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Monthly Reports of Rations Issued to Refugees and Freedmen by the Surgeon–in–Chief — Records Relating to Issuance of Rations

Feb. 1867–Apr. 1868

African American history · place not specified

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Source catalog description

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Monthly reports of rations issued to refugees and freedmen by the Surgeon–in–Chief, February 1867–April 1868, are arranged chronologically. These reports pertain to rations issued at the refugees' and freedmen's hospitals and orphan asylums.

Collection
Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Arkansas Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869
Archival grouping
Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Arkansas Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869 / Series 2: Records Relating to Specific Bureau Functions / 2.3: Records Relating to Issuance of Rations
Catalog date
Feb. 1867–Apr. 1868
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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗

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Catalog reference: NMAAHC.FB.M979, File 2.3.3

Collection: Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Arkansas Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869

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