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Register of Letters Received — Trinity (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of letters received, November–December 1868 (477), is arranged chronologically by date received. The volume also contains trimonthly and special reports (July 1867–November 1868), arranged chronologically. There is a name index…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.68.2
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Register of Letters Received — Union (Fulton County)

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The single–volume register of letters received, October–December 1868 (157), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.30.4
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Register of Letters Received — Vernon (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume register of letters received, May 1867–September 1868 (480), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.70.2
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Register of Letters Received — Vicksburg (Assistant Commissioner for the Western District of Mississippi)

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The single–volume register of letters received covers the period September 1865–February 1866 (262). The entries are arranged alphabetically by the initial letter of the surname of the writer and thereunder arranged in chronological order and numbered. The…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.50.5
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Register of Letters Received — Vicksburg, MS (Disbursing Officer)

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The single–volume register of letters received, September 1872–June 1874 (120), is arranged chronologically. The entries are then numbered in two sequences: Septemberr 1872–December 1873 and January–June 1874. the volume has a name index. For the letters…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M2029, File 1.14.2
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Register Of Letters Received — Washington

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The single–volume register of letters received, January 1867–December 1868 (245), is arranged by the initial letter of the surname of the correspondent 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.M1909, File 4.50.3
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Register of Letters Received — Wilkesboro (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of letters received, September 1867–June 1868 (248), is arranged by the initial letter of the surname of the correspondent and thereunder chronologically by date received.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.52.3
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Register of Letters Received — Winchester (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of letters received, January–October 1867 (470), is arranged alphabetically by initial letter of surname of correspondent and thereunder arranged in chronological order and numbered.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.95.4
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Register of Letters Received — Winchester (Superintendent)

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The single–volume register of letters received, June 1866–January 1867 (192), is arranged chronologically by date received.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.33.1
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Register of Letters Received — Woodville (Assistant Subcommissioner and Agent)

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The single–volume register of letters received, August 1867 (320), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains endorsements sent and received (August–November).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.57.2
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Register of Letters Received — Wytheville (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of letters received, June 1865–January 1867 (483), is arranged in chronological order and numbered.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.97.5
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Register of Letters Received — Yazoo City (Subcommissioner)

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The single–volume register of letters received (323) covers the period March 1867–November 1868. The entries for the period March 1867–October 1868 are arranged in chronological order by the date received and then numbered. The entries for November 1868…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.58.3
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Register of Letters Sent — Abingdon (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner, 2nd Division, 8th Subdistrict)

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The single–volume register of letters sent, January–December 1868 (109), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.1.2
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Register of Letters Sent and Received — San Augustine

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The single–volume register of letters sent and received, August 1867–December 1868 (150), is arranged in chronological order and numbered.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.39.1
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Register of Letters Sent — Carrollton (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of letters sent, June–December 1868 (239), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.10.1
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Register of Letters Sent, Register of Letters Received, and Special Orders Received — Smithfield (Assistant Superintendent)

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The single–volume register of letters sent, register of letters received, and special orders received, October 1866–June 1867 (239), is arranged by record type and thereunder chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.45.1
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Register of Loyal Slaveowners, Maryland and West Virginia — Claim Division

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The single–volume register of loyal slaveowners in Maryland and West Virginia (24) is undated and arranged alphabetically by the initial letter of the surname of the slaveowner. The entries also give the name of the slave.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1906, File 4.1.12
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Register of Marriages — Arkadelphia (Clark County)

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The single–volume register of marriages, 1865–67 (48), is arranged generally chronologically. Later entries are not chronological.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.1.4
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Register of Marriages at Cape Girardeau — Correspondence

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The single–volume register of marriages at Cape Girardeau, July–August 1865 (24), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1908, File 2.1.8
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Register of Marriages — Bragg Home Colony (Assistant Superintendent of Freedom)

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The single–volume register of marriages, March–September 1865 (165) is arranged in chronological order and numbered.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.8.4
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Register of Marriages, Copies of Indentures, and Register of Purchase Vouchers Issued — Paraclifta (Sevier County)

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The single–volume register of marriages, copies of indentures, and register of purchase vouchers issued, 1865–67 (181), is arranged by type of record. The register of marriages is dated December 1865; the indentures, December 1865–January 1866 and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.25.5
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Register of Marriages — Goochland (Assistant Superintendent, 2nd Division, 4th Subdistrict)

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The single–volume register of marriages, 1866 (236), is arranged alphabetically by initial letter of surname of husband. The cover identifies the volume as a register of black persons cohabiting as man and wife on Feb. 27, 1866, and married by an act of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.33.4
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