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Letters and Endorsements Sent and Letters Received — Tuscaloosa

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The single volume of letters and endorsements sent and letters received, March–October 1866 (135), is arranged chronologically. It has a name index and contains a list of destitute persons issued rations in February 1866.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 4.29.1
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Letters and Endorsements Sent and Received — Cheraw (Agent)

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The single volume of letters and endorsements sent and received, March 1867–April 1868 (148), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.15.1
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Letters and Endorsements Sent and Received — Hillsboro (Agent)

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The single volume of letters and endorsements sent and received, October 1866–July 1867 (128), is arranged by type of record and thereunder chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.19.1
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Letters and Endorsements Sent — Augusta (Woodruff County)

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The single volume of letters sent and endorsements sent, January–February 1867 (51), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.2.1
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Letters and Endorsements Sent — Claim Division

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The single volume of letters and endorsements sent, December 1866–July 1868 (52), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 4.1.1
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Letters and Endorsements Sent — Key West

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The single volume of letters and endorsements sent, December 1867–May 1869, is arranged chronologically. The last letter was written at Fort Warren, Mississippi, and sent to the disbursing officer at Washington.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1869, File 3.4.1
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Letters and Endorsements Sent — Marion (Crittenden County)

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The three volumes of letters and endorsements sent, June 1867–December 1868, 1 (127), 2 (128), and 3 (129), are arranged chronologically and there is a list of contents in each volume.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.19.1
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Letters and Endorsements Sent — Provost Marshal General of Freedmen

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The single volume of letters and endorsements sent, August 1865–January 1867 (128), is arranged by type of record and thereunder chronologically. The letters sent are dated August–September 1865, and the endorsements are dated September 1865–January 1867.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 2.3.1
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Letters and Issuances Received — Legareville (Acting Assistant Surgeon)

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The single volume of letters and issuances received, December 1866–July 1867 (224), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.36.1
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Letters and Miscellaneous Case Papers — Claims Division

May–Oct. 1866

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Unbound letters and miscellaneous case papers, May–October 1866, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 2.1.2
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Letters and Orders Received

June 1867–Dec. 1868

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Cataloged as “Letters and Orders Received”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, Item 5.71.6.1
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Letters and Orders Received — Amelia Courthouse (Assistant Superintendent)

July 1865–Dec. 1868

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Unbound letters and orders received, July 1865–December 1868, are arranged by type of letter and thereunder chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.3.3
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Letters and Orders Received and Endorsements Sent and Received — Fredericksburg (Superintendent)

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The single volume of letters and orders received and endorsements sent and received, September–December 1865 (212), is arranged chronologically. This volume also contains a register of rations issued.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.29.4
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Letters and Orders Received and Letters Sent — Albany (Dispensary)

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The single volume of letters and orders received and letters sent, November 1866–May 1867 and November 1867–December 1868 (130), is arranged chronologically. The first part of the volume contains copies of letters and orders received; the second part is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.3.1
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Letters and Orders Received and Reports — Gloucester Courthouse

July 1865–May 1866

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Unbound letters and orders received and reports, July 1865–May 1866, are arranged by type of record and thereunder chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.32.1
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Letters and Orders Received — Augusta (Woodruff County)

Nov. 1865–Aug. 1866

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Unbound letters and orders received, November 1865–August 1866, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.2.2
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Letters and Orders Received — Barancas

Jan.–Aug. 1866

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Unbound letters and orders received, January–August 1866, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1869, File 3.1.1
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Letters and Orders Received — Boydton (Mecklenburg County, Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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Unbound letters and orders received, July 1865–December 1868, are arranged chronologically. Some of the letters are registered in Volume 2 (141) of the two volumes of registers of letters received described above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.9.4
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Letters and Orders Received by Capt. O. Brown, Superintendent of Contrabands at Norfolk — Norfolk (Subassistant Commissioner, 1st District)

Apr.–June 1865

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Unbound letters and orders received by Capt. O. Brown, Superintendent of Contrabands at Norfolk, April–June 1865, are arranged chronologically. Included are a few ration returns and orders issued, and also a report of Lt. C. H. Beirne for Apr. and May…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.69.29
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Letters and Orders Received — Christianburg (Montgomery County, Assistant Superintendent)

May 1866–Dec. 1868

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Unbound letters and orders received, May 1866–December 1868, are arranged chronologically. Included is one lease of a schoolhouse (Feb. 1867) filed at the end of the series.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.15.3
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Letters and Orders Received, Contracts, and Indentures — Palmyra (Assistant Superintendent)

May 1865–Apr. 1866

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Unbound letters and orders received, contracts, and indentures, May 1865–April 1866, are arranged by type of record.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.74.2
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Letters and Orders Received — Dinwiddie Courthouse (Dinwiddie County, Assistant Superintendent)

May–Oct. 1865, Mar. 1866, and Feb. 1867–Jan. 1868

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Unbound letters and orders received, May–October 1865, March 1866, and February 1867–January 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.23.1
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