Agreements of Registry — Memphis (Special Agent of the Treasury Department)

Source catalog description

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Unbound agreements of registry, February–May 1865, are arranged in chronological order and numbered. The series is also called "Registered Plantations." Numbers 4000 – 4099 are missing. These are agreements between special agents of the Treasury Department and owners of plantations in which owners register their plantations and are thereby entitled to certain benefits and privileges provided by regulations of the Treasury Department.

Collection

Records of the Field Offices for the State of Tennessee, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872

Archival grouping

Records of the Field Offices for the State of Tennessee, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 3: Subordinate Field Offices / 3.23: Memphis (Special Agent of the Treasury Department)

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