Miscellaneous Records
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content: Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M1027, Series 11
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content: Archival materials
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content: Filmed at the end of this publication are a small number of miscellaneous reports, lists, estimates, schedules, and other records, arranged chronologically. The reports concern such matters as the activities of the "Collector of the Tax for Colored Schools," the investigation of Bureau Agent Hannon on charges of embezzlement, reactions to an 1865 speech General Howard delivered to the freedmen in New Orleans, and an Assistant Commissioner's biennial report of civilian employees, dated 1867. Other records include a list of robberies committed in connection with a riot in St. Bernard Parish, October 25, 1868; a list of property in New Orleans transferred to the Bureau by the Treasury Department in 1865; estimates of needed rations and funds submitted by subordinate officers; a schedule of property exempt from tax in New Orleans; and various vouchers and receipts.