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Monthly report from J. K. Nelson, August 1867
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Title
Monthly
report
from
J
.
K
.
Nelson
,
August
1867
Record type
Report
Creator
Nelson
,
J
.
K
.
Date of creation
1867-09-06
Series
Records of the field offices for the State of Tennessee, 1865-1872 T142
Description
J
.
K
Nelson
,
Agent
for
Cannon
and
Rutherford
County
,
reports
on the
operations
of the
Bureau
in the
Nashville
Sub
District
and the
outrages
committed
here in
during
August
,
1867
.
Additional notes
T142
,
Reel
41
,
[Frame
unknown]
[This
document
can
be
found
in the
31st
report
on the
roll
, on the
6th
page]
Excerpt from record
[Freedmen
are
happy
to
vote
, but were
tricked
into
voting
for
Democratic
ticket
by
men
who
would
secretly
swap
their
color-coded
ballots
for
one
with the
Democratic
candidate's
name
on
it
while
they were in
line
. Also,
fights
and
discrepancies
between
white
and
Freedmen
covered.]
Geographic location
Murfreesboro (Tenn.)
Rutherford County (Tenn.)
Names that occur in the record
Nelson, J. K.
McLaughlin
Sherbrooke
Martin, Sarah
Fletcher, Ann
Nelson, James K.
Subject (LC)
African Americans--Tennessee--Social conditions--19th century
Race relations
Racism
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Tennessee--Rutherford County
Rutherford County (Tenn.)
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands--Records and correspondence
Coverage
1860-1869
Contributing institution
National Archives and Records Administration
Medium
Microfilm
Bibliographic citation
[Monthly
report
from
J
.
K
.
Nelson
,
August
1867]
.
Records
of the
field
offices
for the
State
of
Tennessee
.
Bureau
of
Refugees
,
Freedmen
, and
Abandoned
Lands
,
1865-1872
.
Series
T142
,
[41
,
unknown]
.
National
Archives
and
Records
Administration
,
Washington
,
D.C
.
Copyright status
Public domain
Collection name
Freedman's Bureau Records
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