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Register of Complaints — Amite City (Assistant Superintendent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of complaints, July 1865–March 1866 (204), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains complaints and affidavits, August–September 1865, arranged chronologically, and a register of complaints, August–December 1867,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.4.7
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Register of Complaints and Letters Sent Relating to Complaints — Greensboro (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of complaints and letters sent relating to complaints, June 1867–October 1868 (108), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.16.13
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Register of Complaints and Lists of Persons Receiving Rations — Charlotte Courthouse (Charlotte County, Assistant Superintendent)

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The single–volume register of complaints and lists of persons receiving rations, 1865 and 1866 (127), is arranged by type of register or list.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.12.4
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Register of Complaints and Orders Sent to Local Citizens — Barton (Agent)

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The single–volume register of complaints and orders sent to local citizens, May–July 1868 (189), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.18.5
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Register of Complaints and Orders Sent to Local Citizens — Marietta (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of complaints and orders sent to local citizens, January–December 1867 (313), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains receipts for rations and public property, June 1867.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.66.5
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Register of Complaints and Orders Sent to Local Citizens — Milledgeville (Agent)

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The single–volume register of complaints and orders sent to local citizens, June 1867–August 1868 (319), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.69.6
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Register of Complaints and Trials — Hernando

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The single–volume register of complaints and trials, September–October 1865 (151), is arranged in chronological order and numbered. The volume also contains one record of contract (May 1866).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.18.1
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Register of Complaints and Trials — Quitman (Agent)

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The single–volume register of complaints, October 1867–June 1868 (335), is arranged chronologically and has name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.75.5
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Register of Complaints and Weekly Reports to the Superintendent of the 2nd District — Amelia Courthouse (Assistant Superintendent)

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The single–volume register of complaints and weekly reports to the superintendent of the 2nd District, October 1865–May 1866 (105), is arranged by type of record and thereunder chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.3.5
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Register of Complaints — Arkadelphia (Clark County)

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The single–volume register of complaints, August 1865–May 1868 (47), is arranged chronologically and contains primarily complaints of freedmen regarding assaults, thefts, or violations of contracts. The register also includes the decision rendered in each…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.1.2
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Register of Complaints — Athens (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of complaints, February 1867–October 1868 (174), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.6.6
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Register of Complaints — Augusta (Agent)

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The single–volume register of complaints, April–July 1868 (156), is arranged chronologically. For a name index to the register, see the undated volume name index mentioned above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.12.7
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Register of Complaints — Augusta (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The two volumes of registers of complaints, June 1865–April 1867, 1 (158) and 2 (157), are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.11.11
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Register of Complaints — Austin (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of complaints, June 1867–December 1868 (52), is arranged chronologically. The volume also includes letters sent.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.1.5
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Register of Complaints — Bairdstown (Agent)

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The single–volume register of complaints, August 1867–September 1868 (191), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.17.4
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Register of Complaints — Bastrop (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of complaints, February 1867–December 1868 (62), is arranged in chronological order and numbered.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.2.3
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Register of Complaints — Beaufort (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of complaints, March–May 1867 (113) is arranged in chronological order and numbered.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.6.11
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Register of Complaints — Bladensburg (Superintendent)

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The single–volume register of complaints, June 1866–September 1867 (51), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1906, File 5.2.3
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Register of Complaints — Boston (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of complaints, July 1867–June 1868 (70), is arranged in chronological order and numbered. The volume also contains accounts, affidavits, and court records.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.5.7
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Register of Complaints — Bowling Green (Chief Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of complaints, July 1866–February 1868 (77), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains a list of "Loyal Correspondents in Bowling Green District (no date)," arranged by county, and a list of "Bounty Claims Forwarded,"…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.2.13
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Register of Complaints — Brenham (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of complaints, April–December 1868 (65), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.6.2
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Register of Complaints — Brookhaven (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of complaints, March–November 1868 (101), is arranged chronologically. For two additional registers of complaints (September 1867–February 1868 and March–November 1868), see the single–volume register of contracts (100) described…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.2.6
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