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Letters Received — San Antonio (Subassistant Commissioner)

Feb. 24, 1866 and Feb. 20, 1867

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Unbound letters received consists of two letters dated February 24, 1866, and February 20, 1867.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.38.3
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Letters Received — Sardis (Agent)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, December 1867–December 1868, are arranged chronologically by the date received. Some of the letters are entered in the single–volume register of letters received (253) described above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.46.3
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Letters Received — Savannah (Agent)

Sept.–Oct. 1865

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.82.3
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Letters Received — Savannah (Lincoln Hospital)

Nov. 1865–Sept. 1868

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Unbound letters received, November 1865–September 1868, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.83.2
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Letters Received — Savannah (Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, March 1867–August 1872, 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 3.81.5
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Letters Received — Selma (Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, September 1865–December 1868, are arranged chronologically, and most of the letters are for the period January 1867–December 1868 and are entered in the two volumes of registers of letters received, 1 (173) and 2 (174). There is a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 4.25.4
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Letters Received — Shreveport (Hospital)

Date not recorded

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.63.2
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Letters Received — Skipwiths Landing (Subcommissioner)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, August 1865–February 1866, are arranged chronologically by the date received.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.47.1
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Letters Received — Smithfield (Assistant Superintendent)

May 1866–June 1867

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.45.2
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Letters Received — South Bend (Arkansas County)

Feb.–Aug. 1867

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Unbound letters received, February–August 1867, are arranged and numbered according to their entry in Volume 152. There are also some unregistered letters (November 1867–May 1868).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.29.3
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Letters Received — Sparta (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.64.4
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Letters Received — Springfield (Superintendent)

Date not recorded

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Unbound letters received, August 1865–December 1866; arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.31.2
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Letters Received — Stanford (Agent)

Date not recorded

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The single volume of letters received, November 1866–October 1867 (190), is arranged chronologically and has a name index. The series also includes orders received.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.31.2
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Letters Received — Starkville (Agent)

Date not recorded

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.48.2
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Letters Received — Staunton (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Apr.–May 1866

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.84.4
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Letters Received — Sterling (Subassistant Commissioner)

1866–68

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.41.2
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Letters Received — Stockton (Subassistant Commissioner)

May–Aug. 1867

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Cataloged as “Letters Received”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.85.3
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Letters Received — Subassistant Commissioner (Sub District 1)

Oct. 5–23, 1867

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Unbound letters received, October 1867, consists of four letters.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1902, File 3.2.4
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Letters Received — Suffolk (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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The two volumes of letters received, March 1867–December 1868, 1 (437) and 2 (438), are arranged chronologically. Volume 1 (437) also contains proceedings of Freedmen's Court, Feb.–May 1866.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.86.3
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Letters Received — Summerville (Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.53.3
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Letters Received — Superintendent of Education

June 1867–Dec. 1868

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Cataloged as “Letters Received”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1869, File 2.1.1
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Letters Received — Surgeon

Dec. 1865–Aug. 1868

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The unbound letters received, December 1865–August 1868, consist of three items that are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 3.4.4
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