| Title | Records of the Commissioners of Claims (Southern Claims Commission), 1871-1880 [microform]
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| Published | [U.S. : s.n., 1871-1892]
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| Description | 18 ft.
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| General Note | Mss. (some printed matter) Includes a journal of the Commissioners, miscellaneous letters and papers, summary reports on a portion of the claims, letters from and about special agents of the Commission, an unpublished printed geographical list of claimants, and a consolidated index of claims arranged by names of claimants published by the G.P.O.
These records are part of the general records of the Dept. of the Treasury, Record Group 56, housed in the National Archives.
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| Summary Note | Summary: Records of the Commissioners of Claims, otherwise known as the Southern Claims Commission, Mar. 10, 1871-June 29, 1880, considering claims of loyal Southern citizens providing stores and supplies to the U.S. Army and Navy during the Civil War.
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| Reproduct. Note | Microfilm. Washington : National Archives, 1945-1946. 14 microfilm reels : positive ; 35 mm. (File microcopies of records in the National Archives ; no. 87) (National Archives microfilm publications)
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| Cum. Index Note | Indexes: Mills, Gary B., Index of claims in Civil War claims in the South.
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| Subjects | Requisitions, Military -- United States -- Cases.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Claims
United States. Commissioners of Claims.
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| Organizations | United States. Commissioners of Claims.
United States. National Archives and Records Service.
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| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: Microfilm (Cab. 40:5)
mq15071: Positive microfilm, microform room [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 8227] |
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