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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 H C Morrill for the Month of November 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No. 5, Bureau R., F., & A.L.]

1. Name of your Sub-District? Division of Americus

2. Whole number of Refugee or Freedmen's Schools in the District? 4
Day?  4
Night?  1
Sabbath? 1

3. Location of Schools? Americus Ga  Andersonville Ga.  Pleasant Grove Ga  Ellaville Ga

4. Whole number of Teachers? 6
White? 5
Colored? 1

5. Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers? Mrs E.A Christian  Americus Ga
Miss Laura Parmela  Miss A.L. Johnson  Andersonville
Other schools not opened yet

6. Whole number of School-Houses for Freedmen in your District? 3
Their condition, capacity, value, and by whom owned? Americus & Andersonville houses owned by Bureau, condition good
Ellaville house owned by Freedmen  poor condition

7. Number of your visits to Schools?  6
Day?  6
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? Danville Ga  Bumphead Schly Co Ga  Magnolia Spring Sumter Co  Preston & Plains of Dura Webster Co

10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such Schools? 75 to 100 each
to

11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? 
More than half enough to support school

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

13. Whole number of additional School-houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in your Sub-District? 5

14. Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a School Committee pledged to carry on schools therein? Depends entirely whether Freedmen are paid or not

15. To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases? From 1/4 to 1/2 expense

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

17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? Yes 
In what way could they be carried on? Pupils would pay enough to support teacher.

18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)? Organizing and assisting in putting up buildings

19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? until the State adopts common school system

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.

H C Morrill
[[strikethrough]] Sub-Asst. Com. [[/strikethrough]] Agt, Bureau R., F., & A.L.

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