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Millie and Christine McKoy (also spelled McCoy; July 11, 1851 – October 8, 1912) were African-American pygopagus conjoined twins who went by the stage names "The United African Twins", "The Carolina Twins", "The Two-Headed Nightingale" and "The Eighth…
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Milton Morris was an American politician. He served two terms in the Louisiana House of Representatives during the Reconstruction era from 1868 until 1872 representing Ascension Parish. He was a former slave. Morris was originally from Missouri and lived…
19th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a small cast iron pot with a swinging handle. The bowl has two tabs protruding upwards on either side of the rim, each with a small hole. A thick metal wire is threaded through these holes and curved upwards to form a swinging handle for the pot.…
Nov. 1866–Jan. 1867 and Oct. 7, 1869
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound ministers reports of marriage certificates issued to freedmen, November 1866–January 1867, are arranged chronologically. In their reports, the ministers usually listed the couples who were issued certificates. Included in this series are copies of…
April 1872
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA small brown leather minute book with handwritten minutes from the Fayette Free School, April 1872, recorded by J.P. Morrison, Board Clerk. Content includes reminder to enumerate children, arrangements for school for children of color in church basement,…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single volume of miscellaneous accounting records of Home Farm, November 1864–February 1865 (119), is arranged by name of freedman and has a name index.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single volume of miscellaneous accounting records, 1865–68 (58), is arranged by type of record. The volume includes cash accounts (September–December 1865), register of contracts with assistant surgeons (October 1865–February 1868, and a register of…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single volume of miscellaneous accounts, May 1865–November 1868 (196), is arranged by type of account and thereunder chronologically. Included are accounts concerning freedmen schools, Provost Marshal Department, tuition, and levies.
1864–68
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Miscellaneous Agreements”.
1865–68
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Miscellaneous Court Cases”.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound miscellaneous court cases, 1865–68, are arranged chronologically.
1865–68
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound miscellaneous court papers and reports sent to the Assistant Commissioner, 1865–68, are arranged by type of record.
Sept. 1865–Nov. 1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound miscellaneous court records and complaints, September 1865–November 1868, are arranged by case.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume of miscellaneous lists and registers (397) covers the period 1866–68. The volume contains accounts, a register of soldiers' claims, a register of contracts, a register of freedmen, a register of rations, and lists of expenses.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single volume of miscellaneous lists, March 1862–January 1864 (116), is arranged by type of list. Included are a list of laborers, a list of hired servants, a list of carpenter's tools in charge of Frank Barnwell (driver), a list of unemployed…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single volume of miscellaneous lists, 1866 (170), is arranged by type of list. Included are lists of destitute and infirm freedmen, lists of owners of horses and mules, and proceedings of freedmen's court (May 1866). The volume also contains a register…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single volume of miscellaneous lists relating to bounties, 1865–67 (181), is arranged by type of list.
Feb. 1867–July 1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound miscellaneous medical papers, February 1867–July 1868, are arranged chronologically. Included are ration returns, requisitions for medical and hospital supplies, receipt rolls of hired men, reports of persons and articles hired, contracts, monthly…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single volume of miscellaneous memorandums (45), January 1866–April 1867, is arranged by type of record and thereunder chronologically. The memorandums in the volume concern invoices, accounts, monies, postage, and persons employed and discharged.
Nov. 1867–Dec. 1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Miscellaneous Monthly Reports”.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound miscellaneous monthly reports, November 1867–December 1868, are arranged by type of report and thereunder chronologically. Included are inspection reports, November 1867 and August–October 1868, and reports of persons and articles hired,…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume miscellaneous name index consists of three unidentified indexes that have no dates and are unnumbered.
1869 and 1870
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound miscellaneous papers of C. C. Brown and H. C. Percy, agents and disbursing officers at Norfolk, 1869 and 1870, are arranged chronologically.
1867–68
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound miscellaneous papers regarding complaints, 1867–68, are arranged chronologically.
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