{"value"=>"<p>Records primarily document the administration and work of the Statistical Bureau under the supervision of Benjamin A. Gould, USSC Actuary, as seen in his incoming correspondence, 1864-1869, weekly reports from staff, 1864-1868, and a cash book, 1866-1868.</p> <p>Letters received by Gould are arranged in groups established by him. General correspondence consists of letters from U.S. Sanitary Commission officers and staff, with the exception of Edward Jarvis; letters from examiners and letters from clerks are from Statistical Bureau employees reporting on their work activities; and letters from State Adjutants General concern military statistics and USSC access to military records.</p> <p>Weekly reports submitted to Gould on the status of Statistical Bureau office work were mostly written by Lucius Brown, Chief Clerk of the Statistical Bureau. Each report describes the work accomplished by individual staff members, followed by a summary of any statistical returns received that week, by type, number, and compiler. Reports of a similar nature are also found in Gould’s incoming correspondence from various Statistical Bureau clerks, particularly Lucius Brown.</p> <p>Elliott’s earlier tenure as Actuary is represented to a lesser extent by documents relating to the USSC’s efforts to development a pay allotment system for soldiers, 1861-1862, and office index volumes compiled 1861-1864 to record the processing of inspection and regimental returns, and the regimental structure of the U.S. Army for work purposes. A copy of Elliott’s 1863 published report <span class=\"title\">On the Military Statistics of the United States of America</span>, prepared for the International Statistical Congress in Berlin, is also present, along with miscellaneous memoranda and reports.</p>"}