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Register of Complaints — Decaturville

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The single–volume register of complaints, December 1865–May 1866 (99), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.9.1
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Register of Complaints — DeKalb (Agent)

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The single–volume register of complaints, September 1867–February 1868 (125), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.9.1
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Register of Complaints — Demopolis

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The single–volume register of complaints, February 1866–August 1868 (141), is arranged chronologically and, as mentioned above, includes fair copies of letters received at Demopolis for the period December 1865–January 1866. For letters received from April…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 4.5.4
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Register of Complaints — Farmville (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of complaints, January 1866–September 1868 (171), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.27.7
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Register of Complaints — Fayetteville (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of complaints, August–December 1867 and March–October 1868 (91), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.9.14
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Register of Complaints — Fort Gaines (Agent)

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The single–volume register of complaints, June 1867–May 1868 (193), is arranged chronologically. For a register of the trials of many of the complaints listed in this volume, see the register of cases tried in freedmen's court, July 1867–April 1868 (260 ½)…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.46.5
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Register of Complaints — Franklin (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of complaints, February–June 1867 (288), is arranged chronologically and has a name index. The volume also contains accounts with the school at Bayou Cypres Mort, August–December 1867, arranged chronologically; accounts with the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.20.15
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Register of Complaints — Franklinton (Assistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of complaints, May 1866–May 1867 (96), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains a register of contracts, October 1866–August 1868, arranged chronologically by the date of the contract.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.11.3
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Register of Complaints — Friars Point (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of complaints, February–December 1868 (132), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains a register of complaints for the period October 1867–January 1868, compiled by an unidentified source.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.13.5
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Register of Complaints — Georgetown (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of complaints, November 1865–April 1866 (195), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains a register of rations issued (Jan.–Aug. 1867).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.24.8
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Register of Complaints — Gonzales (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of complaints, October 1868 (98), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.19.2
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Register of Complaints — Greenville

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The single–volume register of complaints, February 1867–December 1868, 1 (130), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 4.11.5
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Register of Complaints — Greenville (Agent)

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The single–volume register of complaints, September–December 1867 (150), is arranged chronologically. The entries in the volume are cross–referenced in the three–volume series of letters sent described above. The volume also contains reports sent relating…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.15.5
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Register of Complaints — Greenville (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of complaints, March–May 1868 (211), is arranged by the initial letter of the surname of the plaintiff.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.27.12
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Register of Complaints — Griffin (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of complaints, February 1866–November 1868 (270), is arranged chronologically. The agent at Griffin started this volume.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.50.7
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Register of Complaints — Halcyondale (Agent)

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The single–volume register of complaints, July–November 1867 and June–August 1868 (275), is arranged chronologically, and there is a name index for entries in 1867.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.52.5
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Register of Complaints — Halifax Courthouse (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner, 4th Subdivision, 11th District)

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The single–volume register of complaints, June–December 1868 (248), is arranged in chronological order and numbered.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.36.3
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Register of Complaints — Hallettsville (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of complaints, October 1866–January 1867 and October–December 1868 (115), is arranged chronologically. This volume includes special orders issued (February 1867).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.21.2
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Register of Complaints — Hamburg (Ashley County)

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The two volumes of registers of complaints, April 1866–July 1868, 1 (88) and 2 (89), are arranged chronologically. Volume 1 (88) also includes a register of contracts sent from Hamburg (1866) and a register of marriages (1866). Volume 2 (89) contains four…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.8.4
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Register of Complaints — Hawkinsville (Agent)

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The single–volume register of complaints, March–July 1868 (278), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.53.6
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Register of Complaints — Henderson (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of complaints, January–December 1868 (126), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.18.11
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Register of Complaints — Hillsboro (Agent)

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The single–volume register of complaints, May–October 1868 (132), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.19.8
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