Miscellaneous Virginia documents [manuscript], 1795, 1868.

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Miscellaneous Virginia documents [manuscript], 1795, 1868.

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The collection contains a ship's manifest for the sloop "Peggy," William Broad, master, 1795 January 10, for a cargo of wheat, flour, beeswax, almonds [?] and butter, from the Port of Bermuda Hundred and City-Point to New York, N.Y., together with a document of the same date granting permission to proceed, both signed by R. Walker for Wi[llia?]m Heth Coll[ie]r. The collection also contains a printed document from O. Brown, Asst Commissioner, District of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, to Governor H. H. Wells, 1868 December 17, reqeusting formal instructions for the County Clerks to receive the U.S. Registers of Marriages between colored persons maintained by the now discontinued Bureau. An attached sheet, 1868 December 23, instructs the County Clerks to receive the registers and safely keep the same for future reference, according to an Act of the General Assembly April 29, 1867.

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Broad, William, fl. 1795.

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Brown, Orlando, 1827-1904

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Pioneer to Calif., from York, Dane County, Wisc. From the description of Orlando Brown diary : ms and photocopy, 1852 Apr. 14-1853 June 21. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122499104 ...

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 ...

Peggy (Sloop)

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Wells, Henry Horatio, 1823-1890,

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