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Letters and Orders Received Reports, and Supply Requests — Roanoke Island

Oct. 1865–Feb. 1868

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Unbound letters and orders received, reports, and supply requests, October 1865–February 1868, are arranged by type of record. There is also part of a plan for colonizing Roanoke Island dated January 1864, which was submitted to the Freedmen's Inquiry…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.39.1
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Letters and Orders Received — Smithfield (Assistant Superintendent)

May 1865–May 1866

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.83.1
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Letters and Orders Received — St. Joseph (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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The four volumes of letters and orders received, August 1865–September 1866, May 1867–May 1868, and July–August 1868, 1 (452 ½), 2 (453), 3 (456), and 4 (459), are arranged chronologically. Volume 1 (452 ½) also contains general orders issued, (August…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.58.4
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Letters and Orders Received — Union (Fulton County)

Mar. 1866–Nov. 1868

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Unbound letters and orders received, March 1866–November 1868, are arranged chronologically. Most are entered in Volume 157.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.30.5
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Letters and Orders Received — Vidalia (Subassistant Commissioner of the 6th Subdistrict)

Date not recorded

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The three volumes of letters and orders received, April 1867–December 1868, 1 (500), 2 (502), and 3 (504), are arranged chronologically. There is a name index in Volume 2 (502). Letters in Volumes 1 (500) and 2 (502) are entered and cross referenced in the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.71.5
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Letters and Orders Received — Washington (Hemstead County)

Apr. 1867–Sept. 1868

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Unbound letters and orders received, April 1867–September 1868, are arranged chronologically. Some letters are entered in Volume (159), and some orders are entered in Volume 164.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.32.3
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Letters and Orders Received — Winchester (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters and orders received, January 1866–October 1867 (471), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains letters sent by commissary of musters, Army of the Shenandoah, Apr.–Aug. 1865.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.95.1
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Letters and Orders Sent and Received — Jesuits Bend (Provost Marshal, Agent, and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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The single volume of letters and orders sent and received, January 1863–November 1865 (540), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains other miscellaneous lists and registers, such as a register of lessees of plantations and lists of paroled…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.26.1
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Letters and Reports Received by Endorsement — Chief Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer

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Unbound letters and reports received by endorsement, June 1868–May 1869, are arranged chronologically. These letters and reports are entered in Volume 2 (72). NOTE: Endorsements entered in volume 1 (71) are interspersed with the unbound letters received,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 2.1.3
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Letters and Reports Received by M. H. Cruikshank — Commissary of Subsistence

Jan. 1866–Aug. 1867

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Unbound letters received, March–December 1867, consist of registered and unregistered letters and letters and reports received by M. H. Cruikshank, state commissioner for coordinating issuance of supplies to the destitute. The Cruikshank letters and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 3.1.6
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Letters and Reports Received — Plymouth (Subassistant Commissioner)

June and Sept. 1865, Jan. 1866–Feb. 1868, and October 1868

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Unbound letters and reports received, June and September 1865, January 1866–February 1868, and October 1868, are arranged chronologically. Included are reports and returns received from subordinate officers on the subjects of refugees and freedmen, courts,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.36.5
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Letters and Reports Relating to Schools

1865–70

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Cataloged as “Letters and Reports Relating to Schools”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, Item 5.17.6.1
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Letters and Special Orders Received and Letters Sent — Summerville (Hospital)

Date not recorded

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The single volume of letters and special orders received and letters sent, September 1866–November 1868 (273), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.54.1
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Letters, General and Special Orders, and Circulars Received — Vicksburg (Freedmen's Hospital)

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The single volume of letters, general and special orders, and circulars received, January 1867–August 1868 (290), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.54.1
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Letters of Recommendation and Appointment and Oaths of Office of Clerks and Agents — Other Records

Apr. 1867–Aug. 1868

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Unbound letters of recommendation and appointment and oaths of office of clerks and agents, April 1867–August 1868, are arranged by type of record.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1906, File 2.4.1
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Letters, Orders, and Telegrams Received by Lt. Col. J. B. Kinsman, General Superintendent

Nov. 1863–Sept. 1864

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Cataloged as “Letters, Orders, and Telegrams Received by Lt. Col. J. B. Kinsman, General Superintendent”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, Item 3.64.1.1
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Letters, Orders, and Telegrams Received by Lt. Col. J. B. Kinsman, General Superintendent — Fort Monroe (Department of Negro Affairs, 1863–65) Departments of Virginia and North Carolina

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Unbound letters, orders, and telegrams received by Lt. Col. J. B. Kinsman, General Superintendent, November 1863–December 1864, are arranged chronologically except that the telegrams are at the end of the series.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.64.1
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Letters Received

October 1866-August 1868

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Unbound letters received, October 1866–August 1868, are arranged according to their entry in the registers of letters received mentioned above. Letters received July–Aug. 1865 and registered in Volume 1 (74) appear to be missing from these unbound letters…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1902, Item 3.1.1.6
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Letters Received — Abbeville (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Feb.–Apr. 1868

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Unbound letters received, February–April 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.1.4
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Letters Received — Abbeville Court House (Agent)

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Unbound letters received, March 1866–October 1868, are arranged by initial letter of surname of writer and thereunder chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.1.5
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