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Letters and Orders Received — Falmouth (Agent)

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The single volume of letters and orders received, September 1866–June 1867 (103), is arranged chronologically by date received.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.10.2
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Letters and Orders Received — Fernandina

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The single volume of letters and orders received, January 1866–December 1868, are arranged chronologically. The volume includes a name index and a few letters sent that have been copied in the series of "letters sent." The volume also contains endorsements…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1869, File 3.2.2
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Letters and Orders Received — Freedmen's Village

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The single volume of letters and orders received, October 1865–February 1868 (99), is arranged chronologically. From October 1865 to July 1867 the letters and orders copied in the volume were addressed to the assistant surgeon at Abbott Hospital, which was…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1902, File 3.4.3
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Letters and Orders Received from the Assistant Commissioner and His Staff — Lake Providence (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The three volumes of letters and orders received from the Assistant Commissioner and his staff, January 1866–December 1868, 1 (305), 2 (307), and 3 (309), are arranged chronologically and each volume has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.29.3
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Letters and Orders Received — Jerusalem (Southampton County) (Subassistant Commissioner, 4th Division, 1st Subdistrict)

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Unbound letters and orders received, May 1865–December 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.40.2
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Letters and Orders Received — King William Courthouse (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner, 3rd Division, 3rd Subdistrict)

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Unbound letters and orders received, September 1865–December 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.42.2
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Letters and Orders Received — Leesburg (Loudoun County) (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner, 3rd Division, 10th Subdistrict)

Oct. 1865–Jan. 1868; July–Oct. 1868

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Unbound letters and orders received, October 1865–January 1868 and July–October 1868, are arranged chronologically. Some of the letters are registered in the two volumes of registers of letters received (March 1866–October 1868) described above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.44.3
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Letters and Orders Received, Letters Sent, and Contracts — Little Washington

1865 and 1866

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Unbound letters and orders received, letters sent, and contracts, 1865 and 1866, are arranged by type of record and thereunder numerically, with unentered records at the end of the series. Most of these records are registered in the single–volume register…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.47.2
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Letters and Orders Received — Little Rock (Pulaski County)

Dec. 1865–Oct. 1868

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.15.3
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Letters and Orders Received — Little Rock (Superintendent of Freedmen)

Jan. 1864–Sept. 1865

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Unbound letters and orders received, January 1864–September 1865, are arranged by type of record and thereunder chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.16.2
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Letters and Orders Received — Louisa Courthouse (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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Unbound letters and orders received, 1865–68, are arranged chronologically. Some indentures and contracts are filed at the end of the series.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.48.2
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Letters and Orders Received — Lynchburg (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Apr. 1866–Dec. 1868

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Unbound letters and orders received, April 1866–December 1868, are arranged by type of record and thereunder chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.52.3
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Letters and Orders Received — Madison (St. Francis County)

Mar. 1867–Oct. 1868

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Unbound letters and orders received, March 1867–October 1868, are arranged chronologically. A few of the letters are entered in Volume 122.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.17.3
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Letters and Orders Received — Millikens Bend (Provost Marshal and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The two volumes of letters and orders received, May 1867–December 1868, 1 (334) and 2 (335), are arranged chronologically, and each volume has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.35.3
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Letters and Orders Received — Napoleon (Desha County)

June 1866–Mar. 1868

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Unbound letters and orders received, June 1866–March 1868, are arranged chronologically, and some of the letters are entered in Volume (134).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.22.3
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Letters and Orders Received — Norfolk (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

1865–67

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Unbound letters and orders received, 1865–67, are arranged chronologically. Miscellaneous papers and reports are found at the end of the series.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.70.4
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Letters and Orders Received — Orange Courthouse (Assistant Superintendent)

Apr. 1865–Nov. 1866

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.73.1
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Letters and Orders Received — Pass Christian (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters and orders received, February 1866 (242), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.40.3
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Letters and Orders Received — Pensacola

Feb. 1866–Jan. 1867

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Unbound letters and orders received, February 1866–January 1867, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1869, File 3.7.1
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Letters and Orders Received — Petersburg (Assistant Superintendent)

July 1865–Aug. 1868

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Unbound letters and orders received, July 1865–August 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.76.3
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