Freedmen's Bureau Records: N. C. Brackett to R. M.
Manly, April 17, 1867
Summary:
Brackett reports that four schools are operating in Staunton under the auspices
of the Bureau.
Chaplain R. M. Manly
Superintendent of Schools
Richmond, Virginia
April 17th 1867
Staunton, Virginia
Chaplain,
My report for the month of March has been delayed by the miscarriage by mail of several of the teachers' reports on which I depend for statistics.
In the portion of my district which lies in your Department we had in operation eleven schools located as follows: at Lexington, three, at Staunton, four, at Harrisonburg, two, at Woodstock, one, at Front Royal, one. Whole number of pupils enrolled in day schools, (671) six hundred seventy one, with an average attendance of (544) five hundred forty four. The night schools averaged (259) two hundred fifty nine. The numbers diminish as the season advances.
Yours very respectfully,
N.C. Brackett
Superintendent schools
Shenandoah Valley
per
L.N.B.
