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Register of Letters Received and Endorsements Sent — Georgetown (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of letters received and endorsements sent, January 1867–January 1869 (190), is arranged in chronological order and numbered. The volume has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.24.2
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Register of Letters Received and Endorsements Sent — Graham (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of letters received and endorsements sent, May–December 1868 (98), is arranged by office from which received and thereunder chronologically. The register contains a table of contents.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.15.4
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Register of Letters Received and Endorsements Sent — Henderson (Chief Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of letters received and endorsements sent, March–July 1868 (107), is arranged in chronological order and numbered and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.13.2
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Register of Letters Received and Endorsements Sent — Huntsville (Freedmen's Hospital)

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The single–volume register of letters received and endorsements sent February 1867–June 1868 (85), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 4.15.3
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Register of Letters Received and Endorsements Sent — Inspector

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The single–volume register of letters received and endorsements sent, October 1867–December 1868 (43), is arranged by type of record and thereunder arranged in chronological order and numbered. The volume has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 3.3.2
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Register of Letters Received and Endorsements Sent — Inspector General and Disbursing Officer

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The single volume of letters received and endorsements sent, March–May 1868 (28), is arranged chronologically. The volume has a name index. The letters concern primarily court cases involving financial settlement, claims, and requests for aid.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 3.2.1
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Register of Letters Received and Endorsements Sent — Jonesboro (Agent)

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The single–volume register of letters received and endorsements sent, June 1867–November 1868 (279), is arranged in chronological order and numbered. It has a name index. For letters received, see the series of letters received, June–December 1867,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.58.2
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Register of Letters Received and Endorsements Sent — Kingstree (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of letters received and endorsements sent, January 1867–December 1868 (220), is arranged chronologically and has a name index. The volume also contains a register of liens on crops and personal property for advances of Government…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.32.2
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Register of Letters Received and Endorsements Sent — LaFayette (Agent)

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The single–volume register of letters received and endorsements sent, May 1867–February 1868 (283), is arranged alphabetically by initial letter of the surname of the correspondent and thereunder arranged in chronological order and numbered. It has a name…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.59.2
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Register of Letters Received and Endorsements Sent — Laurensville (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of letters received and endorsements sent, December 1867–July 1868 (225), is arranged in chronological order and numbered.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.35.2
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Register of Letters Received and Endorsements Sent — Lawrenceville (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of letters received and endorsements sent, June 1867–December 1868 (261), is arranged alphabetically by initial letter of surname of correspondent and thereunder chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.43.2
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Register of Letters Received and Endorsements Sent — Lexington (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of letters received and endorsements sent (138) covers the period June 1867–April 1868. Entries in the volume are arranged alphabetically by the initial letter of the surname of the writer and thereunder chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.24.2
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Register of Letters Received and Endorsements Sent — Lynchburg (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of letters received and endorsements sent, January 1867–January 1868 (300), is arranged by type of record and thereunder chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.52.2
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Register of Letters Received and Endorsements Sent — Lynchburg (Subassistant Commissioner, 7th Subdistrict of Virginia)

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The single–volume register of letters received and endorsements sent, September 1865–June 1868 (291), is arranged in chronological order and numbered (Nos. 1 – 1119).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.51.2
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Register of Letters Received and Endorsements Sent — Macon (Assistant Superintendent of Education)

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The single–volume register of letters received and endorsements sent, January–May 1869 (295), is arranged in chronological order and numbered and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.63.2
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Register of Letters Received and Endorsements Sent — Marion (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of letters received and endorsements sent, June 1867–February 1868 (68), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains a list of destitute persons receiving rations and a list of rations issued.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.39.3
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Register of Letters Received and Endorsements Sent — Martinsville

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The single–volume register of letters received and endorsements sent, March–December 1868 (312), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.59.2
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Register of Letters Received and Endorsements Sent — Montgomery (Freedmen's Hospital)

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The single register of letters received and endorsements sent, January–November 1867 (96), is arranged alphabetically by initial letter of writer and thereunder chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 4.22.2
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Register of Letters Received and Endorsements Sent — Mount Pleasant (Acting Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of letters received and endorsements sent, January 1867–July 1868 (233), is arranged in chronological order and numbered and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.41.2
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Register of Letters Received and Endorsements Sent — Opelika

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The single register of letters received and endorsements sent, February–December 1868 (132), is arranged chronologically and has a name index. This is primarily a register of letters endorsed or forwarded; therefore, the letters registered in the volume do…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 4.24.2
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Register of Letters Received and Endorsements Sent — Orangeburg (Acting Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of letters received and endorsements sent, July 1867–November 1868 (249), is arranged by the initial letter of the surname of the correspondent and thereunder in chronological order and numbered. The volume has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.44.2
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Register of Letters Received and Endorsements Sent — Paducah (Superintendent, Chief Agent, and Subassistant Commissioner, McCracken County)

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The single–volume register of letters received, February–May 1867, and endorsements sent, December 1866–January 1867 (181), is arranged by type of record and thereunder chronologically. The volume also includes a register of civil cases tried at the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.26.2
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Register of Letters Received and Endorsements Sent — Paraclifta (Sevier County)

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The single–volume register of letters received and endorsements sent, November 1867– May 1868 (178), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.25.3
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Register of Letters Received and Endorsements Sent — Perry (Agent)

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The single–volume register of letters received and endorsements sent, September 1867–December 1868 (331), is arranged chronologically. For letters entered in the volume, see the series of letters received, September 1867–December 1868, mentioned below.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.74.2
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