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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 Georgia in charge of Fred. Mosebach Sub Asst. Com'r. for the Month of October 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No. 5, Bureau R., F., & A.L.]

1. Name of your Sub-District? Atlanta

2. Whole number of Refugee or Freedmen's Schools in the District? 27
Day?  17
Night?  =
Sabbath? 10

3. Location of Schools?  Atlanta, Newnan, Cummings, Ackworth, Marietta, Brush Harbor Newton Cy, and Fayetteville.

4. Whole number of Teachers? 20
White? 16
Colored? 4

5. Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers? At the above named places.

6. Whole number of School-Houses for Freedmen in your District? 5
Their condition, capacity, value, and by whom owned? $ 16000.00  American Missionary Association and freedmen

7. Number of your visits to Schools? - 
Day? - 
Night? -
Sabbath? -

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

9. Number and names of places, now destitute, in which Day-Schools might be organized? Decatur and one at West End principally

10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such Schools? 260

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

12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or the State government? Can give no material support.

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

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?  Principally teachers and books.

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

17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? Yes.
In what way could they be carried on? Day school teachers might teach also at night.

18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)? To pay teachers and furnish books.

19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? As long as the State does not provide for free schools

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.

Fred. Mosebach
Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R., F., & A.L.

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