Scrapbook of Orders and Circulars (37)
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content: Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Mississippi, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869
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content: Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Mississippi, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869 / Series 5: Orders and Circulars
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content: 1867–1868
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M826, Subseries 5.3
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content: Archival materials
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content: The "scrapbook" of orders and circulars issued and received, 1867–1868, consists of printed orders and circulars that have been pasted in the volume. The "scrapbook" includes the following: orders issued by Gen. Edward Otho Cresap Ord, Commander of the 4th Military District; general orders and circulars issued by Assistant Commissioner Gillem; and general orders and a circular issued by Gillem in his capacity as Military Commander of the Subdistrict of Mississippi. The volume is arranged by origin of order, thereunder by type of order, and thereunder chronologically.