Register of Freedmen and Refugees Issued Rations
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content: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Arkansas, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
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content: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Arkansas, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 3: Subordinate Field Offices / 3.7: Fort Smith (Sebastian County)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.7.6
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content: Archival materials
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content: The single–volume register of freedmen and refugees issued rations, March–May 1866 (83), is arranged chronologically. The register gives the name of the person drawing rations; date issued; the number of rations issued; county of residence; and such descriptive information as "Widow, "Blind Man," "Freedman," or "Orphan Boy."