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[Ed. Form, Nᴏ. 4.]

SUB-ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER'S (OR AGENT'S) MONTHLY REPORT on Education of Freedmen and Refugees in Sub-District, State of Alabama, in charge of 1st Lieut G. P. Sherwood 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?  Talladega  

2. Whole number of Refugees or Freedmen's Schools in the District? 5  Day? 5  Night? 11 Sabbath? 6

3. Location of Schools? Talladega Columbiana Alexandria Elyton.

[[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?  Mrs. C. M. Hopson.  Wm. R Gilbert Talladega  Miss E S. Thompson Columbiana Minta Monroe Alexandria  Annie Shrift Elyton. 
 
6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? 2  Their condition, capacity, value and by whom owned? One capacity 500 Pupils Value $8000 Bureau R.F. & A.L. One capacity 200 pupils value $500. owned by Freedmen

7. Number of your visits to Schools? 3  Day? 3  Night? 0  Sabbath? 0

8. Number of educational meetings held by you during the month? 1  Where? Columbiana

9. Number and names of places, now destitute, in which Day-Schools might be organized? Ashville  Lineville  Jacksonville Gadsden  Montevallo

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

11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? Not any

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

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

14. Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a School Committee pledged to carry on schools therein?   The County Supt under the State Law is now organizing School Districts

15. To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases?   The whole

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

17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? Yes  In what way could they be carried on?   By the teachers of the day Schools conducting them.

18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)?   By furnishing School-houses
 
19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District?   Not more than three years

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.

Geo. P. Sherman
Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R.,F., & A.L.

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