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Journal — Columbus (Agent)

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

The single–volume journal, May 1867–November 1868 (226), is arranged chronologically and has a name index. Recorded in the journal are the complaints of freedmen and the actions taken by the agent, the agent's opinions of conditions in the area, and notices of letters sent by the agent.

Collection
Records of the Field Offices for the State of Georgia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
Archival grouping
Records of the Field Offices for the State of Georgia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 3: Subordinate Field Offices / 3.30: Columbus (Agent)
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Catalog reference: NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.30.4

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

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