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Letters Sent and Register of Letters Received — Union (Fulton County)

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The single volume of letters sent and register of letters received, January 1867–September 1868 (156), is arranged by letters sent and register of letters received and thereunder chronologically. There are indexes for both the letters sent and for the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.30.1
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Letters Sent and Registers of Claims, Marriages, Contracts, and Indentures — Osceola (Mississippi County)

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The single volume of letters sent and register of claims, marriages, contracts, and indentures, 1866–68 (138), is arranged by type of record. The letters sent are dated July 1868; the register of claims, October 1866; the register of marriages, April…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.23.1
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Letters Sent and Registers of Letters Received — Farmville (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The two volumes of letters sent and registers of letters received, April–December 1868, 1 (162) and 2 (314), are arranged by time period and thereunder by type of record. The letters sent are arranged chronologically, and the register of entries for…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.28.1
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Letters Sent and Registers of Letters Received with Endorsements — Columbia (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The two volumes of letters sent and registers of letters received with endorsements, January 1867–November 1868, 1 (77) and 2 (78), are arranged by time period, thereunder by type of record, and thereunder chronologically. Volume 1 (77) also contains a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.12.1
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Letters Sent and Retained Copies of Reports — Union (Fulton County)

June 1866–June 1867

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Unbound letters sent and retained copies of reports, June 1866–June 1867, are arranged by type of record. Most of the letters and reports are copied in Volume 156.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.30.2
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Letters Sent — Anderson Court House (Acting Subassistant Commissioner – Anderson District)

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The two volumes of letters sent, March 1866–September 1867, 1 (105) and 2 (106), are arranged in chronological order and numbered. Both volumes have name indexes.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.4.1
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Letters Sent — Annapolis (Disbursing Officer)

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The single volume of letters sent, June 1866–March 1868 (48), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1906, File 5.1.1
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Letters Sent, April–November 1867, and Proceedings of Freedmen's Court, March–May 1866 — Williamsburg (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters sent, April–November 1867, and proceedings of Freedmen's Court, March–May 1866 (451), is arranged by type of record and thereunder chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.93.1
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Letters Sent — Asheville (Agent)

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The two volumes of letters sent, May–July 1866 and July 1867–September 1868, 1 (236) and 2 (65), are arranged chronologically and have name indexes. Volume 1 (236) also contains a register of vouchers received at Salisbury, North Carolina (February…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.1.1
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Letters Sent — Assistant Inspector General

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The single–volume of letters sent, March 1866–September 1868 (53), is arranged and numbered in chronological order, although there are sections of the volume in which the communications were not copied in chronological order. Some of the communications in…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1902, File 2.1.2
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Letters Sent — Athens (Agent)

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The three volumes of letters sent, May 1867–November 1868, 1 (171), 2 (172), and 3 (173), are arranged chronologically, and volumes 2 (172) and 3 (173) have name indexes. There are two indexes in volume 3 (173): one is to the addressee of the letter, and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.7.1
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Letters Sent — Athens (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The two volumes of letters sent, February 1867–December 1868, 1 (169) and 2 (170) are arranged chronologically and have name indexes. Volume 1 (169) has two indexes: one to the addressee of the letter, and the other to persons mentioned within the letter.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.6.1
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Letters Sent — Atlanta (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The two volumes of letters sent, October 1865–December 1866 and March 1867–December 1868, 1 (98) and 2 (99), are arranged chronologically and have name indexes. Most of the letters were sent by the subassistant commissioner. However, volume 1 (98) also…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.8.1
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Letters Sent — Augusta (Agent)

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The single volume of letters sent, July–December 1867 and April–December 1868 (153), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.12.1
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Letters Sent — Augusta (Assistant Superintendent of Education)

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The single volume of letters sent, January–May 1869 (154), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.13.1
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Letters Sent — Augusta (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The three volumes of letters sent, July 1865–December 1868, 1 (150), 2 (151), and 3 (152), are arranged chronologically and have name indexes. Volume 1 (150) also contains registers of civil agents in the subdistrict dated 1865–66.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.11.1
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Letters Sent — Austin (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The two volumes of letters sent, October 1866–December 1868, 1 (48) and 2 (49), are arranged in general chronological order. Volume 1 (48) also contains accounts (June 1866–February 1867).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.1.1
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Letters Sent — Bainbridge (Agent)

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The two volumes of letters sent, June 1867–December 1868, 1 (182) and 2 (183), are arranged chronologically and have name indexes.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.15.1
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Letters Sent — Bainbridge (Assistant Superintendent of Education)

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The single volume of letters sent, January–May 1869 (184), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.16.1
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Letters Sent — Barnwell (Subassistant Commissioner – Barnwell District)

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The three volumes of letters sent, March–December 1866 and March 1867–April 1868, 1 (90), 2 (125), and 3 (126), are arranged chronologically. Volume 3 (126) has a name index. Volume 1 (90) also contains a list of contracts made and approved for Jan.–Oct.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.5.1
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Letters Sent — Barton (Agent)

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The single volume of letters sent, October 1867–August 1868 (188), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.18.1
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Letters Sent — Bastrop (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The two volumes of letters sent, February 1867–December 1868, 1 (60) and 2 (61), are arranged chronologically. Volume 2 (61) also contains two other sets of letters sent (October–December. 1868): those sent to Commissioner Howard and those sent through the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.2.1
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Letters Sent — Batesville (Independence County)

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The two volumes of letters sent, August 1866–December 1868, 1 (54) and 2 (55), are arranged chronologically. Volume 1 (54) was Capt. William Brian's letter book into which he copied his outgoing correspondence. (Brian was superintendent and agent at…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.3.1
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