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Number of Women employed 86
Number of garments given in payment for sewing 374
Number of garments turned over to Local Supt. 638

Whole number of garments manufactured

Dresses 247
Underskirts 96
Chemises 229
Sacques 54
Aprons 34
Coats 55
Pants 99
Shirts 114
Childrens Suites 14
Bedsacks 34
Pillow Ticks 36

Total 1012


Material on hand.

Denims Yds. 145
Sheeting Yds. 61
Flannel Yds. 30
Tweeds Yds. 45
Thread Linen lbs 1
Scissors Prs. 4

I would further state that the class of Freedwomen employed in the Industrial School are

First, those absolutely destitute and suffering for want of clothing.

Second, those who are unemployed — and who from various causes such as numbers of small children and no Husband, Physical disability, and old age, are unable to avail themselves of Homes and remunerative labor in the North.

Of the latter class, we have several in the school over seventy, and a few over ninety years old. To assist a greater number, through the benefits of this measure the therm of each Freedwoman is limited by her necessities.

Thus while the destitute are partially relieved, an incentive is furnished to industry and thrift, and careful instruction is given them in the art of sewing and fitting together the parts of a garment correctly; besides, the School affords an opportunity for lessons in economy, correct habits, manners, and morals, essential in the family and necessary to good order in society.

A marked improvement is already noticeable in these particulars, in most of the women of the school many of whom have been field hands