1867 Freedmen’s Bureau Receipt for $1,000 to Build a School on Land Owned by Freedmen in Morganton, North Carolina.
Morganton, North Carolina: December 1867. Manuscript document measuring 5 ¼ x 8 inches. An 1867 document confirming the receipt of $1,000 for building a school for freed African Americans in Morganton, North Carolina. The document reads: “$1,000 Morganton, N.C. Dec’r 16th 1867 Received of Major Hannibal D. Norton, Sub-ass’t.....