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  [ED. Form, No. 4.]
SUB-ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER'S (or AGENTS) MONTHLY REPORT 
on Education of Freedmen and Refugees in Sub-District, State of Texas in charge of [?]
[Bassett?] Jr 26 July for the month of June 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Curicu-
lur No. 5, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.]
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1. Name of your Sub-District? 30th
2. Whole number of Refugee or Freedmen's Schools in the District? 3 Day? 3 Night? 0 Sabbath? 1
3. Location of Schools? Tyler, Smith Co; Garden Valley, Smith Co. and one about 10 miles S.E. of Tyler in Smith Co
4. Whole number of Teachers? 3 White? 1 Colored? 2
5. Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers? Mr. M. W. Shipling, Tyler, Smith Co. Texas: [Guilferd?] Murphy, Garden Valley, Smith Co. Texas and Henry Black, Tyler, Smith Co Texas 
6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? 1 Their condition, capacity, value and by whom owned? Condition: Good : Capacity, sufficient for locality : Value: unknown: Owned by [JM?]. Clay The other two schools are held in the house of the teacher. 
7. Number of visits to Schools? 8 Day? 4 Night? 0 Sabbath? 4
8. Number of educational meetings held by you during the month? 0 Where? 0
9. Number and names of places, now destitute, in which Day-Schools might be organized? Canton, Vangandt Co; Anthens, Hendersen Co, and Quitman, Wood Co
10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such Schools? Not known 
11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? Not known
12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or State government? I am making proper efforts to secure support of schools by pupils and parents; nothing can be obtained from others. 
13. Whole number of additional School-Houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in your Sub-District. Two 
14. Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a School Committee pledged to carry on schools therein? No 
15. To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases? To the full extent
16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and the poor Whites? very bad; It would be dangerous in many localities to start schools unless protected by a military force 
17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? Yes In what way could they be carried on? By the Bureau renting buildings and employing teachers 
18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)? Nothing 
19. How long will northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? As long as the Government fails to give aid
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I hereby certify, on honor, that I have given personal attention to the matters herein [?], and that the answers given are, according to my best knowledge and belief, correct.
 [Gregory?] [?]
Sub-Asst Com. Bureau R. F. & A. L.