Letters and Orders Received — Freedmen's Village

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

The single volume of letters and orders received, October 1865–February 1868 (99), is arranged chronologically. From October 1865 to July 1867 the letters and orders copied in the volume were addressed to the assistant surgeon at Abbott Hospital, which was located within Freedmen's Village. Also included for the period are some letters sent by the surgeon. After July 1867, the letters are addressed to the superintendent of Freedmen's Village. Almost all of the letters and orders are from the Assistant Commissioner and his staff.

Collection

Records of the Field Offices for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870

Archival grouping

Records of the Field Offices for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870 / Series 3: Subordinate Field Offices / 3.4: Freedmen's Village

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