Letters Sent by the Agent for the Parish of Ascension
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content: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863–1872
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content: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863–1872 / Series 5: Subordinate Field Offices / 5.16: Donaldsonville (Agent)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.16.1
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content: Archival materials
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content: The two volumes of letters sent by the agent for the Parish of Ascension, June–October 1866, 1 (260) and 2 (261), are arranged chronologically. There is a name index in Volume 2 (261). Volume 1 (260) also contains registers of applications for relief from destitute whites and blacks (Undated); a register of applications for relief (Oct. 1866–June 1868); a register of discharges (Feb. 1865–Apr. 1866); a register of marriage licenses (Aug. 1863–Feb. 1864) and orders issued (Jan.–Aug. 1863). Volume 261 also contains a register of indigents (1868), a register of discharges (1867), a register of indentures (Undated), and a complaint (Sept. 1868).