Land Reports
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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 6: Reports
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M826, Subseries 6.2
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content: Archival materials
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content: The series of land reports, 1865–1866, consists of monthly tabular reports compiled by special agents of the Treasury Department, acting assistant commissioners, and subassistant commissioners. Arranged chronologically, the reports describe abandoned property and its use by the Bureau. Also included is a list compiled in the office of the Assistant Commissioner of property transferred to the Assistant Commissioner for Louisiana in January 1866.