Register of People Arriving at Freedmen's Village

Source catalog description

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The single–volume register of people arriving at Freedmen's Village, January 1867–June 1868 (84), is arranged chronologically. The register gives the name and age of the person, the date of arrival, condition or state of health, and name of agent who recommended him for Freedmen's Village. The volume also contains registers of freedmen arriving at Camps Springdale, Wadsworth, Rucker, and Beckwith, 1863–65, and also a register of departures from Camp Springdale. These registers give the name, age, marital status, and former residence of the freedman.

Collection

Records of the Field Offices for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870

Archival grouping

Records of the Field Offices for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870 / Series 3: Subordinate Field Offices / 3.4: Freedmen's Village

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