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Unregistered Letters Received — Jackson (Acting Assistant Commissioner of the Northern District)

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Unbound unregistered letters received, July 1865–February 1866, are arranged chronologically by the date received.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.21.6
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Unregistered Letters Received — Jackson (Subassistant Commissioner)

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.22.8
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Unregistered Letters Received — Knoxville (Subassistant Commissioner)

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Unbound unregistered letters received, July 1865–June 1871, are arranged chronologically by date received.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.18.5
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Unregistered Letters Received — LaGrange (Agent)

Sept. 1866–May 1868

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Unbound unregistered letters received, September 1866–May 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.60.4
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Unregistered Letters Received — Lake Station (Subassistant Commissioner)

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Unbound unregistered letters received, September 1867–December 1868, are arranged chronologically by the date received.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.23.6
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Unregistered Letters Received — Lauderdale (Agent)

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.25.4
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Unregistered Letters Received — Lauderdale (Subassistant Commissioner)

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Unbound unregistered letters received, December 1865–December 1867, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.24.7
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Unregistered Letters Received — Lebanon (Subassistant Commissioner)

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.16.4
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Unregistered Letters Received — Lewisville (Lafayette County)

Oct. 1866–Dec. 1868

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Unbound unregistered letters received, October 1866–December 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.14.6
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Unregistered Letters Received — Macon (Subassistant Commissioner)

Dec. 1865–Oct. 1868

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.62.4
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Unregistered Letters Received — Memphis (Subassistant Commissioner – Subdistrict of Memphis)

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Unbound unregistered letters received, June 1865–May 1870, are arranged by year, then by the initial letter of the surname of the writer, and then chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.21.6
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Unregistered Letters Received — Meridian (Subcommissioner)

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Unbound unregistered letters received, July 1865–May 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.32.5
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Unregistered Letters Received — Milledgeville (Agent)

Dec. 1865–Nov. 1868

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.69.4
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Unregistered Letters Received — Millikens Bend (Provost Marshal and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound unregistered letters received, June 1867–September 1868, are arranged chronologically by date received.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.35.5
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Unregistered Letters Received — Morganton (Subassistant Commissioner)

Nov. 1865–Dec. 1868

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.28.5
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