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National Archives Microfilm Publication
520 Roll 1 Lists of Petitions On the 6 rolls of this microfilm publication are reproduced three bound volumes and a number of unbound records of the Board of Commissioners for the Emancipation of Slaves in the District of Columbia, 1862 - 1863. The records were transmitted to the First Auditor of the Treasury Department in 1866 by F. E. Spinner, Treasurer of the United States, who, on the recommendatoin of the first Comptroller of the Treasury Department, had been designated as the agent for payment of monies awarded by the Board of Commissioners. An Act of April 16, 1862 (12 Stat. 376) abolished slavery in the District of Columbia. Under Section 3 of the Act, the President was authorized to appoint a board of three commissioners, who were residents of the District, to examine petitions for compensation from former owners of freed slaves in the District. Pursuant to this act, Daniel R. Goodloe, Horatio King, and Samuel F. Vinton were appointed; in June 1862, however, John M. Broadhead was appointed to replace Mr. Milton. A clerk of the Circuit Court served as clerk of the Board. An Act of July 12, 1862 (12 Stat. 538), provided that petitions could be received from slaves whose owners had not presented petition for compensation. The petitions received under this act were filed separately form those received under the Act of April 16 and are reproduced on Roll 6 of this microcopy. Here is a list of the record of petitions filed under the Act of April 16, 1862, dated April 29 - July 15, 1862 showing the date the petition was filed, the number of the petition, name of petitioner, names of slaves, and value of slaves as claimed in the petition. Final Report of the Board of Commissioners Register of Petitions: |