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General Orders Issued — Lexington (Chief Superintendent and Chief Subassistant Commissioner)

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Source catalog description

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The single volume of general orders issued, February–April 1866 (134), is arranged in chronological order and numbered. The volume also contains circulars issued (February 1866–January 1868), arranged by year and thereunder arranged numerically.

Collection
Records of the Field Offices for the State of Kentucky, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
Archival grouping
Records of the Field Offices for the State of Kentucky, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 4: Subordinate Field Offices / 4.18: Lexington (Chief Superintendent and Chief Subassistant Commissioner)
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Catalog reference: NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.18.6

Collection: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Kentucky, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872

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