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Register of Complaints — Magnolia (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of complaints, August 1867–December 1868 (194), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.31.3
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Register of Complaints — Mansfield (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of complaints, May–November 1868 (327), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.32.4
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Register of Complaints — Marlin (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of complaints, January–October 1867 (131), is arranged chronologically. The volume contains one complaint for Gonzales, Texas (August 1866).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.28.2
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Register of Complaints — Marshal (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of complaints, November–December 1868 (136), is arranged chronologically and has a name index. For a register of complaints dated February–August 1866, see the register of letters received and endorsements (133) described above.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.30.4
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Register of Complaints — McDonough (Agent)

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The single–volume register of complaints, October 1867–August 1868 (316), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.65.4
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Register of Complaints — Meridian (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of complaints, February 1866–November 1867 (138), is arranged in chronological order and numbered. This volume also contains an unidentified register of complaints (September–November 1868).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.32.2
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Register of Complaints — Meridian (Subcommissioner)

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The single–volume register of complaints, November 1867–July 1868 (206), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.32.9
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Register of Complaints — Nacogdoches (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of complaints, August 1867–December 1868 (140), is arranged in general chronological order.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.34.2
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Register of Complaints — Natchez (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of complaints, December 1864–December 1868 (233), is arranged chronologically. From December 1864 to August 1865 this register was maintained by the provost marshal of freedmen, and from August 1865 to November 1867, by the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.35.8
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Register of Complaints — Newberne (Assistant Superintendent – Subdistrict)

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The single–volume register of complaints (176) covers the period March–May 1866. Entries in the volume are arranged in chronological order and numbered. The volume also contains a list of subsistence stores transferred by Capt. Peter McCullough and a list…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.31.4
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Register of Complaints — Newberne (Superintendent – Eastern District)

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The single–volume register of complaints, October 1867–September 1868 (177), is arranged chronologically. The register is cross–referenced in Volume 1 (169) of the two volumes of letters sent described above. The volume also contains a list of persons to…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.30.14
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Register of Complaints — Newberry (Agent)

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The single–volume register of complaints, September 1867–July 1868 (248), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.43.5
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Register of Complaints — Newman (Agent)

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The single–volume register of complaints, May 1867–July 1868 (329), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.71.4
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Register of Complaints — Newton (Agent)

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The single–volume register of complaints, July–August 1868 (324) is arranged chronologically and has a name index. The volume also contains a register of complaints made at Dawson, GA, September–December 1868.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.72.5
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Register of Complaints — Norfolk (Subassistant Commissioner, 1st District)

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The single–volume register of complaints, July 1865–May 1866 (351), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.69.12
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Register of Complaints of Illegal Apprenticeships — Other Records

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The single–volume register of complaints of illegal apprenticeships (21) is dated ca. 1868. The complaints appear to be the result of an investigation or report of Edward Petheridge, agent in Baltimore. The volume has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1906, File 2.4.2
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Register of Complaints — Opelika

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The single–volume register of complaints, June 1867–January 1868 (330), is arranged chronologically. The register includes copies of endorsements sent or received relating to complaints. This volume was originally "indexed," or listed, as a record of Georgia.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 4.24.4
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Register of Complaints — Orangeburg (Acting Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of complaints, July 1866–January 1867 (254), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.44.7
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Register of Complaints — Osceola (Mississippi County)

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The single-volume register of complaints, March 1867–June 1868 (139), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.23.2
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Register of Complaints — Paducah (Superintendent, Chief Agent, and Subassistant Commissioner, McCracken County)

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The single–volume register of complaints, September 1865–October 1868 (184), is arranged in general chronological order.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.26.6
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Register of Complaints — Palestine (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of complaints, March 1867–December 1868 (142), is arranged chronologically. The table of contents is incomplete.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.36.2
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Register of Complaints — Paraclifta (Sevier County)

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The single–volume register of complaints dated January 1867–July 1868 (176) is arranged chronologically and includes a list of employed freedmen (July–December 1865).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.25.6
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