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Simon Culver writing to Freedmen's Bureau Wager Swayne trying to get his wife and children released from indenture
Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870, Letters Received, A – F, 1867, NMAAHC.FB.M809
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February 6, 1867
Thomas Carter writing to Freedmen's Bureau John Vanwort Vandenburgh to bring his family to Washington, DC
Records of the Field Offices for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870, Subordinate Field Offices, Local Superintendent for Washington and Georgetown, Correspondence, Letters Received, Entered in Volumes 1, 2, and 3, Apr. 17, 1867–Aug. 20, 1868, NMAAHC.FB.M1902
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October 18, 1867
Henry Butler trying to get two children from their former enslaver Patsie Oorsbon
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August 5, 1863
Clara Williams searching for her husband
Records of the Field Offices for the State of Mississippi, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872 https://nmaahc.si.edu/freedmens-bureau/record/fbs-1662423774659-1662425034168-2?destination=%2Fexplore%2Ffreedmens-bureau%2Fsearch%3Fedan_q%3D%2522my%2Bhusband%2522%26page%3D49
January 5, 1868
Milley Dudley trying to release children from indenture
Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870, Roll 10, Letters Received, 1867, A – F.
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April 9, 1867
Martha Patterson looking for her husband
Records of the Field Offices for the State of North Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872, Subordinate Field Offices, Beaufort (Subassistant Commissioner), Letters and Endorsements Received and Sent, Volume 67, Roll 5, Jan. 1866-July 1867.
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1867
Matilda Jones looking for her husband and children
Registers and Letters Received by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872, Letters Received, Entered in Register 10, June-August 1867. NMAAHC.FB.M752
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August 26, 1867
Sarah Lyons trying to find her husband
Sarah Lyons to Major General C.R. Wood, letter, 1866, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870, Letters Received, H – P, Subseries, 1866, NARA Publication Number M809.
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June 1, 1866
Frances Johnson's trying to free her daughter from enslaver's son-in-law
Frances Johnson, Statement to J.M. Kelly (Notary Public), March 1865, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Tennessee, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and
Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869, Registered Letters Received, Entered in Register 1, E – L, Roll 7, 1865. NMAAHC.FB.M999.
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March 10, 1865
George Gillem trying to get free his wife
George Gillem, Testimony to Michael Walsh, January 24, 1867, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Tennessee, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869, Registered Letters Received, Entered in Register 2 and 3, T – W, 1867. NMAAHC.FB.M999.
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January 24, 1867
Lucy Ross writing to Freedmen's Bureau's O.O. Howard to get her children released from former enslaver
Lucy Ross to General O.O. Howard, letter, October 31, 1866, Registers and Letters Received by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872, Letters Received, Entered in Register 8, R, Aug-Dec. 1866. NMAAHC.FB.M752.
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October 31, 1866
Martha Cooley trying to get her children released from John Nave
Martha Cooley, Testimony to J.M. Kelly, Notary Public, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Tennessee, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869, Registered Letters Received, Entered in Register 1, E – L, 1865. NMAAHC.FB.M999.
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March 26, 1865
Wilson Holloway wants daughter released from indenture
Records of the Field Offices for the State of North Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872, Subordinate Field Offices, Greensboro, North Carolina, (Subassistant Commissioner), Register of Complaints and Letters Sent Relating to Complaints, Volume 108, Roll 20, June 1867-Oct. 1868. NMAAHC.FB.M1909.
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Violet Windly wants her 12 yr old daughter Virginia released from indenture
Isaac A. Rosenkranz to Lieutenant John M. Foot, letter, April 19, 1868, Records of the Field Offices for the State of North Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872, Subordinate Field Offices, Washington D.C., Letters Sent, Letters Sent, Volume 246, Roll 64, Jan. 1867-Oct. 1868. NMAAHC.FB.M1909.
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Betsey Foster's son was taken from her
J. B. Littlejohn to Captain Hay, letter, April 15, 1867, Records of the Field Offices for the State of North Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872, Subordinate Field Offices, Franklinton (Assistant Commissioner), Letters Received, Roll 14, Jan.-July 1867. NMAAHC.FB.M1909.
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April 15, 1867
Solomon Nickols trying to get child out of indenture
Records of the Field Offices for the State of North Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872, Subordinate Field Offices, Plymouth (Subassistant Commissioner), Registered Letters Received, June 1867-Dec. 1868. NMAAHC.FB.M1909.
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Lewis Anderson to Freedmen's Bureau looking for her daughter Lilla Anderson
Records of the Field Offices for the State of North Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872, Subordinate Field Offices, Salisbury (Superintendent of the Western District), Letters Received, 1867. NMAAHC.FB.M1909.
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February 2, 1867
Mary Henderson writes to Lt. Commissioner about daughter's indenture
Records of the Field Offices for the State of North Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872, Subordinate Field Offices, Rocky Mount (Assistant Superintendent), Letters Received, Dec. 1865-Aug. 1868. NMAAHC.FB.M1909.
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November 9, 1867
Letter from Randolph Wiggins to Freedmen's Bureau
Registers and Letters Received by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872, Letters Received, Entered in Register 13, W, July-Dec. 1868.NMAAHC.FB.M752.
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December 8, 1868



















