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[ED. FORM, No. 4.]
SUB-ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER'S (OR AGENT'S) MONTHLY REPORT
on Education of Freedmen and Refugees in Sub-District, State of 23d in charge of [[J.H. Baker?]] for the Month of August 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No. 5, Bureau R., F., & A.L.]

1.  Name of your Sub-District?  

Twenty Third

2.  Whole number of Refugee or Freedmen's Schools in the District?  4 Day? 4 Night? 0 Sabbath?

3.  Location of Schools? 

Lockhart Springs Creek. [[Prairedea San Meri__?]]

4. Whole number of Teachers? 1 White? 1 Colored? --

5. Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers? 

[[Hinny French??]] Lockhart Texas Griffin Springs Lockhart Texas, Miss Mary Patterson = Daughters, [[Prairie??]] Texas, Jacob Glenn San [[?]] Texas

6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? 5 Their condition, capacity, value and by whom owned? 
The School house at Lockhart is [[around??]] by the freed people. Condition not poor. Capacity 50 Scholars. Value 100$. School [[??]]. Two story [[?]] building. [[?]] the freed people for [[?]]

7. Number of your visits to the Schools? [[8?]] Day? 2 Night?

 -- Sabbath?-- 

8. Number of educational meetings held by you during the month?   Where? 

none held expressly for that. 
[[?]]

9. Number and names of places, now destitute, in which Day-Schools might be organized?

a half day or places in [[20??]] district when Schools of 50 Scholars could be or [[?]] after cotton picking is through with. 

10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such Schools? around [[?]]

11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? 

from 15$ to 20$ for [[month??]]

12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or the State government? 

I am incourageing School on all occasions, advising parents to exact [[?]] = class to [[?]] their children, bords of [[?]] are elected by [[patrons?]]. The State government is a [[dead letter??]] so far as education is concerned. 

13. Whole number of additional School-houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in your Sub-District?

a half dozen

14. Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a School Committee pledged to carry on schools therein? 

I could not. (crossed out) 15$ per month from the [[?]] (crossed out)

15. To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases?
The freed people could manage to get [[her?]]

The [[freed?]] helper [[could?]] manage to get [[?]] that [[?]] [[?]] [[?]] in [[?]] and [[?]]. I [[?]] [[?]] [[?]] is [[to?]] [[?]] by [[?]] [[that?]]

16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites?

The public sentiment as to the Education of the freedpeople is [[?]] letter [[?]] But [[?]] Sentiment is [[?]] or white teachers no objection is [[?]] to the Education of Whites it [[?]] how [[?]]

17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District?   In what way could they be carried on?

Night School in [[?]]

18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)?

By [[?]], to assist in [[?]] teacher [[?]] School [[?]]

19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? [[God Knows?]]


I hereby certify, on honor, that I have given personal attention to the matters herein named, and that the answers given are, according to my best knowledge and belief, correct.
J.H. [[?]]
Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R.,F.,&A.L.

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