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Letters Received by J. H. Durkee — Claims Agent

Feb. 1869–Sept. 1871

African American history · place not specified

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Source catalog description

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Unbound letters received by J. H. Durkee, agent for claims, February 1869–September 1871, are arranged chronologically. These letters are mostly from the chief of the claim division at the Bureau headquarters, Bureau officers, and justices of the peace who were forwarding or writing on behalf of claimants.

Collection
Records of the Assistant Commissioner and Subordinate Field Offices for the State of Florida, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
Archival grouping
Records of the Assistant Commissioner and Subordinate Field Offices for the State of Florida, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 2: Offices of Staff Officers / 2.2: Claims Agent
Catalog date
Feb. 1869–Sept. 1871
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Catalog reference: NMAAHC.FB.M1869, File 2.2.1

Collection: Records of the Assistant Commissioner and Subordinate Field Offices for the State of Florida, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872

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