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Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and A. L.
Head Quarters Asst. Commr D. C.
Washington. June 30th 1868.

[[underlined]] Corson. [[/underlined]] Col. [[underlined]] R. R. [[/underlined]]
Philadelphia Pa.

Dear Sir:

Yours of June 27th is before me.  I have tried hard to get return transportation for the teachers, but Genl. Howard will not grant it.  You will see that I can do nothing more in the matter.  Your teachers have done a good work, and I hope to have more of them next year.  I expect to be North in August, if not before.  I shall then hope to see you, and talk over about next year.

Very Respectfully Yours,
[[signature]] John Kimball [[/signature]]
Supt. of Education.

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286
                              
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and A. L.
Head Quarters Asst. Commr D.C.
Washington, June 30th 1868.

[[underlined]] Wilmer [[/underlined]] Dr. [[underlined]] W. R. [[/underlined]]
Port Tobacco, Charles Co. Md.

Dear Sir:  

Please send these papers to [[underlined]] Jones [[/underlined]], and have him sign where I have marked in pencil, and return to me with the amount of his transportation.

Very Respectfully Yours,
[[signature]] John Kimball [[/signature]]
Supt. of Education.

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Bureau Refugees Freedmen and A.L.
Head Quarters Asst. Comr. D.C.
Washington,  June 8th 1868.

[[underlined]] Slack  Mr John  [[/underlined]]
Chairman of Board of Education

Sir,

I am informed that the School House at Charleston is completed but not occupied.  I trust there will be no delay in using the building.  We do not expect in building a house and then be obliged to hire a house for our teacher while the new house

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stands empty.  The matter of a few seats or desks will be attended to I hope.  I expect with Genl. [[underlined]] Howard [[/underlined]] to visit your place during this month and hope to find a good school in a good house.

Very Respectfully Yours
[[signature]] John Kimball [[/signature]]
Supt. of Education.

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Bureau Refugees Freedmen and A.L.
Head Quarters Asst. Comr. D.C.
Washington,  July 1st 1868.

[[underlined]] Eldridge  Bvt. Maj Stuart.  [[/underlined]]
A.A.A. Genl.

Major:

I have the honor to present the following report of the work of Education in this Department for the month of June.

The Bureau has paid
Salaries of Supt. and Asst. Supts. of Education | $592.80
for rent of School Houses | 71.66
" [[ditto for for]] repairs " " " [[dittos for of School Houses]] | 75.00
" [[ditto for for]] School House at Charleston, W. Va. | 500.00
" " " " [[dittos for for School House at]] Sandy Hook, Md. | 750.00
to Miss [[underlined]] Wilber [[/underlined]] for making Garments | 7.70
" [[ditto for to]] Matron at Cambridge, Mass. | 25.00
for work on Miss [[underlined]] Walker's [[/underlined]] Industrial School-house | 21.00
Total | $1368.16

Industrial Schools

Miss [[underlined]] Hancock's [[/underlined]] school at Freedmen's Village, reports ninety-four (94) scholars enrolled, and nine hundred and sixty-seven (967) articles of clothing made.

Miss [[underlined]] Carter's [[/underlined]] school Capitol Hill, reports fifty-six (56) scholars enrolled, nineteen garments made, one hundred and fifty (150) yds. straw braided, thirty-three (33) hats sewed, patchwork done &c.  These two are the only ones now in operation.

Educational Schools.

The total number of day and night schools reported is one hundred and four (104):  one hundred and one day, and three night.  No. of teachers, one hundred and twelve (112), of whom seventy-seven are white, and thirty-five colored.  No. of scholars, five thousand and forty-four (5044).  There are also in operation thirteen (13) schools not reported, having fifteen (15) teachers, and four hundred and twenty (420) scholars making the whole number of schools