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SUB-ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER'S (OR AGENT'S) MONTHLY REPORT on Education of Freedmen and Refugees in Sub-District, State of Alabama, in charge of Bvt Maj James Curtis USA for the month of July 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No. 5, Bureau R., F., & A.L.]

1. Name of your Sub-District? Selma, Ala

2. Whole number of Refugees or Freedmen's Schools in the District? 6 Day? 3 Night? 1 Sabbath? 2

3. Location of Schools? Selma, Lexington, Marion, Pleasant Hill

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

4. Whole number of Teachers? 4 White? 4 Colored? 0

5. Names and post office address of Day-School Teachers? Prof. Jos H Lears Supt and Teacher, Miss E.C. Stowe, (Assist), W.G. Morris, Selma, Ala, Wm C. Hunter, Lexington, 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 150. Pleasant Hill (75) - Lexington 50. - Value Marion $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? 
7.- Athens, Summerfield, Burnsville, Marion Junction, Uniontown, Hamburg. Camden.

10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such schools? 
Athens 150.- Summerfield 50.- Burnsville, 75.- Marion Junction 50.- Uniontown 250.-  Hamburg 120.- Camden 150.-

11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for Schools purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? 
Nothing can be depended upon beyond the 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? 
Boards of Education have not yet been organized in the District. The Am. Miss. Asso. have given small salaries to 4 teachers. Pupils and parents are counselled 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? 7

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. The lower class, in general, are opposed to the education of freedmen.

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 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.

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

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