United States, National Archives, Freedmen's Bureau, Officer's Manual

This article contains a description of an officer's manual published by the War Department in 1866. The manual was published "...for the information and government of the Officers of this Bureau." The manual identified the records, forms, reports, etc. bureau agents and other personal were required to create and use in the day to day operations of their offices. Sample images of bureau forms begin on page 29 or image 40.

The manual contains the following sections: Article I - Book keeping and official correspondence Article II - Accounts and expenditures of public property Article II - Disbursements of public funds Article IV - Medical Department Article V - Subsistence Article VI - Miscellaneous Provisions


 * Officers' manual : Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands Washington, 1866

See also Col. Samuel Thomas. Assistant Commissioner for State of Mississippi. '' Digest og Orders and Instructions to Sub-Commissioners. Bureau of Refugees, freedmen and Abandoned Lands. Vicksburg, Miss.: Freedmen's Bureau Press Print, 1866. DGS 7677404 image 458