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Letters Received — Disbursing Officer

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, January–December 1868, are arranged alphabetically by initial letter of the surname of the correspondent and thereunder arranged in chronological order and numbered.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 3.1.4
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Letters Received — Disbursing Officer and Quartermaster

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Unbound letters received October 1865–September 1866 are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 2.3.3
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Letters Received — Donaldsonville (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters received, April 1867–September 1868 (258), are arranged chronologically and the volume has a name index. For letters received, May 1866–April 1867, see Volume 1 (262) of the three-volume series of letters sent, April…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.17.3
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Letters Received — Drummondtown (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

June 1867–Sept. 1868

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Unbound letters received, June 1867–September 1868, are arranged by year and thereunder arranged in chronological order and numbered. The letters are registered according to their entry in the two volumes of registers of letters received and endorsements…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.24.4
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Letters Received — East Pascagoula (Subassistant Commissiner)

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Unbound letters received, September–November 1867 and March–December 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.11.3
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Letters Received — Edenton (Subassistant Commissioner)

July 1867–Oct. 1868

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Unbound letters received, July 1867–October 1868, are arranged according to their entry in the single-volume register of letters received (84) described above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.6.4
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Letters Received — Elijay (Agent)

Sept.–Nov. 1867

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.44.1
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Letters Received — Elizabeth City (Agent)

Nov. 1866–Oct. 1867

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.7.4
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Letters Received — Elyton

May–July 1868

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The unbound letters received, May–July 1868, are arranged chronologically and are entered in the register of letters received.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 4.6.3
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Letters Received Entered in Volumes — Chief Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer

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Unbound letters received, January 1867–May 1869, are arranged according to their entry in the registers of letters received mentioned above. NOTE: Volume 3 (2.1.5.3) also contains endorsements filed by page number, as entered in vol. 1 (71).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 2.1.5
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Letters Received — Farmville (Subassistant Commissioner)

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Unbound letters received, January–December 1868, are arranged according to their entry in the two volumes of registers of letters received, 1 (160) and 2 (161), described above, which also have summaries of letters received Nov.–Dec. 1867 and Jan. 1869.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.27.4
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Letters Received — Fort Johnston, NC (Disbursing Officer)

Aug. 1872–May 1874

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Unbound letters received, August 1872–May 1874 are arranged according to their entry in the single–volume register of letters received (60) described above. There are orders dated 1866 at the beginning of the series.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M2029, File 1.3.3
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Letters Received — Fort Monroe (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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Unbound letters received, September 1865–May 1868, are arranged chronologically. The letters are partially registered in Volume 1 (204) of the two volumes of registers of letters received (Mar. 1866–Mar. 1868), described above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.66.5
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Letters Received — Fort Monroe, VA (Disbursing Officer)

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Unbound letters received, December 1872–April 1875, are arranged according to their entry in the single–volume register of letters received (63) described above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M2029, File 1.7.4
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Letters Received — Fort Smith (Sebastian County)

Mar. 1866–Oct. 1868

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The unbound letters received, March 1866–October 1868, are arranged chronologically. Agents Thomas Abel (March–May 1866), Sebastian Geisreiter (May–August 1866), and Charles Banzaf (August 1866–May 1867 and August–October 1867) copied their letters…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.7.2
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Letters Received — Franklin (Superintendent)

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Unbound letters received, February–July 1866, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.11.1
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Letters Received — Franklinton (Assistant Commissioner)

Jan.–July 1867

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Unbound letters received, January–July 1867, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.11.2
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Letters Received — Fredericksburg (Assistant Superintendent, 1st Division, 6th Subdistrict)

Jan.–Nov. 1868

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Unbound letters received, January–November 1868, are arranged chronologically. Some letters are registered in Volume (224) of the single–volume register of letters received (July 1866–July 1868) as described above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.30.4
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Letters Received — Freedmen's Village

Dec. 26, 1864–Dec. 9, 1868

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Unbound letters received, December 1864–December 1868, are arranged chronologically. Most of the letters were either sent or returned by the Assistant Commissioner and his staff, but a few are reports from teachers and letters from freedmen.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1902, File 3.4.2
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Letters Received — Friars Point (Subassistant Commissioner)

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Unbound letters received, January–December 1868, are arranged chronologically by the date received. Some of the letters are entered in the single–volume register of letters received (129) described above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.13.4
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Letters Received from Local Citizens — Lake Providence (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The three volumes of letters received from local citizens, February 1866–December 1868, 1 (304), 2 (306), and 3 (308), are arranged chronologically, and each volume has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.29.4
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Letters Received from the Assistant Commissioner and His Staff — Asheville (Agent)

July 1867–July 1869

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Unbound letters received from the Assistant Commissioner and his staff, July 1867–July 1869, are arranged chronologically by the date of the last endorsement.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.1.5
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Letters Received from the Assistant Commissioner and Staff — Beaufort (Subassistant Commissioner)

May 1866–Aug. 1868

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Unbound letters received from the Assistant Commissioner and staff, May 1966-August 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.2.5
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Letters Received from the Assistant Commissioner and Staff — Charlotte (Subassistant Commissioner)

Dec. 1865–Dec. 1868

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Unbound letters received from the Assistant Commissioner and staff, December 1865–December 1868, are arranged by month.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.3.5
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