Report of Special Commission

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{"value"=>"Report of Special Commission"}

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{"value"=>"1865", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1865"}

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abstract

{"value"=>"William Farrar Smith (1824-1903) was a civil engineer, a member of the New York City Police Commission, and a Union General in the American Civil War. James T. Brady (1815-1869) was a prominent lawyer and jurist in New York City. Smith and Brady were appointed to a presidential commission to investigate Major General Nathaniel Prentiss Banks. The collection consists of an official certified copy of a report made to the Secretary of War by General William F. Smith and James T. Brady on the civil and military administration in the military department bordering upon the west of the Mississippi dated September 23, 1865"}

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1865

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1865

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{"value"=>"Smith, William Farrar, 1824-1903", "type"=>"persname"}

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1865

prefercite

{"value"=>"Report of Special Commission, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

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.21 linear feet (1 volume)

date_start

1865

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1865

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