Contract with the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865 October 4.

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Contract with the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865 October 4.

Contract restores the "Union Bank" building on East Bay Street, Charleston (S.C.) to Smith.

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South Carolina Historical Society

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Union Bank of South Carolina (Charleston, S.C.)

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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 ...

Smith, William Burrows.

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Charleston, S.C. banker. From the description of Contract with the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865 October 4. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37521791 ...