Contraband Relief Commission (folder 1) - Henry Rowntree
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Contraband Relief Commission. (Folder 1 - Henry Rowntree)
A. Note from Charles S. Taylor, Nov. 13, 1912,[about the Commission and Abraham M. Taylor's connection with it]
B. 36 letters to Abraham M. Taylor, pres. of Commission, and his associates, from Henry Rowntree, in charge of its work of establishing and running camps for individuals who escaped or emancipated themselves from slavery, on islands in the Mississippi River. 3mo. 22 - 9mo. 30, 1863. 7mo. 1, 1863.[Letters to Abraham Taylor, from Springdale, Iowa, 7mo. 21 - 8mo. 12, 1863, tell of Henry Rowntree's examination on charges of misconduct described in Joel Bean's letter to A. M. Taylor]
Note: See Box 1, No. 14
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