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Reports of Persons and Articles Hired — Bayou Sara (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Apr. 1866–Oct. 1868

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Unbound reports of persons and articles hired, April 1866–October 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.7.10
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Reports of Persons and Articles Hired — Beaufort (Subassistant Commissioner)

Sept. 1866–Aug. 1868

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Unbound reports of persons and articles hired, September 1866–August 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.2.11
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Reports of Persons and Articles Hired — Columbia (Acting Assistant Commissioner – District of Columbia)

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Unbound reports of persons and articles hired, July 1867–December 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.17.12
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Reports of Persons and Articles Hired — Columbia Hospital

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Unbound reports of persons and articles hired, Apr.–Dec. 1867, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.18..2
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Reports of Persons and Articles Hired, Contracts, and Papers Relating to Complaints — Woodville (Agent)

1867–68

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Unbound reports of persons and articles hired, contracts, and papers relating to complaints cover the period 1867–68.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.91.2
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Reports of Persons and Articles Hired — Franklin (Subassistant Commissioner of the 3rd Subdistrict)

June 1867–Dec. 1868

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Unbound reports of persons and articles hired, June 1867–December 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.19.8
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Reports of Persons and Articles Hired — Jesuits Bend (Provost Marshal, Agent, and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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Unbound reports of persons and articles hired, May–July 1867 and January–April 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.26.8
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Reports of Persons and Articles Hired — Macon (Subassistant Commissioner)

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Unbound reports of persons and articles hired, July 1867–January 1868, are arranged chronologically. Also included in the series are rosters of officers (October–December 1867), and reports of civilian employees (July 1867–March 1868).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.29.4
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Reports of Persons and Articles Hired — Marion (Subassistant Commissioner)

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Reports of persons and articles hired, December 1866–January 1867, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.39.8
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Reports of Persons and Articles Hired — Medical Officer

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Unbound reports of persons and articles hired, November 1866–December 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 3.4.8
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Reports of Persons and Articles Hired, Orders and Circulars Received, and Accounts Current — Devall's Bluff (Prairie County)

Nov. 1865–Oct. 1867

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Unbound reports of persons and articles hired, orders and circulars received, and accounts current, November 1865–October 1867, are arranged by type of record and chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.6.3
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Reports of Persons and Articles Hired — Oxford (Assistant Superintendent)

Apr. 1866–Apr. 1867

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Unbound reports of persons and articles hired, April 1866–April 1867, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.35.6
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Reports of Persons and Articles Hired — Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer

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Unbound reports of persons and articles hired, November 1865–April 1870, are arranged chronologically by month. Reports for 1869 consist only of consolidated reports.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 3.1.6
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Reports of Persons and Articles Hired, Quartermaster Stores Used by the Bureau in Maryland, and Trimonthly Returns of Public Animals

June 1866–Apr. 1869

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Unbound reports of persons and articles hired, quartermaster stores used by the Bureau in Maryland, and trimonthly returns of public animals, June 1866–April 1869, are arranged by type of report and thereunder chronologically. The series includes reports…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1906, File 2.3.8
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Reports of Persons and Articles Hired — Shreveport (Hospital)

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Unbound reports of persons and articles hired, June 1867–August 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.63.4
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Reports of Persons and Articles Hired — Vicksburg (Assistant Commissioner for the Western District of Mississippi)

Date not recorded

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Unbound reports of persons and articles hired, December 1865–February 1866, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.50.10
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