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[Ed. Form, No. 4.]

[[stamp]] The National Archives of the United States [[/stamp]]

Sub-Assistant Commissioner's (or Agent's) Monthly Report on Education of Freedmen, and Refugees in Sub-District, State of  Alabama in charge of Chas. C. Bartlett for the Month of = April = 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No. 5, Bureau R.,F., & A.L.]

1.  Name of your Sub-District?   Selma
2.  Whole number of Refugee or Freedmen's Schools in the District?   9
Day?  5
Night?  1
Sabbath?  3
3.  Location of Schools?  Selma, Cahaba, Pleasant Hill, Marion
4.  Whole number of Teachers?  8
White?  7
Colored?  1
5.  Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers?
Prof. J. H. Sears, Supt. & Teacher, Miss E. C. Stowe (Asst). Rev. J. H. Walker, Selma, Ala. - William Bayley, Pleasant Hill; P. A. Lattamore, Cahaba; T. C. Steward, Mrs H. F. Tradewell (Asst) Marion, Ala.
6.  Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District?  5
Their condition, capacity, value, and by whom owned?  Condition good, Capacity Selma [300]. Marion [250] Cahaba [100] Pleasant Hill [75]: - Value: Marion [$2000 appropriated by Bur) $2500. One small building in Selma $100]. The others are rented. 
7.  Number of your visits to Schools?  2
Day?  1
Night?  1
Sabbath?  0
8.  Number of educational meetings held by you during the month?  0
Where?  0. These meetings have been placed in charge of Prof. J. Silsby, Agt. Am. Miss. Ass' - He reports such meetings not expedient.
9.  Number and names of places, now destitute, in which Day-Schools might be organized?   Athens, Summerfield, Burnsville, Marion Junction, Cahaba, in Dallas Co: Camden, Wilcox Do; Uniontown, Perry Co. -
10.  Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such Schools?   Cahaba, 100; Marion Junction, 50; Athens, 150; Summerfield, 40; Burnsville 75; Uniontown, 100; Camden, 100.
11.  Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood?   Nothing could be depended upon beyond rent or the erection of a temporary school house.
12.  What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or the State government?  The Am. Miss. Asso. pay four teachers in this Sub-Dist. I learn thro' their Agt. Prof. Silsby, nothing further can be expected from them. Pupils and parents are counselled to employ such Teachers as may be able to instruct, and do all in their power to sustain them. 
13.  Whole number of additional School-houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in your Sub-District?  Seven (7) viz: Athens, Summerfield, Burnsville, Marion Junction, Camden, Uniontown & Selma, (one each).
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?   Support of Teachers.
16.  What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites?   In large places among the better class of citizens it may be considered favorable. In general, the lower class of whites are opposed to it, (so far as relates to freedmen). Schools for poor whites would receive more general and much stronger support.
17.  Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? Yes
In what way could they be carried on?  by Teachers of Day schools  
18.  What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)?  appropriate money, to be paid to Teachers as salaries;
19.  How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District?  One year at least

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.

Chas. C. Bartlett
Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R.,F., & A.L.

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not complete 1/5 - now fully transcribed - pls review name could be Chad