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Register of Freedmen on Government Farms in Norfolk, Princess Anne, and Nansemond Counties — Princess Anne (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)
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The single–volume register of freedmen on government farms in Norfolk, Princess Anne, and Nansemond Counties (358) is undated and arranged by farm and thereunder alphabetically by initial letter of surname of freedman. The register gives names and ages of freedmen.
- Collection
- Records of the Field Offices for the State of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
- Archival grouping
- Records of the Field Offices for the State of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 3: Subordinate Field Offices / 3.78: Princess Anne (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)
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Catalog reference: NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.78.8
Collection: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
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