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Letters Received — Asheville (Agent)

Feb.–Nov. 1866 and July 1867–Feb. 1868

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Unbound letters received, February–November 1866 and July 1867–February 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.1.4
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Letters Received — Ashland (Assistant Superintendent)

Oct. 1865–Dec. 1868

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.6.3
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Letters Received — Assistant Inspector General

Apr. 1866–Aug. 1868

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Unbound letters received, April 1866–August 1868, are arranged according to their entry in the single–volume register of letters received.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1902, File 2.1.5
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Letters Received — Assistant Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer

May 1865–August 1869

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Unbound letters received, May 1865–August 1869, are in two numerical sequences. Although these letters are entered in the two volumes of registers of letters received, 1 (55) and 2 (56), it appears as if the letters were first arranged and numbered in…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1902, File 2.2.5
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Letters Received — Athens (Agent)

May 1867–Nov. 1868

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Unbound letters received, May 1867–November 1868, are arranged according to their entry in the registers of letters received and endorsements sent and received mentioned above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.7.3
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Letters Received — Athens (Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, February 1867–December 1868, are arranged according to their entry in the registers of letters received and endorsements sent and received mentioned above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.6.3
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Letters Received — Atlanta (Freedmen's Hospital)

Oct. 1865–Aug. 1868

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Unbound letters received October 1865–August 1868 are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.10.2
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Letters Received — Atlanta (Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, November 1865–October 1868, are arranged chronologically. Some of these letters are entered in the registers of letters received mentioned above and others are not. There are also some letters received by the agent stationed at…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.8.4
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Letters Received — Augusta (Agent)

June 1867–Mar. 1868

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Unbound letters received, June 1867–March 1868 are arranged according to their entry in the register of letters received and endorsements sent and received mentioned above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.12.3
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Letters Received — Augusta (Freedmen's Hospital)

Oct. 1865–May 1868

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Unbound letters received, October 1865–May 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.14.2
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Letters Received — Augusta (Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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The single volume of letters received, February–May 1867 (142), is arranged chronologically and has a name index. The original letters are in the series of letters received dated March 1867–December 1868 mentioned below.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.11.5
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Letters Received — Augusta (Superintendent – Brachen County)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, January–June 1867, are arranged chronologically. The series includes two marriage licenses/certificates with final dates of marriage of November 1866 and April 1867.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.1.1
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Letters Received — Austin (Subassistant Commissioner)

1866–1868

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Unbound letters received, 1866–1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.1.4
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Letters Received — Bainbridge (Agent)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, June 1867–December 1868, are arranged according to their entry in the registers of letters received and endorsements sent and received mentioned above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.15.3
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Letters Received — Bairdstown (Agent)

July 1866–Apr. 1868

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Unbound letters received, July 1866–April 1868, are arranged chronologically, and some of the letters are entered in the register of letters received and endorsements sent and received mentioned above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.17.2
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Letters Received — Barton (Agent)

Nov. 1867–July 1868

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Unbound letters received, November 1867–July 1868, are arranged chronologically, and some of the letters are entered in the register of letters received and endorsements sent and received mentioned above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.18.3
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Letters Received — Batesville (Independence County)

Dec. 1865–Dec. 1868

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.3.2
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Letters Received — Baton Rouge (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, October 1865–December 1868, are arranged chronologically by date received. Some of the letters are registered in the three volumes of registers of letters received, 1 (207), 2 (214), 3 (215), described above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.6.3
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Letters Received — Beaufort (Subassistant Commissioner)

Jan. 1866–July 1868

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The single volume of letters received, July 1867–October 1868 (69), is arranged chronologically with a name index. It is a continuation of the letters received in the volume of letters and endorsements received and sent (67), listed above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.2.3
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Letters Received — Belton (Subassistant Commissioner)

Nov.–Dec. 1868

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Unbound letters received, November–December 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.4.2
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Letters Received — Bladensburg (Superintendent)

May 1866–Dec. 1867

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Unbound letters received, May 1866–December 1867, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1906, File 5.2.2
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Letters Received — Bluffton

May 1868

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The letters received, May 1868, consists of a single letter reporting the killing of a black youth by a white youth.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 4.2.3
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