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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume register of freight received and forwarded, April 1867–March 1869 (86), is arranged chronologically.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume register of furniture, cooking utensils, and bedding in use, February–July 1868 (109), is arranged by month.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single-volume register of houses rented in Vicksburg, July 1863–September 1864 (83), is arranged by the categories of houses or commercial property and thereunder by the street name. The houses are arranged thereunder numerically. The volume contains…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume register of indentures, January 1866–February 1868 (113), is arranged chronologically and has a name index. The volume also includes comments on the loyalty of certain parties in the area (February–March 1868) that are arranged…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume register of indentures of apprenticeship, September 1865–December 1866 (266), is arranged in general chronological order.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume register of indentures, September 1865–December 1866 (226), is arranged by county and thereunder in general chronological order. The volume also contains a number of unidentified lists and registers.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume register of indigent and helpless freedmen, November 1867 (377), is arranged numerically. The volume also contains a register of indigent and destitute whites, Parish Natchitoches, arranged by month, (February–June 1868); a register of…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume register of Indigents (530) is Undated and arranged by initial letter of given name or surname.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume register of infirm and destitute freedmen (507), is undated and arranged alphabetically by initial letter of surname of freedman. The volume also includes letters sent by the provost marshal at Yorktown, Oct. 1864–Apr. 1865.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single-volume register of invoices of medical supplies received (195), November–December 1865, is arranged according to type of supply.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume register of labor contracts, 1867–68 (61), is arranged by year, thereunder by county, and thereunder numerically. The volume includes the name of employer and the number of black men, women, and children, male and female, employed.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume register of labor contracts, March 1866–February 1867 1 (78), is arranged chronologically. This volume also includes a list of part of the contents (communications) in Volume 2 (77) for October 1866–April 1867 and a register of fees…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single volume of registers of laborers wanted (employees) and labor wanted (employers), May 1868–January 1869 (264), is arranged by employees and employers and thereunder chronologically. The volume also contains a register of claims for bounties (June…
May 1865–Dec. 1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe register of lands and occupants is arranged first by geographic area, such as island or city, and thereunder alphabetically by surname of owner of a parcel of land. Some of the more important listings are: the amount of land being used, the number of…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume register of lands leased or held by the Bureau, March 1865–August 1868 (152), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains a report of the provost taxes collected by the provost marshal, Feb. 1864–Apr. 1865.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume register of leased plantations, 1865 (532), is arranged by initial letter of surname of leasee. The volume also contains lists of contracts approved, discharged soldiers applying for bounty, weekly rations issued to indigents and…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume register of leased property in Norfolk County and Portsmouth, 1864–66 (349), is arranged by Norfolk County and Portsmouth and thereunder alphabetically by initial letter of surname of former owner.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume register of "leases of abandoned and confiscable houses and lands," September 1865–December 1866 (97), is arranged numerically by lease number (1 – 57) and has a name index. The series also includes a brief register of restored lands…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume register of letters and circulars received, January–April 1867 (466), is arranged chronologically. This volume also contains letters sent, October 1867–April 1868, that relate to contracts with freedmen. These letters are not duplicated…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume register of letters and endorsements received, October–November 1867 and March–October 1868 (129), is arranged by the initial letter of the surname of the writer and thereunder chronologically. The entries in the volume include endorsements.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume register of letters and issuances received, March 1866–January 1868 (433), is arranged by type of record and thereunder chronologically. The volume also contains a list of nine contracts for 1868.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume register of letters and special orders received, May 1867–December 1868 (437), is arranged in chronological order by date received and numbered, and it has a name index.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume register of letters received, April–September 1868 (173), is arranged by the initial letter of the surname of the correspondent and thereunder arranged in chronological order and numbered. The volume has a name index.
Nov. 1865–Mar. 1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Register of Letters Received (39)”.
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