Southern Famine Relief Commission Records 1867-1868 (bulk 1867)

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Southern Famine Relief Commission Records 1867-1868 (bulk 1867)

This collection contains records of the Southern Famine Relief Commission, a New York City organization formed to provide assistance to Southern states during the famine of 1867.

2.75 Linear feet; (3 boxes and 12 volumes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6330709

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Purveyor (Store ship)

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New York Ladies' Southern Relief Association.

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Bowne, John, 1627-1695

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64b3jc6 (person)

Epithet: of Matlock Bank, in Matlock, husbandman, son of William Bowne late of the same British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000615.0x0003b6 John Bowne (1627-1695) of Flushing, Long Island. From the description of John Bowne's journal and related papers, 1649-1676. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58660271 ...

United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands

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The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, usually referred to as simply the Freedmen's Bureau, was a U.S. federal government agency that aided distressed freedmen (freed slaves) in 1865–1869, during the Reconstruction era of the United States. The Freedmen's Bureau Bill, which created the Freedmen's Bureau, was initiated by President Abraham Lincoln and was intended to last for one year after the end of the Civil War. It was passed on March 3, 1865, by Congress to aid former slaves ...

Bright, Edward

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Russell, Archibald, 1811-1871

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Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903

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Landscape architect. From the description of Frederick Law Olmsted papers, 1777-1952 (bulk 1838-1903). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979908 American landscape designer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Charles A. Dana, 1876 July 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872066 Landscape architect. Related material in Biography and Genealogy Files under 'F.L. Olmsted.' From the description ...

Memphis (Store ship)

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