Ministers Reports of Marriage Certificates Issued to Freedmen
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content: Records of the Field Offices for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870
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content: Records of the Field Offices for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870 / Series 2: Offices of Staff Officers / 2.3: Superintendent of Marriages
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content: Nov. 1866–Jan. 1867 and Oct. 7, 1869
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M1902, File 2.3.2
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content: Archival materials
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content: Unbound ministers reports of marriage certificates issued to freedmen, November 1866–January 1867, are arranged chronologically. In their reports, the ministers usually listed the couples who were issued certificates. Included in this series are copies of Superintendent Kimball's reports to the Assistant Commissioner. The last item is a marriage license dated October 1869.