites respect their Contracts? | 16 Do Blacks respect their Contracts? | 17 Terms on which Contracts have been made since last Report. Males. | 18 Terms on which Contracts have been made since last Report. Females. | 19 General average of Wages. | 20 REMARKS. |
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| 27th August 1866 | Wilmington | Lt. E. H. McQuigg | 34 | 126 | 160 |   | 320 | 316 |   | 6 |   | 2 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

| " " " [[dittos for 27th August 1866]] | Hogan Hospital | Dr. W. E. Day. |   |   |   | 59 | 59 | 53 |   | 6 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

| " " " [[dittos for 27th August 1866 | Elizabethtown | Lt. E. B. Noothup |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | none | Generally. | Yes. |   |   | $10. for males-per month $4 " [[ditto for for]] females " " [[dittos for per month]] |   |

| " " " [[dittos for 27th August 1866 | Lumberton | Lt. G. W. Tipton |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | " [[ditto for none]] | In some cases. No. | Some cases they get over paid & [[?]] off. |   |   |   | Complaints Entered 7 - Actions Rendered 6. - Some trouble between negroes and their employers - - about the division of crops |

| " " " [[dittos for 27th August 1866 | Rockingham | Lt. Geo. McCombes |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | Some do not | nearly all do- | $12. | $5. | $10. | Seven Complaints made |

| " " " [[dittos for 27th August 1866 | Whiteville | " [[ditto for Lt.]] L. Echelberry |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | Yes | Yes |   |   | $15. | Few complaints made and they between freedmen, and of a trivial nature. |

|   |   | Total | 34 | 126 | 160 | 59 | 379 | 369 |   | 12 |   | 2 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

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Headquarters ^[[Sup't. So. Dist. N. C.]]
^[[Wilmington N. C.]],
^[[27th August]], 1866.

^[[(Sgd.) Allan Rutherford]]
^[[Lt Col. V. R. C. (Bt Brig. Gen. U. S. V.)]]
Supt. ^[[Southern]] District.

This Report to be forwarded to the Assistant Adjutant General Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, at Raleigh, N. C., by Superintendents of Districts, punctually on the 12th and 27th of each month.

In the column of Remarks will be embraced any information relative to the condition of Freedmen and their treatment by the Whites, not called out by the headings of this Report.
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("Noothup" a misspelling of "Northrup"?) Unsure if I have lined up everything correctly. Please double-check carefully.