Title	Inspection Report, June 1866
Record type	report
Creator	Palmer, Fred S.
Date of creation	1866-06-07
Series	Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Tennessee, Bureau of Refugees, Freedman, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1869
Description	The inspection report of Fred S. Palmer for March 1866 is wide ranging and extensive. In it he comments on a variety of subjects. He discusses the number of labor contracts for men, women, and children arranged by Rutherford County superintendent J. M. Tracey. He notes the various wages freedmen are being paid for their labor. Palmer comments on the labor market, noting that the demand for labor is moderate at best. Palmer also discusses schools, in particular those in Murfreesboro. He gives the number of teachers and students in the Murfreesboro schools. Palmer remarks on the number of African Americans convicted and sentenced for crimes. The remainder of the report is given over to describing an assault case in which the defendant was convicted and ordered to pay a fine. The report notes the struggle the Bureau had in trying to get the man to pay. Palmer’s report also contains details like a comparison of the March 1866 hog market to that of 1866.
Additional notes	Series M999, Reel 19
Excerpt from record	The title of this record is; “June 1866 Shelbybille Buford Co Tenn June 7, 1866 Fred S. Palmer Bvt [?] Col. And A. [?]. [?]. Report of his inspection of the affairs of the Bureau in Rutherford Co Tenn in obedience to S. O. No 93 C S O A C”
Geographic location	Rutherford County (Tenn.) Murfreesboro (Tenn.)
Names that occur in the record	Palmer, Fred S. Brown, H. S. Tracey, J. M. Sage, Chaplain Boughton, T. L. Mullins, J. B. Clay, Henry Kibble, Edward Tracey, J. M.
Subject (LC)	African Americans--Tennessee African Americans--Tennessee--Social conditions--19th century Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Tennessee--Rutherford County Rutherford County (Tenn.) United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands--Records and correspondence
Coverage	1860-1869
Contributing institution	National Archives and Records Administration
Medium	Microfilm
Bibliographic citation	[Document title, date]. Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Tennessee. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1869. Series M999, [Reel number, Frame number/s]. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Copyright status	public domain
Collection name	Freedmen's Bureau Records