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82 115 Montgomery Ala June 13 Williams Allen A. Shelbyville Tenn. Dear Sir, Enclosed you will find draft you New York for thirty Dolls. drawn in your favor and which is to cancel voucher for salary Please acknowledge receipt of same and oblige Respectfully R. D. Harper Supt Education Montgomery Ala June 19 1868 116 Vouchers returned July 2nd, signed Smith Robt T Sub Asst Comr Dear Sir Please find vouchers favor Mr Brown returned for your signature to certificate. Very respectfully R. D. Harper Supt Education 117 Montgomery Ala June 22 1868 Howard O. O. Major Genl Commissioner &c General I have the honor to transmit herewith Tabular Statement of Schools in this state for the Month of May and enclosed letter pertaining to school matters. Very Respectfully Your obt Srvt R D Harper Supt Education 83 118 Montgomery Ala June 22 1868 Howard O. O. Commissioner &c. Dear Sir Since my last report I have visited the schools in the northern part of the state, at Stevenson, Huntsville, Decatur, Florence and Athens. At all these places the schools are in prosperous condition. The teachers devoted to the work, and the teachers devoted to their work and the pupils making rapid progress in the acquisition of knowledge. Many of the schools connected with the American Missionary Association in this state have closed for the year. Very few will continue in operation during the summer months During the past month many of the older pupils in our schools have been employed as field hands on the plantations. This will account for the apparent decrease in attendance. The work of education among the freedmen throughout the State generally is doing well. The interest on the part of the col'd people in the cause of education is increasing. By the 1st of October the demand for schools and teachers will be such as we have never had before and I regret to say that the prospect of securing teachers from the Benevolent and Christian Associations of the North is by no means promising In my correspondence with these Associations they express fears as to their being able to continue their full force in the field during the coming year. There is an impression in the North that the col'd people are able by this time to help themselves and that the sooner they feel their responsibilities and become self reliant the better. It should be borne in mind however that on account of failure of crops, the depreciation in the price of cotton and the continued hostility of the
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