Reports Forwarded to the Assistant Commissioner

Source catalog description

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The two volumes of reports forwarded to the Assistant Commissioner, July 1865–October 1868, 1 (95) and 2 (97), are arranged chronologically. Volume 1 (95) consists of reports of tenements occupied by freedmen, reports of funds, rosters of employees of the local superintendent, as well as reports of employment offices. Volume 1 (95) also contains a register of employees, July 1865–June 1867 (pages 266 – 269), and a register of accounts, December 1866–June 1867 (page 336). Volume 2 (97) consists of reports of the business of the employment office. It also contains circulars issued by the local superintendent, December 1866–August 1867; a list of employees under the direction of the local superintendent who are entitled to rations, June–October 1868; and miscellaneous receipts and memorandums, February–June 1868.

Collection

Records of the Field Offices for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870

Archival grouping

Records of the Field Offices for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870 / Series 3: Subordinate Field Offices / 3.1: Local Superintendent for Washington and Georgetown / 3.1.2: Reports

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