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Applications for Relief — Commissary of Subsistence
bulk Jan. 1866, May–July 1867, May 1868
African American history · place not specified
Source catalog description
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Unbound applications for relief, January 1866, May–July 1867, and May 1868, are arranged chronologically. This series consists of sworn statements of applicants indicating why they can't work and information concerning their dependents.
- 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
- bulk Jan. 1866, May–July 1867, May 1868
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Catalog reference: NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 3.1.10
Collection: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
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