Registers of Contracts and Complaints
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content: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
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content: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 4: Subordinate Field Offices / 4.18: Mobile (Subassistant Commissioner)
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 4.18.6
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content: Archival materials
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content: The single volume of registers of contracts and complaints, January 1866–August 1 868 (114), is arranged by type of register and thereunder chronologically. The first part of the volume contains a register of contracts for the period from January 1866 to January 1868. Until December 1867, there are only brief entries describing the type of labor, period, pay per month, and sex of employee. Thereafter, there are a few entries that give a more detailed copy of the contracts. The register of complaints is for the period from July to August 1868 and contains the name and residence of the complainant, the nature of the complaint, and the action taken.