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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08649.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis |
| Title | Receipt of funds from the Freedmen Department |
| Date | 17 October 1864 |
| Author | Perry, Johnathan F. (fl. 1864) |
| Document Type | Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Partially printed. Perry signs as 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant, 63rd United States Colored Troops. Receives $400 from Captain T. A. Walker, Superintendent of Freedmen. Remarks indicate "Being amount of funds received from sale of wood cut by Freedmen." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Freemen African American History Slavery Union Forces African American Troops Contrabands Labor Soldier's Pay Military Supplies Finance |
| People | Perry, Johnathan F. (fl. 1864) Walker, T. A. (fl. 1863-1865) |
| Place written | Memphis, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | The 63rd U.S. Colored Troops were organized 11 March 1864 from the 9th Louisiana Infantry (African Descent). |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |