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[[7 columned table]]
| NAME OF TEACHER. | By whom is Teacher paid? | School — where located. | Total Pupils attending Day School. | Total Pupils attending Night School. | Total Pupils attending Sunday School. | REMARKS. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

| J.R. Matthews | By freed-citizens | Sherman Grayson Co. | 30 |   | 17 | The pupils fluctuate in their attendance, the number at times does not exceed 20. |

"Give a statement of the official business transacted during the month, its nature, and your method of disposing of the same. State your office hours, the number of days absent from office, if any, and reason for the same."

Time chiefly occupied in settling disputes between citizens in which freed people were interested. Cases decided in my office. Office hours from 9 to 12 A.M. & 1 to 4 P.M.

"State the number of Troops at your Post and the necessity for the same; whether or not the freed people would be secure if they were removed; in other words, will the civil authorities protect them and give them justice? &c."

One officer one sergeant one corporal and six privates. More men are required for duty here. Were the Detachment removed, freed people would not be safe.

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