Papers, 1866-1925, 1866-1874.

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Papers, 1866-1925, 1866-1874.

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Letter from Wilcox, Danville, Va., 3 Dec. 1866, to Gen. J.A. Garfield, Washington, D.C., requesting an army commission; includes recommendation from Gen. O. Brown. Commission for Wilcox in the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1 Jan. 1868. Printed notice from Wilcox to the people of Sussex County [Va.] about voter registration. Petition from tobacco merchants of Lynchburg, Va., in support of Wilcox's position as Collector of Internal Revenue, n.d. [c.1874]. Printed statement of Wilcox vs. the United States in the U.S. Court of Claims, 1874. Letter from Edgar Allen and others, Washington, D.C., 16 Feb. 1871, supporting Wilcox as an administrator in the Internal Revenue Department. Letter from Ed Wilcox, 1925, about the above materials.

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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 ...

Wilcox, Irving F.

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