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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 of Selma, State of Alabama in charge of Brvt. Maj. James Curtis U.S.A. for the Month of May 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? 14 Day? 7 Night? 1 Sabbath? 6
3. Location of Schools? Selma, Marion, Cahaba, Pleasant Hill.

[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]

4. Whole number of Teachers? 9 White? 8 Colored? 1. 
5. Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers? Prof. J. H. Sears, Supt & Teacher, Miss E. C. Stowe (Asst.) Miss C. E. Smith, Rev. J. A. Walker. Selma, Ala. - William Bayley, Pleasant Hill. - Aldon Emmons, P.A. Lattamore (Assist), W. Shiller, at Cahaba - Mrs H F. Tradewell Marion, Ala.
6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? 6 Their condition, capacity, value and by whom owned? Condition good; capacity: Selma (300), Marion (250), Cahaba (150) Pleasant Hill (75); - Value: Marion ($2000 appropriated by Bureau $2500).  One small building in Selma ($100).  The others are rented
7. Number of your visits to Schools? 0 Day? 0 Night? 0 Sabbath? 0
8. Number of educational meetings held by you during the month? 0 Where? 0
9. Number and names of places, now destitute, in which Day-Schools might be organized? Athens, Summerfield, Burnsville, Marion Junction in Dallas Co. Camden, Wilcox Co; Uniontown, Perry Co.-
10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such schools? Athens, 150; Summerfield, 40; Burnsville, 75; Marion Junction, 50; Camden, 100; Uniontown, 100;
11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? Nothing could be depended upon beyond erection of temporary schoolhouses
12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education or the State government? No support is to be expected from the State Government, or Boards of Education.  The Am. Miss. Association pay salaries to four teachers, in this District, and have donated the land for the erection of a schoolhouse at Selma, and declare that they can do no more.  Parents and pupils are counseled, to support competent teachers to the utmost of their ability.
13. Whole number of additional School-houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in you Sub-District? Seven: 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 extend 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 freedmen are concerned). Schools for poor whites, would receive more general, and much stronger support
17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? Yes In which 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 for salaries of teachers
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.

James Curtis
Brvt Maj. USA. Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R., F., & A.L.

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