Miscellaneous Records
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content: Records of the New Orleans Field Offices, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869
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content: Records of the New Orleans Field Offices, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869 / Series 4: Records of the Assistant Subassistant Commissioner for Iberville and West Baton Rouge Parishes and Predecessors
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content: 1864–68
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M1483, Subseries 4.12
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content: Archival materials
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content: The miscellaneous records, 1864–68, are arranged in seven subseries according to type of record: (1) Bills of lading, January 1866–November 1868, are arranged chronologically. These are consignee's copies recording the shipment of supplies from New Orleans to Planquemine, the town in which the office for the two parishes was located.  (2) Abstracts of provisions issued to citizens under a joint resolution of March 30, 1867 (15 Stat. 28). These documents cover the months April–July 1867 and indicate the quantities of cornmeal and pork distributed, the numbers of men, women, and children receiving these rations, and their places of residence. (3) Monthly returns of stores, May–June 1868, are arranged chronologically. These records include abstracts (Form 15) that show the quantity of foodstuffs on hand, the totals of foodstuffs received and issued, and the new balance. Subvouchers (Form 62) filed with these abstracts have entries for each household, with such information as the numbers of adults and children and the quantities of various foodstuffs received. Special abstracts (Form 32) were used with the subvouchers to indicate the total amounts of foodstuffs distributed. (4) Monthly statements of accounts current, January 1867–December 1868, are arranged chronologically. These forms record the amount of purchases, expenditures, and transfers. (5) Monthly reports of the number of freedmen to whom rations, clothing, and medicine were issued, May-December 1866 and March–June 1868, are arranged chronologically. These tabular forms list the numbers of ration recipients in various classes according to health, sex, age, and economic status and indicate the value of the rations issued to each class. (6) Registers of freedmen employed by or attached to certain plantations, ca. May 1864. These four registers indicate name, age, sex, wage category, former owner, and former residence for each person listed and occasionally provide additional information on occupations, disabilities, and relatives. (7) Court and other records, 1865–67. These documents consist primarily of affidavits, agreements, receipts, settlements, and legal papers relating to work contracts and unresolved debts. There's are also reports of destitutes who required rations, 1866–67, and a few documents pertaining to poll taxes.