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Letters Received — LaGrange (Agent)

May 1867–Dec. 1868

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Unbound letters received, May 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 3.60.3
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Letters Received — Laurensville (Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.35.3
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Letters Received — Lebanon (Agent)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, October 1865–May 1866 and August 1866–February 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.19.2
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Letters Received — Lebanon (Disbursing Officer)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, August–December 1871, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.17.1
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Letters Received — Lebanon (Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, March–June 1868, are arranged according to their entry in the register of letters received (115) mentioned above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.16.3
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Letters Received — Lewisburg (Conway County)

June 1866–Oct. 1868

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Unbound letters received, June 1866–October 1868, are arranged chronologically. Many of the letters are copied in Volume 65 of letters received, and many of the endorsements are copied in Volume 66 of letters received.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.5.5
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Letters Received — Lewisville (Lafayette County)

July–Dec. 1867

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Unbound letters received, July–December 1867, are arranged according to their entry in Volume 108.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.14.5
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Letters Received — Lexington (Agent)

Oct. 1867–Oct. 1868

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Unbound letters received, October 1867–October 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.61.2
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Letters Received — Lexington (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

May 1868, Jan. 1867, and Aug. 1867

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The series of unbound letters received, May 1868, consists of three letters dated May 1868, January 1867, and August 1867.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.24.3
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Letters Received — Lexington (Chief Superintendent and Chief Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, March 1866–December 1868, are arranged according to their entry in the registers of letters received, 1 (119) and 2 (120), mentioned above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.18.4
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Letters Received — Lexington (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, September 1866–September 1867, are arranged in chronological order and numbered. The letters are registered in the register of letters received (121) mentioned above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.19.4
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Letters Received — Lincolnton (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Jan. and July–Sept. 1867 and Feb.–Nov. 1868

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.25.4
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Letters Received — Lockhart (Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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The single volume of letters received, June–November 1868 (126), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.27.2
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Letters Received — Louisville, KY (Disbursing Officer)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, September 1872–July 1878, are arranged in two subseries. The first (September 1872–September 1876) is arranged chronologically and consists mainly of letters registered in volume 1 (71) of the registers of letters received…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M2029, File 1.4.3
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Letters Received — Louisville (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, August 1865–October 1868, are arranged according to their entry in the two volumes of registers of letters received, 1 (136) and 1 (137), mentioned above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.20.8
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Letters Received — Lovingston (Nelson County)

Mar.–Aug. 1866

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Unbound letters received, March–August 1866, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.49.2
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Letters Received — Lumberton (Agent)

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.M1909, File 4.26.4
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Letters Received — Lynchburg (Subassistant Commissioner, 7th Subdistrict of Virginia)

June 1865–Dec. 1868

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Unbound letters received cover the period June 1865–December 1868. The unregistered letters are arranged chronologically. The registered letters are arranged numerically and are registered in accordance with their entry in the single–volume register of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.51.4
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Letters Received — Macon (Assistant Superintendent of Education)

Jan.–Mar. 1869

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Unbound letters received consists of three letters dated January–March 1869.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.63.3
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Letters Received — Macon (Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, April–October 1866 and January 1867–December 1868 are arranged according to their entry in the registers of letters received and endorsements sent mentioned above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.62.3
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Letters Received — Magnolia (Assistant Superintendent)

1865–68

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Unbound letters received, 1865–68, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.27.5
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Letters Received — Manchester (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Jan.–Oct. 1866

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Unbound letters received, January–October 1866, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.57.3
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