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Endorsements Sent and Received — Yazoo City (Subcommissioner)

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The single volume of endorsements sent and received, April 1867–September 1868 (326), is arranged chronologically. Some of the entries in the volume are cross–referenced to volume (323) in the single–volume register of letters received described below.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.58.2
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Endorsements Sent and Received — Yorktown (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The three volumes of endorsements sent and received, 1 (498), 2 (502), and 3 (503), cover the period May 1865–December 1868. Volume 1 (498) and 2 (502) are arranged chronologically. Volume 3 (503) is arranged alphabetically by initial letter of surname of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.99.2
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Endorsements Sent — Annapolis (Disbursing Officer)

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The single volume of endorsements sent, July 1866–September 1868 (47), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1906, File 5.1.3
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Endorsements Sent — Bowling Green (Chief Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of endorsements sent, June–July 1868 (71), is arranged chronologically and numbered.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.2.2
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Endorsements Sent — Chief Medical Officer

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The single volume of endorsements sent, May–December 1868 (57), is arranged chronologically. Endorsements sent May 1867–May 1868 are entered in the register of letters received listed below.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 3.2.2
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Endorsements Sent — Claim Division

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The single volume of endorsements sent, January–July 1868 (53), is arranged in chronological order and numbered. The records are cross–referenced in Volume (48) of the two volume series of registers of letters received described below. The volume also…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 4.1.2
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Endorsements Sent — Commissary of Subsistence

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The single volume of endorsements sent, May–September 1867 (71), is arranged in chronological order and numbered. The volume also contains a name index. The records are cross–referenced in Volume (69) of the single–volume register of letters received,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 3.2.2
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Endorsements Sent — Correspondence

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Endorsements sent are characteristic of 19th–century recordkeeping practices. A reply to an incoming letter was frequently written on the letter itself or on a specially prepared wrapper. The reply, known as an endorsement, was then copied into an…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1869, File 1.1.3
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Endorsements Sent — Disbursing Officer

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The single volume of endorsements sent, July 1867–November 1868 (43), is arranged chronologically and has a name index. The volume also contains endorsements sent by the assistant quartermaster at Murfreesboro from January to April. 1866 and at Nashville…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 2.2.2
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Endorsements Sent — Farmville (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of endorsements sent, December 1867–January 1869 (168), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.27.2
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Endorsements Sent — Fort Monroe (Subassistant Commissioner, 5th District)

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The five volumes of endorsements sent, August 1865–February 1869, 1 (172), 2 (181), 3 (182), 4 (183), and 5 (184), are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.65.2
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Endorsements Sent — Franklin (Subassistant Commissioner of the 3rd Subdistrict)

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The three volumes of endorsements sent, June 1867–December 1868, 1 (278), 2 (279), and 3 (280), are arranged chronologically. There is a name index in Volume 1 (278).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.19.2
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Endorsements Sent — Fredericksburg (Assistant Superintendent, 1st Division, 6th Subdistrict)

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The two volumes of endorsements sent, July 1866–November 1868, 1 (227) and 2 (228), are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.30.2
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Endorsements Sent — Fredericksburg (Superintendent)

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The five volumes of endorsements sent, December 1865–December 1868, 1 (218), 2 (219), 3 (220), 4 (221), and 5 (222), are arranged in two overlapping chronological subseries.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.29.3
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Endorsements Sent — Henderson (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of endorsements sent, April 1867–July 1868 (111), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.14.2
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Endorsements Sent — Huntsville (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The two volumes of endorsements sent, September 1865–November 1868, 1 (70) and 2 (71), are arranged chronologically, and only the second volume, 2 (71), has a name index. In this series, cross–references to letters received and sent are designated by a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 4.13.2
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Endorsements Sent — Jackson (Acting Assistant Commissioner of the Northern District)

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The single volume of endorsements sent, August 1865–March 1866 (156), is arranged chronologically and has a name index. The entries in the volume are cross–referenced in the single–volume register of letters received (154) described below.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.21.2
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Endorsements Sent — Lauderdale (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of endorsements sent, May 1866–February 1867 (177), is arranged chronologically. The entries in the volume are partially cross–referenced to the single–volume register of letters received (171) described below.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.24.3
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Endorsements Sent — Lexington (Chief Superintendent and Chief Subassistant Commissioner)

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The five volumes of endorsements sent, February 1866–December 1868, 1 (127), 2 (128), 3 (129), 4 (130), and 5 (131), are arranged chronologically. Volume 2 (128) contains a name index to volumes 1 (127) and 2 (128).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.18.2
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Endorsements Sent — Lexington (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of endorsements sent, July 1866–October 1867 (132), is arranged in chronological order and numbered.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.19.2
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Endorsements Sent — Louisville (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner)

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The two volumes of endorsements sent, 1 (142) and 2 (143), cover the period August 1865–December 1868. Volume 1 (142) is arranged in chronological order and numbered and has a name index. Volume 2 (143) is arranged chronologically. For a name index to…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.20.5
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Endorsements Sent — Macon (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of endorsements sent, November 1867–October 1868 (188), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains a register of complaints (December 1867–December 1868), arranged chronologically. For a register of letters received and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.29.2
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