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

1. Name of your Sub-District? Montgomery

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

3. Location of Schools? 
"Laftin's School" Bainbridge St. Montgomery Ala
"Cravens School" Prattville Autauga Co. Ala
"Thomas School" Wetumpka Elmore Co. Ala
"Haltons School" Lowndes Co. Ala

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

4. Whole number of Teachers? 5 White? 3 Colored? 2 

5. Names and post office address of Day-School Teachers? 
A. Couppie and Mary J. Halton- at Montgomery Ala. M. G. Thomas Esq. at Wetumpka Elmore Co. Ala. and W. R. Craven Esq Prattville Autauga Co Ala
 
6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? 4  Their condition, capacity, value and by whom owned? 
"Laftins School" condition good, capacity 150. Scholars, value unknown, owned by Wm M Laftin Esq
"Cravens School" condition ordinary capacity 100 Scholars, value unknown, owned by W. R. Craven Esq
"Haltons School" condition good, capacity 50 Scholars, value unknown, owned by Chas Kendall Esq
"Thomas School" condition good, capacity 50 Scholars, value unknown, owned by M. G. Thomas Esq.

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? 

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

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

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

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

14. Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a school Committee pledged to carry on Schools therein? 

15. To what extend would help from without be needed in such cases? 

16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites?  That they be educated

17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? Yes  In what way could they be carried on? Support the Teachers

18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)?
 
19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? 


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.

J. C. Hendrix
Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R., F., & A.L.

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