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Office Superintendent of Education
OF REFUGEES AND FREEDMAN, STATE OF TEXAS
Galveston,  1866, 

The Sub Com of Millican had given a Mr. Longley and 2 daughters permission to start a school for the convenience of the Freedmen in that section of country, and I found him engaged in erecting his school house   The Planters pay the whole of the womens salary, and one half of Mr Longheys while the Freedmen pay the bal.

I would recommend that this effort have the approval of the Supt of Schools if they are found worthy. 

At Richmond Mr. Colemans school is prospering He has 60 scholars on his Register for the day school 55 for night school, 71 Sabbath school The schools are increasing Teacher & Freedmen encouraged

Allow me to say in concluding my report that in Mr Stuarts school at Houston and also in Mr. Colemans school at Richmond, I found the teachers were making a free use of the rod which I believe will have a bad influence both upon the schools of the state and also be used as a strong argument against the "Freedmens Bureau" as in some instances the agents of the Bureau in calling others to an account for whipping children in their employ are confronted with this argument  "Your own Teachers do the same  thing"