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content: Marriage Records of the Office of the Commissioner, Washington Headquarters of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861–1869
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content: Marriage Records of the Office of the Commissioner, Washington Headquarters of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861–1869 / Series 1: Office of the Commissioner
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M1875, Subseries 1.3
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content: Archival materials
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content: Unbound copy of an affidavit certifying the marriage of James Blake and Catherine White is dated October 9, 1867. The marriage was performed in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, at the First Presbyterian Church on February 23, 1865. It appears that the document was submitted to the claims division of the Freedmen's Bureau as proof of marriage.

Unbound copy of an affidavit certifying the marriage of William Dunnsmore and Julia McDewitt on October 9, 1859, is dated February 29, 1867. The information was copied from a marriage register of the Saint Peters Church in New Castle, Delaware.

Unbound marriage certificate of John Martin and Sarah Jane Booth is dated February 7, 1850. There is also a copy of a record relating to the marriage dated April 11, 1870, and a related U. S. Treasury Department letter dated April 5, 1870. The documents appear to relate to a claim of Sarah J. Martin filed with the claims division of the Freedmen's Bureau for additional bounty.