Special Order No. 55 (1867), Headquarters Assistant Commissioner for Md. and Del., 27 Feb. 1867
- Title
- Special Order No. 55 (1867), Headquarters Assistant Commissioner for Md. and Del., 27 Feb. 1867
- Date
- 11-27-1867
- Creator
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Bvt. Maj. Gen. Edgar M. Gregory
- Recipient
- Capt. Samuel J. Wright
- Description
- Freedmen's Bureau assistant commissioner Gregory orders Samuel J. Wright, special agent and disbursing officer, to furnish the necessary materials to build a schoolhouse at Port Deposit, Cecil County. The dimensions of the school house are to be 26 x 50 feet.
- School
- Port Deposit, Cecil County
- Source
- Smithsonian, National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Courtesy of the U. S. National Archives and Records Administration, FamilySearch International, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- Transcript
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HEAD QUARTERS, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
District of Maryland and Delaware,
Baltimore, Md. November 27” 1867
Special Orders
No. 55
I. Saml. J. Wright Special Agt, & D.O. for this Dist, is hereby directed to furnish the necessary materials for building of Freedmens School House at Port Deposite, Cecil Co. Md, dimensions 26 x 50
E M Gregory
Bvt. Maj. Genl.
Asst. Comm. - IIIF Manifests
- https://ids.si.edu/ids/manifest/NMAAHC-005413078_00699
Part of Special Order No. 55 (1867), Headquarters Assistant Commissioner for Md. and Del., 27 Feb. 1867