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A.G. Bready
Supt. C. D.
Septr 17. 1866

Colonel
In obedience to your order of the 15th inst. I have the honor to report in compliance with Circular No 3 C.S. Hdqr Asst. Commis., for N.C. that no freedmen are in this[[?]]. the sanitary condition of which is under the control of the Bureau. There are only a few colored families living for themselves at this time. No particular measures have been taken by the civil authorities nor are any needed, this place being as clean & healthy as can be expected.

"   " Sgd.


A.G. Bready
Supt. C. D.
Sept 21. 1866

Report no cases tried last week.


Col A.G. Bready
Supt. C. D.
Septr. 24th 1866

Colonel
In compl. with Circl no 12 C.S. I have the honor to report I have now communicated also Circl no 10 from War Dept. Bur. R F & A L. to the State Officials having charge of the poor of Caswell Co In neither Co applications for support have come to my knowledge since Septb 8, but it is generally believed that there will be a great distress next winter in Al. Co on account almost nothing but wheat & corn has been received and the wheat crop has been very short and the corn crop almost an entire failure. In Caswell Co the prospect is better where a very good tobacco crop has been raised. - The colored people are very anxious to have schools established for them, till yet no suitable building for such schools could be found, but I hope to get each at least at two places and should then be able to answer the interrogatories of the Supt of Ed. of Bur. R F and A L. for N.C. The business of the 

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bureau here was confined to giving advice to colored people asking for such and in one case a child kept back by the former owner was delivered to his mother by my influence.

" " Sgd.


A. Lee
J of the Peace Caswell Co
Sept 28 1866

Sir
Isaac Brd col. complains against George Hanon & Levy Walker of Caswell Co, that they threatened to shot [[shoot]] him whenever he should venture to come to Caswell Co. I request you to try this case, grant a warrant for I paid against them to keep the peace and to protect him in his life & rights.

" " Sgd.
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A. G. Bready
Supt. C.D.
Sept 25 1866

Report no outrages committed.


F. A. Fiske
Supt. of Education BRF & AL for N. C.
Sept 25 1866

Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 14th inst I have the honor to report, [[strikethrough]]nothing has been done yet[[/strikethrough]] in Alamance Co the colored people had only a kind of Sunday school kept by themselves at two places, one at Graham, where they meet in the dwelling house of a colored man and one about 9 miles from here at the so called Union meeting house a building belonging to the Union church there, which was granted them for that purpose. At both places they wish now a daily school established. At Graham they succeed at last to get a suitable building. This is an old barn 24 feet by 43 feet, rented by a colored man here till next Christmas. It can be fitted out for a schoolhouse at the expense of $40.00 which the colored people are ready to bear, they have already commenced to repair it and it will be finished this week. From Christmas next it must then be rented again and will cost 30.00 a year. They have formed today a committee here for conducting this school [[crossed out]] ans [[/crossed out]] and elected John Ochiltree, Benjamin White and Edmund White, all colored. The number of scholars for the

Transcription Notes:
Supt. C. D. - Superintendent Central District. Please just "Save" until transcribers have a chance to try to figure out the unknown words. Thanks. I think these are ditto marks before "Sgd" (signed), but I do not know to whom they refer. This is a problem on most of the pages in this set. My best guess is the agent at Graham (Manchester W. Weld), but it could be the ASAC at Graham (Frederick Liedtke).