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NATIONAL ARCHIVES MICROFILM PUBLICATIONS

Assistant Commissioner, staff officers, and subassistant commissioners. Arranged in chronological order, the rosters list officers on duty, citizen employees, enlisted men on duty, and changes in commissioned officers. Some of the rosters are entered in the registers of letters received by the Assistant Commissioner.

Registers of Indentures and Marriages of Freedmen

The Register of Indentures of Colored Orphans, August 1865-May 1866, includes such information as the date of the indenture, name and age of the orphan, term of the agreement, and the name and residence of the employer. There are only four pages in the register, in addition to two pages of duplicate indentures pasted in the volume. The entries in the register are arranged chronologically.

There are four registers of the marriages offreedmen, 1863-
66. Each entry provides such information as the name, residence, and age of the couple married; date of their marriage; their
color and the color of their parents; and the names of the minis-
ter and witnesses to the ceremony. The second register contains
a list of ministers in Mississippi accredited by the War Depart-
ment to conduct marriage services. The entries within the first,
second, and fourth registers are generally arranged alphabetically
by initial letter of surname of the husband,and thereunder chronologically. The third register is arranged chronologically.
The entries dated before July 1865 in the registers were compiled
by the Freedmen's Department.
[[Underlined]] Labor Contracts of Freedmen

The unbound freedmen's labor contracts,Jan 1865-Novem-
ber 1868, consists of agreements between planters and freedmen
that were approved or disapproved by Bureau officials. In return
for the labor of the freedmen, planters usually promised to pay
them a specific wage in addition to providing them with food,
clothing, living quarters, and medical attention. The contracts
are arranged chronologically by the month approved or disapproved
by the Bureau. Contracts dated before July 1865 were approved by
the Provost Marshal of Freedmen.
[[Underlined and Centered in page]] Related Records
     Also in Record Group 105 are records of the Bureau head-
quarters in Washington, some of which hve been reproduced as
microfilm publication. The letters and endorsements sent and
the orders and circulars issued by Commissioner Howard are available as [[Underlined]] Selected Series of Records Issued by the Commissioner
of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,1865-
1872 (M742). The registers and letters received are available as
[[Underlined]] Selected Series of Records Issued by the Commissioner
of the Bureau 





  

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