Letter written to Robert Bell from the Freedmen's Bureau
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- Written by
- Freedmen's Bureau, American, 1865 - 1872
- Received by
- Bell, Robert
- Date
- November 15, 1865
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 9 3/4 × 7 5/8 in. (24.8 × 19.3 cm)
- Description
- A one-page handwritten letter to Robert Bell from the Freedmen's bureau regarding a dispute with a woman identified as "Eliza." On recto, on the top right side of the letter in decorative print is: [Headquarters Office Assistant Superintendent, / BUREAU OF REGUEES FREEDMAN AND A. L. / Salisbury, N. C., Nov 15 1865.]. The letter reads: [Mr. Robert Bell / You will please / settle justly with the colored girl / Eliza or appear on Monday the 20 / show cause why you have not / done so / [illegible]. The letter is signed by the agent at bottom center. Handwritten in graphite on verso are various arithmetic calculations.
- Place made
- Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Type
- documents
- Topic
- Correspondence
- Emancipation
- Freedom
- Labor
- Politics
- Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
- Slavery
- U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Stanley Turkel's Collection of Reconstruction Era Materials
- Object number
- 2012.160.93
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions