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Register of "Leases of Abandoned and Confiscable Houses and Lands" — Chattanooga (Superintendent)
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The 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 (April 1867–August 1868).
- Collection
- Records of the Field Offices for the State of Tennessee, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
- Archival grouping
- Records of the Field Offices for the State of Tennessee, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 3: Subordinate Field Offices / 3.4: Chattanooga (Superintendent)
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Catalog reference: NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.4.11
Collection: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Tennessee, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
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