Reports Forwarded to the Assistant Commissioner
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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 3: Subordinate Field Offices / 3.1: Local Superintendent for Washington and Georgetown / 3.1.2: Reports
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M1902, Item 3.1.2.1
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content: The two volumes of reports forwarded to the Assistant Commissioner, July 1865–October 1868, 1 (95) and 2 (97), are arranged chronologically. Volume 1 (95) consists of reports of tenements occupied by freedmen, reports of funds, rosters of employees of the local superintendent, as well as reports of employment offices. Volume 1 (95) also contains a register of employees, July 1865–June 1867 (pages 266 – 269), and a register of accounts, December 1866–June 1867 (page 336). Volume 2 (97) consists of reports of the business of the employment office. It also contains circulars issued by the local superintendent, December 1866–August 1867; a list of employees under the direction of the local superintendent who are entitled to rations, June–October 1868; and miscellaneous receipts and memorandums, February–June 1868.