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content: Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M1055, Series 12
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content: Archival materials
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content: Monthly reports of tenants who occupied tenements under the charge of the Bureau, July 1866–November 1868, were submitted by the superintendent of each barracks and are arranged chronologically, They include the name and occupation of the head of the family, number of persons in the family, number of rooms occupied, monthly rent, and amount of rent in arrears. A volume of proceeding of a board of officers that fixed rental rates on Bureau–leased grounds, June–July 1867, also includes copies of letters and endorsements sent by the board and abstracts of letters received. The board was primarily concerned with the amount of rent that was to be paid on grounds where Wisewell Barracks and Campbell Hospital were situated. Miscellaneous reports and lists, 1865–68, relate to properties that were rented or owned by the Bureau; Bureau–administered projects at Freedmen's Village, Mason's Island, and other farms in Maryland and Virginia; civil and criminal cases and discriminatory legislation that involved blacks; censuses of blacks in the District and Virginia; and other subjects.