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Letters Received — Mansfield (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, July 1867–November 1868, are arranged chronologically by date received.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.32.3
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Letters Received — Marietta (Subassistant Commissioner)

May 1866–Jan. 1868

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Unbound letters received, May 1866–January 1868, are arranged chronologically, and some of the letters are 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 3.66.3
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Letters Received — Marion (Agent)

Jan. 1866–Aug. 1868

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.68.1
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Letters Received — Marion (Subassistant Commissioner)

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.39.4
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Letters Received — Marksville (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, March 1866–December 1868, are arranged chronologically by date received. Some of the letters are entered in the single volume register of letters Received (318) described above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.33.3
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Letters Received — Martinsville

1866–68

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Unbound letters received, 1866–68, are arranged chronologically. The letters contain a few indentures at the end of the series.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.59.3
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Letters Received — Matagorda

May–Sept. 1867

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.31.1
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Letters Received — Maysville (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner, Mason County)

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Unbound letters received, March 1866–December 1867, are arranged chronologically. Some of the letters are entered in the registers of letters received mentioned above, but most are not.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.21.3
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Letters Received — McDonough (Agent)

Jan. 1867–Sept. 1868

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.65.3
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Letters Received — McMinnville

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.20.1
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Letters Received — Medical Officer

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Unbound letters received, 1865–68, are arranged alphabetically by initial letter of surname of correspondent and thereunder chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 3.4.3
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Letters Received — Memphis, TN (Disbursing Officer)

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Unbound letters received, September 1872–June 1877, are arranged according to their entry in the single–volume register of letters received (78) described above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M2029, File 1.8.3
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Letters Received — Milledgeville (Agent)

Feb.–June 1868

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Unbound letters received consist of three letters dated February–June 1868 and are 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 3.69.3
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Letters Received — Millikens Bend (Provost Marshal and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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Unbound letters received, May 1867–December 1868, are arranged by volume number and thereunder according to their entry in Volumes 1 (334) and 2 (335) of the two volumes of letters and orders received described above. Also, some are arranged according to…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.35.4
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Letters Received — Mobile (Subassistant Commissioner)

Sept. 1865–Dec. 1868

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Unbound letters received, September 1865–December 1868, are arranged chronologically by year and thereunder generally according to whether registered or not. The registered letters are generally, but not always, marked with file numbers. These letters are…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 4.18.5
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Letters Received — Moncks Corner (Subassistant Commissioner)

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Unbound letters received, January 1866–May 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 5.40.1
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Letters Received — Monroe (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 3.70.1
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Letters Received — Monroe (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.37.3
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Letters Received — Monroe (Subassistant Commissioner of 5th Subdistrict)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, March 1867–December 1868, are arranged chronologically by date received.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.36.3
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Letters Received — Montgomery (Subassistant Commissioner)

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Unbound letters received, May 1865–December 1868, are arranged chronologically. This series consists of letters that were retained, rather than letters entered in the registers of letters received and either returned or forwarded.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 4.21.3
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Letters Received — Monticello

May 1866–May 1868

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Unbound letters received, May 1866–May 1868, are arranged chronologically. At the end of the series there are bills of lading for public property received at Monticello for the period 1866–67.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1869, File 3.5.1
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Letters Received — Monticello (South Eastern District of Arkansas)

Oct. 1865–Jan. 1867

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Unbound letters received, October 1865–January 1867, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.20.3
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Letters Received — Monticello (Subcommissioner)

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Unbound letters received, July–September 1865, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.33.1
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Letters Received — Mount Pleasant (Acting Subassistant Commissioner)

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Unbound letters received, February 1866–July 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.41.3
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