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Letters Received — Perry (Agent)

Sept. 1867–Dec. 1868

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.74.3
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Letters Received Pertaining to Subsistence — Commissary of Subsistence

Mar.–Dec. 1867

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Unbound letters received, March–December 1867, consist of registered and unregistered letters and letters and reports received by M. H. Cruikshank, state commissioner for coordinating issuance of supplies to the destitute. The registered letters received,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 3.1.4
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Letters Received — Petersburg (Subassistant Commissioner)

July 1865–Aug. 1866

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Unbound letters received, July 1865–August 1866, are arranged by initial letter of surname of correspondent and thereunder chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.75.2
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Letters Received — Philadelphia (Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, September–December 1867, are arranged chronologically by the date received.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.42.3
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Letters Received — Pine Bluff (Jefferson County)

Mar. 1866–Dec. 1868

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Unbound letters received, March–October 1866 and March 1867–December 1868, are arranged chronologically. A few of the letters are entered in Volume 2 (141).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.27.4
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Letters Received — Port Gibson (Subcommissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, January–February 1866, June–September 1867, and December 1868, are arranged chronologically by the date received.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.43.2
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Letters Received — Pulaski (Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.28.3
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Letters Received — Purdy (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.29.4
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Letters Received — Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, January 1868–June 1869, are arranged by year, thereunder by initial letter of surname of correspondent, and thereunder chronologically. The letters from Bureau headquarters are filed after the alphabetical divisions. Although the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 3.3.5
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Letters Received — Quitman (Agent)

Apr. 1867–Aug. 1868

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Unbound letters received, April 1867–August 1868, are arranged chronologically. 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 3.75.3
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Letters Received Relating to Bounties, Receipts, and Vouchers

Jan. 1868–June 1869

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Cataloged as “Letters Received Relating to Bounties, Receipts, and Vouchers”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, Item 3.24.5.1
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Letters Received Relating to Bounties, Receipts, and Vouchers — Murfreesboro (Agent)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received relating to bounties, receipts, and vouchers, January 1868–June 1869, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.24.5
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Letters Received Relating to Personnel ("Personal") — Alexandria (Superintendent)

May 1867–Oct. 1868

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Unbound letters received relating to personnel ("personal"), May 1867–October 1868, are arranged by name of correspondent.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.2.8
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Letters Received Relating to Rations

1866–67

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Cataloged as “Letters Received Relating to Rations”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, Item 5.40.2.1
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Letters Received Relating to the Claims of Loyal Slaveowners — Claim Division

Dec. 1866–Mar. 1867

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Unbound letters received relating to the claims of loyal slaveowners, December 1866–March 1867, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1906, File 4.1.5
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Letters Received — Rice Hope Plantation

Date not recorded

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.46.2
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Letters Received — Richmond (Assistant 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.M1913, File 3.80.4
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Letters Received — Richmond (Subassistant Commissioner)

Jan. 1866–Nov. 1868

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Unbound letters received, January 1866–November 1868; arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.37.4
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Letters Received — Rockingham (Agent)

Apr.–Nov. 1866

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Unbound letters received, April–November 1866, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.40.3
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Letters Received — Rocky Mount (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Jan. 1866–May 1868

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.81.3
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Letters Received — Rocky Mount (Assistant Superintendent)

Dec. 1865–Aug. 1868

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Unbound letters received, December 1865–August 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.41.2
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Letters Received — Rome (Agent)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, February 1867–December 1868, are arranged according to their entry in the registers of letters received mentioned above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.77.3
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Letters Received — Salisbury (Superintendent of the Western District)

1865–68

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.42.4
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