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Agreements for Leasing Abandoned Plantations — Newberne (Treasury Department Agent and War Department Financial Agent)

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The three volumes of agreements for leasing abandoned plantations, September 1864–September 1865, 1 (187), 2 (188), and 3 (189), are arranged chronologically. Volumes 1 (187) and 3 (189) are both for Craven and Carteret Counties and contain name indexes to lessees. Volume 2 (188) is only for Craven County and is unindexed.

Collection
Records of the Field Offices for the State of North Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
Archival grouping
Records of the Field Offices for the State of North Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 4: Subordinate Field Offices / 4.32: Newberne (Treasury Department Agent and War Department Financial Agent)
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Catalog reference: NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.32.4

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

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