Letters, General Orders, and Special Orders Received (405 & 412)
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content: Records of the New Orleans Field Offices, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869
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content: Records of the New Orleans Field Offices, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869 / Series 2: Records of the Freedmen's Hospital
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content: August 1865–December 1868
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M1483, Subseries 2.2
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content: Archival materials
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content: Documents in the two volumes of letters, general orders, and special orders received, August 1865–December 1868 (412, 405), are arranged chronologically. They relate to admission, operating, and reporting procedures, to personnel assignments, and to hospital property. The first volume includes monthly statements (October 1865–January 1867) of the Freedmen's Hospital fund. Similar statements for the period from August 1867–May 1869 may be found in the Statement of Hospital Fund (414).