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Reports of Numbers of Persons Issued Rations, Clothing, and Medicines, February 1866

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Title	Reports of Numbers of Persons Issued Rations, Clothing, and Medicines, February 1866
Record type	Report
Creator	Seage, John
Date of creation	1866-02-xx
Series	Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Tennessee, Bureau of Refugees, Freedman, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1869
Description	This spreadsheet based record lists the number of dependents of the Bureau, and the number of rations dispersed by the Bureau in Rutherford County, Tennessee for February 1866. Superintendent for the county John Seage comments extensively his report on the conditions in the county. Seage remarks that there are no government farms in Rutherford County. He also remarks on the hospitals in the county, noting that patients sick with smallpox are separated from the rest. Seage closes his report by discussing the number and general age of relief cases in the county.
Additional notes	Series M999, Reel 19, [Frame 643-644]
Excerpt from record	The title of this record is: “ Monthly Report of Chaplain John Seage Supt of the Bureau of Refugees Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, For The Month of February, 1866” Subtitle: “ Monthly Report of John Seage Supt Rutherford Co. of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands for the state of ___________, of the number of ____________, to whom rations, clothing, or medicines are issued, in colonies and camps, at depots and stations, and on Government farms or lands set apart for their benefit, or in hospitals in the State of _______________, for the month ending on the first day of March, 1866”
Geographic location	Rutherford County (Tenn.)
Names that occur in the record	Seage, John
Subject (LC)	African Americans--Tennessee African Americans--Tennessee--Social conditions--19th century 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	[Document title, date]. Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Tennessee. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1869. Series M999, [Reel number, Frame number/s]. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Copyright status	public domain
Collection name	Freedmen's Bureau Records