Register of Claims
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content: Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M809, Series 21
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content: Archival materials
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content: The entries in the register of claims, July 23, 1866–July 27,1869, are arranged chronologically by date of receipt of claim; the register has a name index. Types of claims registered include applications for bounties, backpay, pensions, and rations. The volume also contains information on the name and rank of the claimant, the immediate action taken, the date of transmission, and the type of claim. There is no information on the specific nature of the claim or the eventual outcome.