A.S. Mitchell letter, 1864 Nov. 18.

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A.S. Mitchell letter, 1864 Nov. 18.

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This letter from A. S. Mitchell, Lieutenant Colonel with the Office of Superintendent and Provost Marshal of Freedmen, to Captain Richardson, Assistant Special Agent in the Treasury Department, concerns the possibility of ex-slaves leasing plantation lands for their own personal use.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Mitchell, A. S.

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Lieutenant Colonel with the U.S. Office of Superintendent and Provost Marshal of Freedmen in Natchez, Mississippi. From the description of A.S. Mitchell letter, 1864 Nov. 18. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 276168787 Lieutenant Colonel in the Union army in the Civil War, and officer in the Office of the Superintendent of Freedmen in Natchez, Miss. From the description of A.S. Mitchell receipt, 1864 Dec. 5. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat...

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 ...