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List of Heads of Families Who Have Received Relief ("Certificates of Applicants") — Commissary of Subsistence
1867–68
African American history · place not specified
Source catalog description
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Unbound list of heads of families who received relief (Certificates of Applicants), covering the years 1867–68 are arranged chronologically. These are printed forms that include the name of the head of the family; the number of men, women, and children in the family; and the amount of corn and bacon received.
- Collection
- Records of the Field Offices for the State of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
- Archival grouping
- Records of the Field Offices for the State of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 3: Offices of Staff Officers / 3.1: Commissary of Subsistence
- Catalog date
- 1867–68
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Catalog reference: NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 3.1.9
Collection: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
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