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Letters Received from the Assistant Commissioner and Staff — Goldsboro (Subassistant Commissioner)

July 1865–Feb. 1868

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Unbound letters received from the Assistant Commissioner and staff, July 1865–February 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.12.6
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Letters Received from the Commissioner, the Assistant Commissioner and the Staff — Edenton (Subassistant Commissioner)

Jan. 1867–Oct. 1868

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Unbound letters received from the Commissioner, the Assistant Commissioner and the staff, January 1867–October 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.6.6
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Letters Received from the Commissioner, the Assistant Commissioner, and the Staff — Fayetteville (Subassistant Commissioner)

Jan. 1866–Mar. 1868

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Unbound letters received from the Commissioner, the Assistant Commissioner and the staff, January 1866–March 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.9.7
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Letters Received — Gallatin (Superintendent)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, February 1867–November 1869, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.12.3
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Letters Received — Galveston (Subassistant Commissioner)

Mar. 1866–Dec. 1868

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.17.3
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Letters Received — Garland

Mar.–Aug. 1867

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Unbound letters received, March–August 1867, is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 4.9.4
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Letters Received — Georgetown (Agent)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, July 1866–June 1867, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.11.1
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Letters Received — Georgetown (Hospital)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, January 1866–August 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 5.25.2
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Letters Received — Goldsboro (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

July–Sept. 1867

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Unbound letters received, July–September 1867, are arranged according to their entry in the single-volume register of letters received (112) described above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.13.3
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Letters Received — Goldsboro (Subassistant Commissioner)

Jan. 1867–Feb. 1868

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Unbound letters received, January 1867–February 1868, are arranged according to their entry in the two volumes of letters received 1 (110) and 2 (111) described above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.12.5
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Letters Received — Goochland (Assistant Superintendent, 2nd Division, 4th Subdistrict)

Mar.–Apr. 1867 and Jan.–Dec. 1868

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Unbound letters received, March–April 1867 and January–December 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.33.2
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Letters Received — Goodman (Agent)

Date not recorded

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.14.2
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Letters Received — Gordonsville (Superintendent, 4th District)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, June 1866–January 1869, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.34.3
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Letters Received — Graham (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Sept. 1866–Dec. 1867

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Unbound letters received, September 1866–December 1867, are arranged 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 4.15.5
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Letters Received — Grahamville (Agent)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, January 1867–October 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 5.26.2
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Letters Received — Greensboro (Subassistant Commissioner)

June 1865–Nov. 1868

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Unbound letters received, June 1865–November 1868, are arranged chronologically with undated letters at the end. The letters are partially entered in the two volumes of letters received and endorsements sent, 1 (103) and 2 (104), described above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.16.4
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Letters Received — Greenville

Jan. 1866–Dec. 1868

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Unbound letters received, January 1866–December 1868, are arranged chronologically, and most of the letters from April 1867 to November 1868 appear to be entered in the two–volume series of letters received and endorsements sent, 1 (121) and 2 (122), for…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 4.11.3
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Letters Received — Greenville (Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, April 1866–September 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 5.27.5
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Letters Received — Griffin (Agent)

Jan. 1866–Apr. 1867

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.51.1
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Letters Received — Griffin (Subassistant Commissioner)

Aug. 1867–Nov. 1868

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Unbound letters received, August 1867–November 1868, are arranged according to their entry in register Number 2 (266) in the registers of letters received mentioned above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.50.4
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Letters Received — Halcyondale (Agent)

July 1867–Dec. 1868

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.52.3
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Letters Received — Halifax (Assistant Superintendent)

Apr. 1866–Sept. 1868

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.17.5
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Letters Received — Hamburg (Ashley County)

Mar. 1866–Dec. 1868

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Unbound letters received, March 1866–December 1868, are arranged chronologically. The letters received by agents Isaiah S. Taylor and George Towle (March 1866–July 1868) have been entered in Volume 86 mentioned above and are numbered in chronological order.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.8.3
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Letters Received — Hammond Station (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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The single volume of letters received, July–November 1867 and June–July 1868 (297), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains a register of letters received, April 1868, arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.22.2
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