Letter from Wager Swayne in New York City to Thomas M. Owen, director of the Alabama Department of Archives and History in Montgomery.
During Reconstruction, Swayne served as the assistant commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau for Alabama. In the letter, he encloses a transcript of General Order No. 7 from August 4, 1865, noting that "It is within the truth to say that this order played an important part in settling the h...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/18048 |