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Monthly Returns of Quartermaster Stores

bulk Sept. 1866; May 1867

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Cataloged as “Monthly Returns of Quartermaster Stores”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, Item 5.26.9.1
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Monthly Returns of Quartermaster Stores — Jesuits Bend (Provost Marshal, Agent, and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound monthly returns of quartermaster stores, September 1866 and May 1867, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.26.9
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Monthly Returns of Rations Issued and Stores — Alexandria (Assistant Superintendent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Jan.–June 1868

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Unbound monthly returns of rations issued and stores, January–June 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.2.13
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Monthly Returns of Receipts and Expenditures

Mar. 1866–Mar. 1867

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Cataloged as “Monthly Returns of Receipts and Expenditures”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, Item 4.21.10.1
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Monthly Returns of Receipts and Expenditures — Maysville (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner, Mason County)

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Unbound monthly returns of receipts and expenditures, March 1866–March 1867, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.21.10
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Monthly Returns of School Property

Apr. 1866–Oct. 1868

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Cataloged as “Monthly Returns of School Property”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, Item 5.42.12.1
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Monthly Returns of Stores and Reports of Clothing Issued and Received

Jan.–July 1868

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Cataloged as “Monthly Returns of Stores and Reports of Clothing Issued and Received”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, Item 5.20.20.1
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Monthly Returns of Stores and Reports of Clothing Issued and Received — Franklin (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound monthly returns of stores and reports of clothing issued and received, January–July 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.20.20
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Monthly Returns of Stores Received and Issued — Algiers (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

May 1866–Mar. 1868

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Unbound monthly returns of stores received and issued, May 1866–March 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.3.18
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Monthly Rosters from Employment Agents and Superintendents of Barracks

Nov. 1866–Aug. 1868

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Unbound monthly rosters from employment agents and superintendents of barracks, November 1866–August 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1902, Item 3.1.3.6
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Monthly Rosters of Officers and Civilian Submitted by Subordinate Officers — Personnel Records

June 1865–Nov. 1868

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Two series of monthly rosters consist of officers and civilians employed by the Bureau. The rosters submitted by subordinate officers, June 1865–November 1868, are arranged by year and thereunder by initial letter of station of agent or superintendent.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M979, File 2.5.3
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Monthly Rosters, Reports of Persons and Articles Hired, and Time Reports

June 1866–Aug. 1868

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1902, Item 3.1.2.2
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Monthly School Reports

July 1866–July 1868

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Cataloged as “Monthly School Reports”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, Item 4.2.11.1
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Monthly School Reports — Abbeville Court House (Agent)

Date not recorded

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Unbound monthly school reports, 1866–68, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.1.7
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Monthly School Reports and Receipts for Notes in Trust for Freedmen — LaGrange (Agent)

1868

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Unbound monthly school reports and receipts for notes in trust for freedmen, 1868, are arranged by type of record and thereunder chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.60.5
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Monthly School Reports — Bowling Green (Chief Subassistant Commissioner)

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Unbound monthly school reports, July 1866–July 1868, are arranged chronologically. The series includes both statistical and narrative reports from officers subordinate to the subassistant commissioner and retained copies of reports sent to the Assistant…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.2.11
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Monthly School Reports — Columbus (Subassistant Commissioner)

Mar.–Nov. 1867 and July–Nov. 1868

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Unbound monthly school reports, March–November 1867 and July–November 1868, are arranged chronologically with undated reports at the end.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.13.5
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