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Register 3 Nos. 146 – 155

Dec. 1865–Dec. 1866

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Cataloged as “Register 3 Nos. 146 – 155”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, Item 4.45.6.3
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Register 4 (35) A – M — Registers 4 and 5

Mar. 1–May 21, 1866

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Cataloged as “Register 4 (35) A – M”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M752, File 1.4.2
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Register 5 (36) N – Z — Registers 4 and 5

Mar. 1–May 21, 1866

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Cataloged as “Register 5 (36) N – Z”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M752, File 1.4.3
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Register 6 (37) A – M — Registers 6 and 7

May–Aug. 1866

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Cataloged as “Register 6 (37) A – M”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M752, File 1.5.2
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Register 7 (38) N – Z — Registers 6 and 7

May–Aug. 1866

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Cataloged as “Register 7 (38) N – Z”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M752, File 1.5.3
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Register 8 (39)

Aug.–Dec. 1866

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Cataloged as “Register 8 (39)”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M752, File 1.6.2
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Register 9 (40)

Jan.–May 1867

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Cataloged as “Register 9 (40)”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M752, File 1.7.2
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Register for Contrabands — Greenville Colony (Superintendent)

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The single–volume "Register for Contrabands," July 1862–December 1863 (169), is arranged numerically. The volume also contains a register for contrabands (April 13, 1863), an unidentified list (August 1865), and an unidentified register arranged…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.21.1
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Register of Abandoned Houses and Tenements Leased in Vicksburg — Vicksburg (Special Agent of the Treasury Department)

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The single–volume register of abandoned houses and tenements leased in Vicksburg covers the period September 1864–January 1865 (84). The entries are arranged in chronological order by lease number and numbered.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.52.6
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Register of Abandoned Lands and Tenements in Vicksburg — Vicksburg (Special Agent of the Treasury Department)

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The single–volume undated register of abandoned lands and tenements in Vicksburg (281), is arranged by street name. The volume has an index to the street names.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.52.9
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Register of Abandoned Property — Jackson (Acting Assistant Commissioner of the Northern District)

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The single–volume register of abandoned property, August–October 1865 (158), is arranged by county (Carroll, Hinds, and Madison) and has a name index. The register gives a description of property and dates of property orders returning lands.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.21.10
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Register of Abandoned Property — Newberne (Treasury Department Agent and War Department Financial Agent)

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The single–volume register of abandoned property, September 1863–January 1866, (186), is arranged by the name of the original owner. The register shows to whom the property was rented, amount paid for rent, dates rented (September 1865–May 1865), and dates…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.32.2
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Register of Abandoned Property — Pine Bluff (Jefferson County)

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The single–volume register of abandoned property, 1864–67 (149), is arranged by name of former owner and has a name index. The register gives a description and location of the property and notations as to when it was restored and by what authority. Many…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.27.8
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Register of Abandoned Property — Wilmington (Treasury Department Agent and War Department Financial Agent)

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The single–volume register of abandoned property, March 1865–April 1866 (275), is arranged by individual piece of property. The register shows to whom rented, amount of rent, location, and when restored. The dates restored are August 1865–April 1866, and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.54.2
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Register of Applicants for Claims — Norfolk (Subassistant Commissioner, 1st District)

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The single–volume register of applicants for claims (340) covers the period 1865–68. The volume is arranged in several numerical subseries and has a name index. Most of the claims are for bounty. In the back of the volume are several pages of receipts for…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.69.13
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Register of Applicants for Confiscated or Abandoned Property — Vicksburg (Special Agent of the Treasury Department)

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The single–volume register of applicants for confiscated or abandoned property, September 1863–January 1864 (78), is arranged in four subseries, and the entries thereunder are arranged by the initial letter of the surname of the applicant.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.52.3
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Register of Applicants for Restoration of Property — Norfolk (Subassistant Commissioner, 1st District)

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The single–volume register of applicants for restoration of property, May–August 1865 (348), is arranged alphabetically by initial letter of surname of applicant and thereunder chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.69.22
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Register of Application for Restoration of Property, Register of Marriages, and Register of Persons Drawing Rations — Fort Smith (Sebastian County)

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The single–volume register of applications for restoration of property, register of marriages, and register of persons drawing rations, 1865–67 (80), is arranged by type of register and thereunder chronologically. The register of applications for…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.7.4
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Register of Applications for Laborers — Bragg Home Colony (Assistant Superintendent of Freedom)

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The single–volume register of applications for laborers, March–October (164), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains a register of complaints, March–October, arranged chronologically. No year is given in either register.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.8.5
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Register of Applications for Laborers — Rost Home Colony

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The single–volume register of applications for laborers, February–April (162), is Undated and arranged chronologically. The volume also contains a register of complaints (February–April), arranged chronologically. The year is not listed for either register.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.53.3
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Register of Applications for Restoration of Property (41) — Captain A. P. Ketchum's Records

Nov. 1865–Feb. 1866

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The entries in the register of applications for restoration of property are arranged alphabetically by initial letter of surname or institution of correspondent and thereunder in chronological order. The entry numbers were assigned chronologically without…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M869, File 6.4.3
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Register of Applications Forwarded for Bounty Claims — Louisville (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of applications forwarded for bounty claims, May 1866–June 1868 (147), is arranged chronologically and numbered.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.20.22
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Register of Applications — Petersburg (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of applications, June–December 1865 (375), is arranged chronologically. The register includes all endorsements relating to applications and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.75.24
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Register of Arrests — Petersburg (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of arrests, November 1865–April 1866 (386), is arranged chronologically by date of arrest.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.75.22
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