Register of Orders Given Planters for Provisions for Black Employees (35)
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content: Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870
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content: Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870 / Series 9: Records Relating to the Issuance of Rations
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content: Apr. 1–July 14, 1865
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M869, Subseries 9.9
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content: Archival materials
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content: The register of orders given planters for provisions for black employees, April 1–July 14, 1865, is arranged chronologically. This register was begun by Saxton before he was appointed Assistant Commissioner. It contains the name of the planter, the plantation, the number of field hands, and the types and amounts of rations issued.