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Miscellaneous Reports — Halifax (Assistant Superintendent)

1868

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Unbound miscellaneous reports, 1868, are arranged by type of report. The series consists of reports of outrages, arrests, sanitation, rations issued, and indentures made and canceled.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.17.8
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Miscellaneous Reports — Kinston (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Sept. 1865 and Mar. 1867–Feb. 1868

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Unbound miscellaneous reports, September 1865 and March 1867–February 1868, are arranged by type of report. Included are reports of arrests, outrages, cases tried, operations and condition of freedmen, and miscellaneous monthly reports.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.23.6
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Miscellaneous Reports — Lincolnton (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Jan. and June–Sept. 1867 and Feb., Apr., July–Aug., and Nov.–Dec. 1868

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Unbound miscellaneous reports, January and June–September 1867 and February, April, July–August, and November–December 1868, are arranged by type and thereunder chronologically. Included are reports of persons and articles hired, reports of operations,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.25.5
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Miscellaneous Reports — Lumberton (Agent)

1865–68

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Unbound miscellaneous reports, 1865–68, are arranged by type of report. The series consists of reports of operations and conditions, sanitation, courts, and persons and articles hired.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.26.7
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Miscellaneous Reports — Magnolia (Assistant Superintendent)

1865–68

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Unbound miscellaneous reports, 1865–68, are arranged by type of report. They consist of intelligence reports, and reports of arrests, sanitation, courts, schools, and cases tried, and records relating to cases tried.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.27.9
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Miscellaneous Reports — Matthews Courthouse (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

1866–68

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Unbound miscellaneous reports, 1866–68, are arranged chronologically. Included are reports of estimates, persons and articles hired, mission schools, rations issued and received, and numbers of employed persons. There are a few contracts at the end of the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.61.4
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Miscellaneous Reports — Meridian (Subcommissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound miscellaneous reports, 1866–1868, are arranged by type report. The series consists of school reports, reports of persons and articles hired, and reports of the number of persons issued rations, clothing, and medicines.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.32.7
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Miscellaneous Reports — Moncks Corner (Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound miscellaneous reports, 1866–68, are arranged by type of report. The series consists of school reports, reports of lands, and monthly reports of the number of persons issued rations, clothing, and medicines.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.40.4
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Miscellaneous Reports — Murfreesboro

1865–68

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Unbound miscellaneous reports, 1865–68, are arranged by type of report. The series consists of morning reports, and reports of operations, rations issued, outrages, arrests, persons and articles hired, sanitation, indentures made and canceled, and electors.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.29.4
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Miscellaneous Reports — Nashville (Subassistant Commissioner – Subdistrict of Nashville)

Date not recorded

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Unbound miscellaneous reports, September 1866–September 1867, are arranged by type of report. They include reports of Bureau courts, of population and estimates of crops, and of laborers discharged for voting, and lists of employees, and numbers wounded…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.25.12
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Miscellaneous Reports — Natchez (Southern District of Mississippi)

Date not recorded

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Unbound miscellaneous reports, 1864–1866, are arranged by type of record. The series consists of reports of voluntary laborers, plantation reports, reports of operations, reports of civilian employees, reports of the number of children in orphan asylums,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.34.11
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Miscellaneous Reports — Newberne (Superintendent – Eastern District)

1865–68

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Unbound miscellaneous reports, 1865–68, are arranged by type of report. The series consists of reports of arrests, persons and articles hired, and schools.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.30.13
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Miscellaneous Reports of Wilmington Subdistrict — Wilmington (Superintendent of the Southern District)

1865–66

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Unbound miscellaneous reports of Willington subdistrict, 1865–66, are arranged by type of report. The series consists of reports of outrages, conditions and operations, arrests, sanitation, and rations.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.53.18
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Miscellaneous Reports — Orange Courthouse (Assistant Superintendent)

Feb.–Sept. 1866

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Unbound miscellaneous reports, February–September 1866, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.73.2
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Miscellaneous Reports — Orangeburg (Acting Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound miscellaneous reports, 1865–68, are arranged by type of report. The series consists of monthly reports of lands; monthly reports of the number of persons issued rations, medicines, and clothing; and monthly reports of persons and articles hired.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.44.4
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Miscellaneous Reports — Plymouth (Subassistant Commissioner)

June 1867–July 1868

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Unbound miscellaneous reports, June 1867–July 1868, are arranged by type of report. Included are reports of indentures, unfortunates, and outrages.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.36.8
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Miscellaneous Reports Received

1865–66

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Cataloged as “Miscellaneous Reports Received”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, Item 5.17.5.1
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Miscellaneous Reports Received — Columbia (Acting Assistant Commissioner – District of Columbia)

Date not recorded

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Unbound miscellaneous reports received, 1865–66, are arranged by type of report. Most are narrative reports on the conditions of freedmen. Included are reports of the surgeon, hospital reports, and reports of contracts with freedmen.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.17.5
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Miscellaneous Reports Relating to Schools

1866–67

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Cataloged as “Miscellaneous Reports Relating to Schools”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, Item 5.43.8.1
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Miscellaneous Reports Relating to Schools — New Iberia (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound miscellaneous reports relating to schools, 1866–67, are arranged by type of report. Included are school reports of teachers and district superintendents, school reports of receipts and expenditures, and reports of school property.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.43.8
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Miscellaneous Reports Relating to Schools — New Roads (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound miscellaneous reports relating to schools, 1866–68, are arranged by type of report. Included are monthly school reports of the district superintendent, monthly school reports of receipts and expenditures, and reports of school property.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.47.8
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Miscellaneous Reports Relating to Schools — St. Joseph (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound miscellaneous reports relating to schools, 1866–68, are arranged by type of report. Included are monthly school reports of the district superintendent, monthly school reports of receipts and expenditures, and monthly returns of school property.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.58.8
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Miscellaneous Reports — Salisbury (Superintendent of the Western District)

1865–68

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Unbound miscellaneous reports, 1865–68, are arranged by type of report. The series consists of tabular reports of operations, and reports of indigents, courts, sanitation, persons and articles hired, and employment conditions.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.42.15
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Miscellaneous Reports Sent to the Assistant Commissioner

Mar. 1866–Oct. 1868

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Cataloged as “Miscellaneous Reports Sent to the Assistant Commissioner”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, Item 3.35.6.1
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