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Letters Received by the Superintendent — Fort Monroe (Department of Negro Affairs, 1863–65) Departments of Virginia and North Carolina

Feb.–Apr. 1864 and Apr. 1865

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Unbound letters received by the superintendent, February–April 1864 and April 1865, are arranged chronologically. For the period Feb. to Apr. 1864 these are the letters received by Capt. C. B. Wilder, and for Apr. 1865 there are three letters received by…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.64.2
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Letters Received — Camden (Ouchita County)

July 1865–July 1868

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Unbound letters received, July 1865–July 1868, are arranged chronologically, and there appears to be little duplication with the two volumes of letters received mentioned above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.4.2
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Letters Received — Campbellton (Agent)

Mar. 1866–Apr. 1867

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Unbound letters received, March 1866–April 1867, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.24.1
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Letters Received — Canton

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, July–December 1865 and January 1868 and June–November 1868, are arranged in general chronological order.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.3.4
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Letters Received — Carnesville (Agent)

Sept. 1867–June 1868

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.25.3
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Letters Received — Cartersville (Agent)

Apr. 1867–Nov. 1868

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Unbound letters received, April 1867–November 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 3.27.3
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Letters Received — Charleston

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, September–November 1867, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.4.1
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Letters Received — Charleston (Health Department Superintendent)

Date not recorded

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The single volume of letters received, December 1865–January 1869 (154), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.13.3
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Letters Received — Charlotte (Subassistant Commissioner)

1867–68

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Unbound letters received, 1867–68, are arranged alphabetically by the initial letter of the surname of the writer and thereunder chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.3.4
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Letters Received — Chester (Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, November 1865, May–August 1866, and December 1866–June 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.16.4
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Letters Received — Chief Disbursing Officer and Claims Agent

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, December 1868–December 1871, are arranged in three subseries. The letters dated December 1868–December 1869 are arranged alphabetically by initial letter of the surname of the correspondent and thereunder chronologically; those…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 2.2.2
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Letters Received — Chief Medical Officer

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, August 1866–December 1868, are arranged chronologically. They are partially registered in the register of letters received (54) mentioned above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 3.2.4
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Letters Received — Chief Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, November 1866–February 1868, are arranged according to their entry in the two volumes of registers of letters received, 1 (26) and 2 (27), mentioned above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1906, File 3.1.4
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Letters Received — Claiborn

May–July 1868

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The unbound letters received by Lt. A. S. Bennett, the subassistant commissioner at Claiborn, May–July 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 4.4.1
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Letters Received — Claim Division

Jan.–Aug. 1868

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Unbound letters received, January–August 1868, are arranged according to their entry in Volume (2) of the registers of letters received among the records of the Office of the Assistant Commissioner mentioned above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1906, File 4.1.3
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Letters Received — Claims Agent

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, May 1867–May 1868, are arranged as they are entered in the single–volume register of letters received and endorsements (50), described above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 2.1.4
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Letters Received — Clarksville

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, February and May 1867, and October 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.6.1
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Letters Received — Clarksville (Agent)

June–Nov. 1867

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Unbound letters received, June–November 1867, are arranged chronologically. Almost all of the letters appear to be entered in the register of letters received mentioned above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.28.3
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Letters Received — Clarksville (Subassistant Commissioner)

Sept.–Dec. 1868

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.10.2
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Letters Received — Cleveland (Superintendent)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, January 1866–November 1867, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.7.2
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