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Letters Received by J. H. Durkee — Claims Agent
Feb. 1869–Sept. 1871
African American history · place not specified
Source catalog description
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Unbound letters received by J. H. Durkee, agent for claims, February 1869–September 1871, are arranged chronologically. These letters are mostly from the chief of the claim division at the Bureau headquarters, Bureau officers, and justices of the peace who were forwarding or writing on behalf of claimants.
- Collection
- Records of the Assistant Commissioner and Subordinate Field Offices for the State of Florida, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
- Archival grouping
- Records of the Assistant Commissioner and Subordinate Field Offices for the State of Florida, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 2: Offices of Staff Officers / 2.2: Claims Agent
- Catalog date
- Feb. 1869–Sept. 1871
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Catalog reference: NMAAHC.FB.M1869, File 2.2.1
Collection: Records of the Assistant Commissioner and Subordinate Field Offices for the State of Florida, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
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