Letters Sent by the Agent for the Parish of Ascension — Donaldsonville (Agent)

Source catalog description

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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).

Collection

Records of the Field Offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863–1872

Archival grouping

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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