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Applications of Freedmen for Rations — Other Records
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African American history · place not specified
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Unbound applications of freedmen for rations, 1868, are arranged alphabetically by initial letter of the surname of the individual. Most of the applications are on a printed form, which gives the name of the landowner, the name of the freedman, the number of acres of land rented, the location of the land, and the names and ages of the people in the freedman's family.
- 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 1: Office of Assistant Commissioner / 1.4: Other Records
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Catalog reference: NMAAHC.FB.M1869, File 1.4.4
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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