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Unregistered Letters Received — Clinton (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Feb. 1866–Dec. 1868

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Unbound unregistered letters received, February 1866–December 1868, are arranged chronologically by date received.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.12.4
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Unregistered Letters Received — Columbus (Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound unregistered letters received, July 1865–March 1866 and November–December 1866, and July 1867–December 1868, are arranged chronologically by date received.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.6.6
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Unregistered Letters Received — Commissary of Subsistence

Mar.–Oct. 1867

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Unbound letters received, March–December 1867, consist of registered and unregistered letters and letters and reports received by M. H. Cruikshank, state commissioner for coordinating issuance of supplies to the destitute. The unregistered letters,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 3.1.5
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Unregistered Letters Received — Corinth (Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound unregistered letters received, May 1867–November 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.7.5
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Unregistered Letters Received — Correspondence

Aug. 1865–July 1870

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The unregistered letters received, August 1865–July 1870, are arranged chronologically. The letters are written by the Assistant Commissioner or his adjutant and received back by endorsement, letters from Bureau officials in Washington, letters from staff…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1869, File 1.1.6
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Unregistered Letters Received — Donaldsonville (Agent)

Feb.–Oct. 1866

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Unbound unregistered letters received, February–October 1866, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.16.2
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Unregistered Letters Received — Donaldsonville (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound unregistered letters received, April 1866–December 1868, are arranged chronologically by date received.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.17.6
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Unregistered Letters Received — Edenton (Subassistant Commissioner)

May 1866–Oct. 1868

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Unbound unregistered letters received, May 1866–October 1868, 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 4.6.5
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Unregistered Letters Received — Farmville (Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound unregistered letters received, July 1865–June 1867, and January–December 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.27.5
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Unregistered Letters Received — Fayetteville (Subassistant Commissioner)

Nov. 1865–Dec. 1868

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Unbound unregistered letters received, November 1865–December 1868, 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 4.9.6
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Unregistered Letters Received — Fort Leavenworth, KS (Disbursing Officer)

Aug. 1874–May 1875

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Unbound unregistered letters received, August 1874–May 1875, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M2029, File 1.6.4
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Unregistered Letters Received — Franklin (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound unregistered letters received, January 1865–December 1868, are arranged chronologically by date received.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.20.5
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Unregistered Letters Received — Fredericksburg (Superintendent)

Date not recorded

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Unbound unregistered letters received, August 1865–December 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.29.7
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Unregistered Letters Received — Georgetown (Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound unregistered letters received, July 1865–January 1869, are arranged by year, thereunder by the initial letter of the surname of the correspondent, and thereunder chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.24.4
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Unregistered Letters Received — Goldsboro (Subassistant Commissioner)

Aug. 1865–Feb. 1868

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Unbound unregistered letters received, August 1865–February 1868, are arranged by year and thereunder alphabetically by the initial letter of the surname of the correspondent.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.12.7
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Unregistered Letters Received — Greenville (Agent)

Date not recorded

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Unbound unregistered letters received, February 1867 and August 1867–October 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.15.4
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Unregistered Letters Received — Grenada (Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound unregistered letters received, March 1866–November 1868, are arranged in general chronological order.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.17.6
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Unregistered Letters Received — Griffin (Subassistant Commissioner)

Feb. 1867–July 1868

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Unbound unregistered letters received, February 1867–July 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.50.5
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Unregistered Letters Received — Halcyondale (Agent)

June–Dec. 1867

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Unbound unregistered letters received, June–December 1867, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.52.4
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Unregistered Letters Received — Hawkinsville (Agent)

Apr. 1867–Sept. 1868

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Unbound unregistered letters received, April 1867–September 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.53.4
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