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Monthly Reports of Persons and Articles Hired — New Iberia (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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Unbound monthly reports of persons and articles hired, May 1866–December 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.43.10
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Monthly Reports of Persons and Articles Hired — New Roads (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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Unbound monthly reports of persons and articles hired, July 1866–August 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.47.9
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Monthly Reports of Persons and Articles Hired — Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer

Sept. 1865–July 1869

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Unbound monthly reports of persons and articles hired, September 1865–JuIy 1869, are arranged chronologically. The reports are from Bureau officers and include retained copies of reports of persons and articles hired by the quartermaster.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 3.3.6
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Monthly Reports of Persons and Articles Hired, Received from Staff and Subordinate Officers

June 1866–Apr. 1867

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Cataloged as “Monthly Reports of Persons and Articles Hired, Received from Staff and Subordinate Officers”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, Item 2.1.8.1
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Monthly Reports of Persons and Articles Hired, Received from Staff and Subordinate Officers — Chief Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer

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Unbound monthly reports of persons and articles hired that were received from staff and subordinate officers, June 1866–December 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 2.1.8
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Monthly Reports of Persons and Articles Hired, Returns of Public Property, and Statements of Public Funds — Natchez, MS (Disbursing Officer)

Oct. 1872–June 1876

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Unbound monthly reports of persons and articles hired, returns of public property, and statements of public funds, October 1872–June 1876, are arranged by type of report and thereunder chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M2029, File 1.10.4
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Monthly Reports of Persons and Articles Hired, Sent to Bureau Headquarters — Chief Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer

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The two volumes of monthly reports of persons and articles hired that were sent to Bureau headquarters, October 1865–August 1870, 1 (81) and 2 (82), are arranged chronologically, and there is a list of contents in volume 1 (81).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 2.1.7
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Monthly Reports of Persons and Articles Hired — St. Joseph (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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Unbound monthly reports of persons and articles hired, February 1866–July 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.58.9
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Monthly Reports of Persons and Articles Hired — Thibodeaux (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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Unbound monthly reports of persons and articles hired, November 1867–October 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.66.7
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Monthly Reports of Persons and Articles Hired — Vermilionville (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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Unbound monthly reports of persons and articles hired, February 1866–November 1867, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.69.9
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Monthly Reports of Persons and Articles Hired — Vidalia (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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Unbound monthly reports of persons and articles hired, February 1866–December 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.72.8
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Monthly Reports of Rations, Clothing, and Medicine From Subordinate Officers

Sept. 1865–Aug. 1866

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Cataloged as “Monthly Reports of Rations, Clothing, and Medicine From Subordinate Officers”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M979, Item 2.3.2.1
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Monthly Reports of Rations, Clothing, and Medicine From Subordinate Officers — Records Relating to Issuance of Rations

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Monthly reports of rations, clothing, and medicine from subordinate officers, June 1865–December 1868, are arranged by State for 1865 and thereafter chronologically. Included are several quarterly reports.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M979, File 2.3.2
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Monthly Reports of Rations, Clothing, and Medicine Issued

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Unbound monthly reports of rations, clothing, and medicine issued, July 1866–December 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 2.3.7
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Monthly Reports of Rations, Clothing, and Medicines Issued

1866–68

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Cataloged as “Monthly Reports of Rations, Clothing, and Medicines Issued”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, Item 5.1.9.1
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Monthly Reports of Rations, Clothing, and Medicines Issued — Salisbury (Superintendent of the Western District)

Nov. 1865–Dec. 1868

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Unbound monthly reports of rations, clothing, and medicines issued, November 1865–December 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.42.12
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Monthly Reports of Rations Issued to Refugees and Freedmen by the Surgeon–in–Chief — Records Relating to Issuance of Rations

Feb. 1867–Apr. 1868

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Monthly reports of rations issued to refugees and freedmen by the Surgeon–in–Chief, February 1867–April 1868, are arranged chronologically. These reports pertain to rations issued at the refugees' and freedmen's hospitals and orphan asylums.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M979, File 2.3.3
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Monthly Reports of Rations Issued — Tuskegee

Feb.–Apr. 1866

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The remaining records for the assistant superintendent at Tuskegee include unbound monthly reports of rations issued, February–April 1866, and a single–volume register of patients from an unidentified hospital, 1865–66 (175 Ark.). The monthly reports are…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 4.31.2
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Monthly Reports of Receipts and Expenditures

Mar. 1866–Jan. 1867

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Cataloged as “Monthly Reports of Receipts and Expenditures”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, Item 4.20.15.1
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Monthly Reports of Receipts and Expenditures — Louisville (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner)

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Unbound monthly reports of receipts and expenditures, March 1866–January 1867, are arranged chronologically. The reports are mainly from subordinate officers. Also included are a few reports sent to the Assistant Commissioner.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.20.15
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Monthly Reports of Receipts and Expenditures of Schools — Alexandria (Assistant Superintendent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Jan. 1867–Aug. 1868

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Unbound monthly reports of receipts and expenditures of schools, January 1867–August 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.2.9
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Monthly Reports of Receipts and Expenditures — Paducah (Chief Superintendent and Chief Subassistant Commissioner)

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Unbound monthly reports of receipts and expenditures, May 1866–February 1867, are arranged chronologically. The series includes monthly reports from subordinate offices and reports sent to the Assistant Commissioner.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.25.13
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