Special Orders and Property Orders Issued
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content: Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Mississippi, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869
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content: Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Mississippi, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869 / Series 5: Orders and Circulars
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M826, Subseries 5.2
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content: The volume of special orders  issued by the Assistant Commissioner, 1865–1868, is arranged by type of issuance, thereunder by year, and thereunder numerically. The special orders, June 1865–December 1868, consist of issuances concerning specific individuals on matters such as transportation, appointments, special assignments, and purchases. Name index book for the special orders have been filmed before the issuances to which they refer.

The volume of property orders issued by the Assistant Commissioner, 1865–1868, is arranged by type of issuance, thereunder by year, and thereunder numerically.  The property orders, August 1865–August 1866, consist of directives restoring abandoned lands and buildings to their former owners. Name index book for the property orders have been filmed before the issuances to which they refer.