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Miscellaneous Records — Arkadelphia (Clark County)

1865–66

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Unbound miscellaneous records, 1865–66, include affidavits, monthly reports of receipts and expenditures (1865), monthly report of condition of freedmen (August 1865), indentures of apprenticeship (1866), and circulars issued and received (1865).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.1.5
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Miscellaneous Records — Barnwell (Subassistant Commissioner – Barnwell District)

Date not recorded

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Unbound miscellaneous records, 1866–67, are arranged by type of record. The series consists of vouchers, estimates of rations, and various lists.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.5.16
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Miscellaneous Records — Baton Rouge (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Dec. 1865–Oct. 1868

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Unbound miscellaneous records, December 1865–October 1868, are arranged by type of record. Included are returns of school property (October 1868); a special order (April 1868); and a report of sick and wounded (December 1865).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.6.21
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Miscellaneous Records — Bayou Sara (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

May 1866–Aug. 1868

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Unbound miscellaneous records, May 1866–August 1868, are arranged by type of record. Included are reports of indigent freedmen in West Feliciana Parish, September–October 1866; a statement of actual expenses for services rendered, May 1866; a statement of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.7.24
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Miscellaneous Records — Beaufort (Subassistant Commissioner)

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Unbound miscellaneous records, 1865–68, are arranged by type of record. The series consists of monthly reports of lands, receipts, ration reports and returns, leases for land cultivation, inventory and inspection reports, bonds, freedmen's accounts, bills…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.6.19
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Miscellaneous Records — Bowling Green (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner)

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Unbound miscellaneous records, January 1866–April 1868, are arranged by type of record. The series includes special orders (September 1866–November 1867), receipts for money (December 1867), affidavits (September–October 1867). Also included is a register…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.3.11
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Miscellaneous Records — Brookhaven (Subassistant Commissioner)

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Unbound miscellaneous records, August 1865–November 1868, are arranged by type of record. Included in the series are letters sent, reports, affidavits and complaints, marriage certificates, freedmen's accounts and settlements, and receipts.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.2.8
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Miscellaneous Records — Burksville (Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound miscellaneous records, May 1866–July 1868, are arranged by type of record.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.5.5
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Miscellaneous Records — Canton

Date not recorded

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Unbound miscellaneous records, 1865 and 1868, are arranged by type of record. The series consists of indentures, affidavits, and settlements.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.3.6
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Miscellaneous Records — Charleston, SC (Disbursing Officer)

1866–67 and 1872–74

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Unbound miscellaneous records, 1866–1867 and 1872–1874, are arranged by type of record and thereunder chronologically. The records include orders and circulars received, affidavits and memorandums relating to claims, accounts current, and weekly reports of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M2029, File 1.1.9
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Miscellaneous Records — Charleston (Subassistant Commissioner – 6th Subdistrict)

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Unbound miscellaneous records, 1866–67, are arranged by type of record. Included are applications for rations and indentures of apprenticeship.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.12.9
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Miscellaneous Records — Charlotte (Subassistant Commissioner)

1866–68

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Unbound miscellaneous records, 1866–68, are arranged by type of record. Included in the series are ration returns, returns of quartermaster stores, bills of lading, clothing returns, and monthly returns of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.3.13
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Miscellaneous Records — Chattanooga (Superintendent)

Date not recorded

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Unbound miscellaneous records, 1864–1867, are arranged by type of record. Included are accounts current, claims, complaints, and reports.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.4.13
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Miscellaneous Records — Claim Division

Date not recorded

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Unbound miscellaneous records, 1866–70, are arranged by type of record. Included are circulars, vouchers, lists, statements, oaths, requisitions, and receipts for discharges.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 4.1.16
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Miscellaneous Records — Clarksville (Subassistant Commissioner)

1868

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Unbound miscellaneous records, 1868, are arranged by type of record. Included are reports of persons and articles hired, statements of money received, and reports of conditions and operations.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.10.3
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Miscellaneous Records — Cleveland (Superintendent)

Date not recorded

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Unbound miscellaneous records, 1866–1867, are arranged by type of record. The records include retained accounts current and one annual report.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.7.4
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Miscellaneous Records — Clinton (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Apr. 1867–Oct. 1868

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Unbound miscellaneous records, April 1867–October 1868, are arranged by type of record. Included are a statement of crops on plantations, undated; bills of lading, April 1867 and July–Oct. 1868; and indentures, April 1868.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.12.17
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Miscellaneous Records — Columbia (Acting Assistant Commissioner – District of Columbia)

Date not recorded

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Unbound miscellaneous records, 1865–68, are arranged by type of record. Included are contracts, proceedings of boards of survey, bills of lading, and freedmen's accounts.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.17.17
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Miscellaneous Records — Columbia (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

1866–68

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Unbound miscellaneous records, 1866–68, are arranged by type of record. Included are accounts current and summary statements, affidavits, complaints, bills of lading, receipts, and a list of quartermaster stores.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.13.8
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Miscellaneous Records — Columbia (Subassistant Commissioner)

Oct. 1865–July 1868

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Unbound miscellaneous records, October 1865–July 1868, are arranged by type of record. Included are bonds, court records, and petitions.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.12.5
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Miscellaneous Records — Columbus (Subassistant Commissioner)

Dec. 1865–Dec. 1868

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Unbound miscellaneous records, December 1865–December 1868, are arranged by type of record. This series includes contracts for repairing schoolhouses, accounts, bills of lading, special orders received, indentures, certificates, and bonds.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.13.7
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Miscellaneous Records — Columbus (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound miscellaneous records, April–October 1866 and September 1867, are arranged by type of record. The series includes a statement of accounts current (April 1866); affidavits (October 1866 and September 1867); and quarterly reports of schools…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.6.7
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Miscellaneous Records — Concord

1866–68

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Unbound miscellaneous records, 1866–68, are arranged by type of record. The series consists of complaints, applications for employment, ration returns, and rosters of officers.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.5.7
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Miscellaneous Records — Corinth (Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound miscellaneous records, 1866–1868, is arranged by type of record. The series consists of rosters of officers, school reports, resolutions passed by the mayor and selectmen of Corinth, statements, receipts, and bills of lading.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.7.7
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