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Register of Complaints — Washington Home Colony

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The single–volume register of complaints, August–September 1865 (317), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains endorsements received (September 1865).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.55.2
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Register of Complaints — Waynesboro (Agent)

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The single–volume register of complaints, June–November 1868 (391), is arranged and numbered in chronological order and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.90.5
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Register of Confiscated and Abandoned Lands In the State of Arkansas (24) — Records Relating to Abandoned and Confiscated Lands

1865–68

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Volume (24) is a register of confiscated and abandoned lands in the State of Arkansas, 1856–68, and it is arranged alphabetically by county and thereunder by initial letter of surname of former owner.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M979, File 2.2.3
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Register of Contracts — Abbeville Court House (Agent)

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The single–volume register of contracts, December 1867–May 1868 (102), is arranged by initial letter of surname of employer and thereunder numerically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.1.13
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Register of Contracts — Albany (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of contracts, 1866–67 (240), is arranged alphabetically by name of the county and thereunder alphabetically by the initial letter of the surname of the employer.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.1.7
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Register of Contracts — Amite City (Assistant Superintendent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of contracts, June 1865–October 1866 (205), is arranged chronologically, and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.4.8
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Register of Contracts and a Register of Marriages — Jacksonport (Jackson County)

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The single–volume register of contracts and register of marriages, 1865–68 (101), is arranged by type of register. The register of contracts is dated August 1865–February 1867 and is arranged chronologically. Interfiled with the contracts issued at…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.12.8
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Register of Contracts and Accounting Records of Capt. W. W. Willis, Superintendent of Freedmen — Jacksonport (Upper White River District)

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The two–volume register of contracts and accounting records of Capt. W. W. Willis, superintendent of freedmen, mouth of the White River and St. Charles, is dated May–June 1865, 1 (132) and 2 (133). Volume 1 (132) contains the register of contracts and a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.11.6
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Register of Contracts and Complaints — Warrenton (Agent)

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The single volume of registers of contracts and complaints, June 1867–November 1868 (388), is arranged by type of register. The register of contracts, June–July 1867, is arranged numerically; the register of complaints, June 1867–November 1868, is arranged…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.87.4
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Register of Contracts and Payrolls of Freedmen — Chattanooga (Superintendent)

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The single–volume register of contracts and payrolls of freedmen, February 1866–January 1867 (98), is arranged in chronological order and numbered and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.4.10
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Register of Contracts and Register of Complaints — Napoleon (Desha County)

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The single-volume register of contracts and register of complaints, 1866–67 (137), is arranged by type of register. The register of contracts is dated December 1866–April 1867, and the register of complaints is dated February–November 1867.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.22.4
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Register of Contracts and Register of Major Landholders — Lake Village and Luna Landing (Chicot County)

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The single–volume register of contracts and register of major landholders, April 1867–August 1868 (104), is arranged by type of register. The register of contracts is arranged chronologically. The register of landholders is arranged alphabetically by…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.13.4
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Register of Contracts — Anderson Court House (Acting Subassistant Commissioner – Anderson District)

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The single–volume register of contracts, December 1865–December 1866 (107), is arranged in two subseries. The entries in the first are arranged chronologically; those in the second area are arranged by the initial letter of the surname of employer. The…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.4.8
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Register of Contracts Approved — Grahamville (Agent)

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The single–volume register of contracts approved, January–March 1868 (213), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains a list of persons to whom supplies were issued and lists of persons to whom rations were issued.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.26.3
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Register of Contracts — Atlanta (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of contracts, December 1867–June 1868 (102), is arranged by county and thereunder chronologically. The volume also contains a register of orders received, November 1865–February 1868.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.8.11
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Register of Contracts — Austin (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of contracts, July–August 1866 (51), is arranged chronologically by date of approval. This volume also contains a register of complaints (October 1866–December. 1868).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.1.6
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Register of Contracts — Brookhaven (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of contracts, June 1865–October 1867 (100), is unarranged. The volume gives the name of the plantation owner, number of hands and their sex, location of the plantation, date of contract, and amount of pay. Also included is a list…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.2.7
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Register of Contracts By and Between Planters and Freedmen — Philadelphia (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of contracts by and between planters and freedmen cover the period June 1865–January 1866 (248). The entries are arranged in chronological order and numbered. The volume also contains a register of complaints (September–December…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.42.4
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Register of Contracts — Columbia (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of contracts, 1866–1868 (79), is arranged by name of planter and thereunder numerically. The volume has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.12.4
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Register of Contracts for Bradley County — Monticello (South Eastern District of Arkansas)

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The single-volume register of contracts for Bradley County, January–March 1866 (168), consists of two registers, both of which seem to have the same title. One register is arranged chronologically by date the contract was filed. The second register is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.20.4
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Register of Contracts for Cheatham County — Springfield (Superintendent)

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The single–volume register of contracts for Cheatham County, 1866 (83), is arranged numerically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.31.5
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Register of Contracts for Giles County — Pulaski (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of contracts for Giles County, January–April 1866 (206), is arranged numerically. This volume also contains a register of complaints (May 1867–March 1868), and a register of bounty claims (January–March 1868).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.28.4
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Register of Contracts for Greene County — Madison Courthouse (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of contracts for Greene County, 1865 and 1866 (425), is arranged alphabetically by initial letter of surname of employer. Many of these are in the unbound contracts and indentures in Greene and Madison Counties (1865–67)…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.55.5
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Register of Contracts for Wilson County — Lebanon (Agent)

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The single–volume register of contracts for Wilson County, September 1865–April 1867 (219), is unarranged. The volume also contains registers of marriages and indentures.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.19.3
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