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Register of Contracts — Georgetown (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of contracts, December 1865–April 1866 (197), is arranged numerically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.24.10
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Register of Contracts — Griffin (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of contracts dated November 1865–July 1868 (271) is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.50.8
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Register of Contracts — Hamburg (Ashley County)

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The single–volume register of contracts, 1867 (169), is arranged alphabetically by initial letter of the surname of the employer.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.8.5
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Register of Contracts — Heathsville (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner, 5th Division, 6th Subdistrict)

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The single–volume register of contracts, January 1865–March 1866 (252), is arranged chronologically and has a name index. The volume also contains a register of persons from whom money was received by the Superintendent of Negro Labor (Nov. 1864–Apr. 1865).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.39.2
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Register of Contracts — Jerusalem (Southampton County) (Subassistant Commissioner, 4th Division, 1st Subdistrict)

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The single–volume register of contracts, January 1866–April 1867 (254), is arranged by year, and thereunder numbered.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.40.5
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Register of Contracts — Madison (St. Francis County)

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The single–volume register of contracts, April 1867–July 1868 (125), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.17.5
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Register of Contracts — Moncks Corner (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of contracts, January 1867–May 1868 (238), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.40.9
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Register of Contracts — Monroe (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of contracts, January–August 1866 (353), is arranged and numbered by date forwarded. The volume also contains several lists relating to contracts (March 1866–January 1867), arranged by type of list; a register of contracts…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.37.7
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Register of Contracts — Mt. Sterling (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of contracts, January–July 1866 (166), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.22.2
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Register of Contracts — Onancock

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The single–volume register of contracts, December 1864–April 1865 (371), is arranged alphabetically by initial letter of surname of planter and thereunder chronologically. The register was created by the office of the superintendent of labor, 2nd Subdistrict.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.72.1
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Register of Contracts — Orangeburg (Acting Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of contracts, 1866 (256), is arranged by the initial letter of the surname of the employer and thereunder numerically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.44.8
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Register of Contracts — Other Records

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The single–volume register of contracts, January 1867–July 1868 (167 ½), is arranged chronologically. This is the "Contract Book" that lists the reports of contracts approved in the subdistricts (Jan. 1867–Sept. 1868). The contracts are reproduced in…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 2.2.1
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Register of Contracts — Port Gibson (Subcommissioner)

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The single–volume register of contracts, June–October 1865 (251), is unarranged.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.43.4
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Register of Contracts — Provost Marshal General of Freedmen

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The single–volume register of contracts dated 1868 (130) is arranged by parish.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 2.3.14
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Register of Contracts — Rome (Agent)

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The single–volume register of contracts, 1866–68 (345), is arranged by month or year and thereunder numerically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.77.8
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Register of Contracts — San Augustine

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The single–volume register of contracts, July 1867–May 1868 (152), is arranged by month and thereunder numerically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.39.3
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Register of Contracts — Sparta (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of contracts, March 1866–April 1867 (436), is arranged by year and thereunder numerically. The volume also contains complaints relating to cases of cruelty (August–October 1866), arranged chronologically; complaints relating to…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.64.5
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Register of Contracts — Springfield (Superintendent)

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The single–volume register of contracts, October 1865–June 1867 (209), is arranged numerically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.31.4
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Register of Contracts — Summerville (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of contracts, December 1865–May 1866 (272), is unarranged. For a register of contracts dated Mar.–July 1867, see the single volume register of letters received and endorsements Sent (269) described above. The volume also contains…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.53.7
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Register of Contracts — Washington (Hemstead County)

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The single–volume register of contracts, November 1866–September 1867 (165), is arranged numerically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.32.4
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Register of Contracts with Freedmen at Paducah — Paducah (Superintendent, Chief Agent, and Subassistant Commissioner, McCracken County)

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The single–volume register of contracts with freedmen at Paducah, September 1865–January 1868 (183), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.26.5
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Register of Court Cases — Rice Hope Plantation

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The single–volume register of court cases, January–May 1866 (262), is arranged chronologically and has a name index. The volume also contains a list of destitutes (June 1867).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.46.4
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Register of Court Trials — Algiers (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The two–volume register of court trials, February 1866–November 1868, 1 (197) and 2 (198), are arranged in chronological order and numbered. Included in the volumes are the testimonies of trials. Volume 2 (198) also contains affidavits, December…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.3.20
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Register of Dependents — Rockville

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The single–volume register of dependents, October 1865–January 1867 (187), is arranged by the initial letter of the surname and thereunder in general chronological order. The volume also contains a register of prisoners (June–Aug. 1865).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.49.4
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