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Letters Received — Clinton (Subassistant Commissioner)

Apr. 1867–Dec. 1868

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Unbound letters received, April 1867–December 1868, are arranged as they are entered in the single–volume register of letters received and endorsements (81) described above. There are unregistered letters at the end of this series.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.11.3
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Letters Received — Columbia (Acting Assistant Commissioner – District of Columbia)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, 1865, 1866, and 1868, are arranged by year and thereunder by the initial letter of the surname of the correspondent.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.17.4
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Letters Received — Columbia (Agent)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, October 1868–March 1871, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.8.3
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Letters Received — Columbia (Subassistant Commissioner)

Jan. 1866–Dec. 1868

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.12.2
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Letters Received — Columbus (Agent)

Apr. 1867–June 1868

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Unbound letters received, April 1867–June 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 3.30.3
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Letters Received — Columbus (Subassistant Commissioner)

Feb. 1867–Dec. 1868

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Unbound letters received, February 1867–December 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 3.29.3
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Letters Received — Columbus (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, March–July 1868, are arranged chronologically. Several letters are entered in the single volume of letters received and a register of letters received (86) mentioned above. However, most are not.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.6.3
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Letters Received — Complaint Division

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Unbound letters received, July 1866–March 1872, are arranged according to their entry in the registers of complaints 1 (17) and 2 (18) mentioned above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1906, File 4.2.3
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Letters Received — Concord

June 1867–Feb. 1868

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Unbound letters received, June 1867–February 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.5.3
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Letters Received — Correspondence

Date not recorded

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The registered letters received, June 1865–June 1869, are arranged according to their entry in the registers of letters received. The letters are written by the Assistant Commissioner or his adjutant and received back by endorsement, letters from Bureau…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1869, File 1.1.5
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Letters Received — Covington (Superintendent)

Date not recorded

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The single volume of letters received, December 1866–July 1868 (91), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.7.3
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Letters Received — Crawfordsville (Agent)

Apr. 1867–Dec. 1868

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Unbound letters received, April 1867–December 1868, are arranged chronologically. Most of the letters do not appear to be 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 3.33.3
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Letters Received — Cumming (Agent)

Apr. 1867–Dec. 1868

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Unbound letters received, April 1867–December 1868, are arranged chronologically. Most of the letters seem to be entered in the register of letters received and endorsements sent mentioned above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.34.3
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Letters Received — Cuthbert (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 mentioned above. There are a few unregistered letters at the end of the series.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.36.3
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Letters Received — Cynthiana (Superintendent)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, March–July 1866, are arranged chronologically. The series includes orders and circulars received.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.8.1
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Letters Received — Dahlonega (Agent)

Dec. 1867–Nov. 1868

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Unbound letters received, December 1867–November 1868, are arranged chronologically. Some of the letters are entered in the register of letters received and endorsements sent and received mentioned above. There are a few school reports at the end of the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.37.3
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Letters Received — Dalton (Agent)

July 1867–Oct. 1868

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Unbound letters received, July 1867–October 1868, are arranged by the way they were entered in the registers of letters received and endorsements sent and received (page of the registers). There are a few reports and unregistered letters at the end of the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.38.3
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Letters Received — Danville (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, February–April 1868, are arranged according to their entry in register (96) mentioned above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.9.3
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Letters Received — Darlington (Acting Assistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, April 1866–June 1868, are arranged by year, thereunder by the initial letter of the surname of the correspondent, and thereunder chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.21.6
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Letters Received — Dawson (Agent)

Mar. 1867–Dec. 1868

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Unbound letters received, March 1867–December 1868, are arranged chronologically. Some of the letters are entered in the registers of letters received mentioned above. Most of them are dated 1868.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.41.4
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Letters Received — Demopolis

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, August 1865–December 1868, are arranged chronologically and consist of unregistered letters.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 4.5.3
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