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Petitions of Destitute Citizens for Rations — Records Relating to Issuance of Rations
Feb.–Aug. 1866
African American history · place not specified
Source catalog description
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The petitions of destitute citizens for rations, February–August 1866, are arranged chronologically. Some of the petitions or letters include lists of destitute people. Notations are often on the petition indicating whether the request was granted. Many appear to have been forwarded to the Bureau by Isaac Murphy; Provisional Governor of Arkansas.
- 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.–Aug. 1866
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Catalog reference: NMAAHC.FB.M979, File 2.3.5
Collection: Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Arkansas Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869
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