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Endorsements Sent and Received — Augusta (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of endorsements sent and received, October 1866–April 1867 (155), is arranged chronologically. Some of the letters are in the series of letters received (March 1867–December 1868) mentioned below.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.11.2
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Endorsements Sent and Received — Brookhaven (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of endorsements sent and received, March 1866–December 1868 (99), is arranged chronologically, and there is a name index for the period November 1867–December 1868.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.2.2
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Endorsements Sent and Received — Charleston (Health Department Superintendent)

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The single volume of endorsements sent and received, March 1866–November 1868 (157), is arranged by type of record and thereunder chronologically. The volume has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.13.2
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Endorsements Sent and Received — Charleston (Subassistant Commissioner – 6th Subdistrict)

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The single volume of endorsements sent and received, August–December 1868 (153), is arranged in chronological order and numbered. It has a name index and is cross–referenced in the single–volume register of letters received (151), Aug.–Dec. 1868, described…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.12.2
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Endorsements Sent and Received — Chattanooga (Superintendent)

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The single volume of endorsements sent and received, March 1866–December 1867 (92), is arranged chronologically and has a name index. The entries in the volume are cross–referenced in the two volumes of registers of letters received, 1 (84) and 2 (85),…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.4.2
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Endorsements Sent and Received — Chief Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer

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The two volumes of endorsements sent and received, August 1867–May 1869, 1 (71) and 2 (72), are arranged chronologically, and there is a name index in volume 1 (71). For letters and reports received by endorsement and entered in volume 2 (72), see letters…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 2.1.2
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Endorsements Sent and Received — Columbia

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The single volume of endorsements, April–October 1868 (106), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.5.2
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Endorsements Sent and Received — Columbia (Acting Assistant Commissioner – District of Columbia)

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The single volume of endorsements sent and received, May 1866–February 1867 (134), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.17.2
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Endorsements Sent and Received — Columbus (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of endorsements sent and received, March 1866–January 1868 (111), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.6.3
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Endorsements Sent and Received — Corinth (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of endorsements sent and received, March 1867–December 1868 (120), is arranged chronologically. The entries are cross–referenced in the single volume register of letters received (117) described below.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.7.2
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Endorsements Sent and Received — Correspondence

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The single volume of endorsements sent and received, August 1865–May 1869 (83), is arranged chronologically. At the front of the volume are copies of orders received by the chief medical officer.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 3.1.2
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Endorsements Sent and Received — Covington (Superintendent)

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The single volume of endorsements sent and received, January 1867–July 1868 (94), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.7.2
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Endorsements Sent and Received — Darlington (Acting Assistant Commissioner)

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The two volumes of endorsements sent and received, December 1866–December 1867, 1 (172) and 2 (169), are arranged in chronological order and numbered. Volume 2 (169) has a name index (December 1867). Volume 2 (169) also contains orders and special orders…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.21.3
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Endorsements Sent and Received — Dawson (Agent)

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The single volume of endorsements sent and received, September–December 1868 (252), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.41.2
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Endorsements Sent and Received — Donaldsonville (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of endorsements sent and received is dated April 1867–September 1868 (265). Entries dated April 1867–February 1868, are arranged in chronological order and numbered. Entries dated March–September 1868 are arranged chronologically. The…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.17.2
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Endorsements Sent and Received — Elizabeth City (Agent)

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The single volume of endorsements sent and received, February 1867–December 1868 (83), is arranged chronologically and has a name index. The records are cross-referenced in the single–volume register of letters received (80) described below. The volume…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.7.2
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Endorsements Sent and Received — Fort Monroe (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of endorsements sent and received, January–April 1868 (208), is arranged chronologically. For a name index, see the single–volume name index (209) described above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.66.3
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Endorsements Sent and Received — Franklin (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of endorsements sent and received, June 1867–December 1868 (281), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.20.2
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Endorsements Sent and Received — Friars Point (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of endorsements sent and received, October–December 1868 (131), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.13.2
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Endorsements Sent and Received — Goldsboro (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of endorsements sent and received, July 1867–February 1868 (116), is arranged chronologically and has a name index. The records are cross-referenced in Volume 2 (111) in the two volumes of registers of letters received described below.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.12.3
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Endorsements Sent and Received — Greensburg (Superintendent and Chief Agent)

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The single volume of endorsements sent and received, October 1866–February 1868 (105), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.12.2
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Endorsements Sent and Received — Greenville (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of endorsements sent and received, May 1866–December 1867 (208), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.27.2
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