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Letters Sent — Baton Rouge (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The four volumes of letters sent, July 1866–December 1868, 1 (217), 2 (218), 3 (219), and 4 (220), are arranged chronologically, and each volume has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.6.1
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Letters Sent — Baton Rouge (Subassistant Commissioner of the 2nd Subdistrict)

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The single volume of letters sent, May 1867–December 1868 (216), is arranged in chronological order and numbered.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.5.1
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Letters Sent — Beaufort (Contraband Department)

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The single volume of letters sent, April 1862–January 1863 (115), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains consolidated morning reports of contrabands, Jan.–Mar. 1863.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.8.1
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Letters Sent — Beaufort (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The two volumes of letters sent, January 1866–November 1868, 1 (70) and 2 (71), are arranged chronologically. Volume 1 (70) also contains orders issued requesting recipients to appear at headquarters to answer complaints, claims, or charges (January–April…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.2.1
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Letters Sent — Belton (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The volume of letters sent, July–December 1867 (53), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.4.1
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Letters Sent, Bills of Lading, Indentures, and Reports — Charlotte Courthouse (Charlotte County, Assistant Superintendent)

1865 and 1866

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Unbound letters sent, bills of lading, indentures, and reports of outrages committed, 1865 and 1866, are arranged by type of record.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.12.2
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Letters Sent — Bladensburg (Superintendent)

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The single volume of letters sent, June 1866–September 1867 (50), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1906, File 5.2.1
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Letters Sent — Bluffton

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The single volume of letters sent, April–July 1868 (156), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 4.2.1
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Letters Sent — Boston (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The two volumes of letters sent, July 1867–October 1868, 1 (67) and 2 (68), are arranged in chronological order and numbered.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.5.1
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Letters Sent (Bound) — Bayou Sara (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The five volumes of letters sent, 1 (227), 2 (228), 3 (468), 4 (229), and 5 (469), cover the period January 1866–December 1868. Entries in Volume 1 (227) are arranged in chronological order and numbered, and the remaining entries are arranged…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.7.2
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Letters Sent — Bowling Green (Caroline County, Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters sent, November 1866–December 1868 (117), is arranged chronologically. This volume also contains a register of black families of Caroline County.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.8.1
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Letters Sent — Bowling Green (Chief Subassistant Commissioner)

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The two volumes of letters sent, July 1866–June 1868, 1 (68) and 2 (69), are arranged by year and thereunder arranged in chronological order and numbered. Volume 1 (68) has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.2.1
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Letters Sent — Bowling Green (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters sent, September 1866–December 1867 (70), is arranged by year and thereunder arranged in chronological order and numbered. The name index to this series is mentioned above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.3.2
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Letters Sent — Boydton (Mecklenburg County, Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The unnumbered single volume of letters sent, January 1866–April 1867, is arranged chronologically. Most of the letters entered in the volume relate to Clarksville, VA. The volume also contains complaints and office memos.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.9.2
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Letters Sent — Brandenburg (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters sent, May–June 1868 (82), is arranged chronologically and has a name index. For letters sent September 1866 and a register of letters sent January–July 1867, see the single volume of registers of letters sent and received (80)…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.4.2
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Letters Sent — Brenham (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters sent, April–December 1868 (64), is arranged in chronological order and numbered.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.6.1
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Letters Sent — Brookhaven (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The two volumes of letters sent, March 1866–December 1868, 1 (97) and 2 (98), is arranged chronologically. There is a name index (March–December 1868) in volume 2 (98).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.2.1
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Letters Sent — Brownsville (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters sent, April–September 1867 (75), is arranged in chronological order and numbered. The volume has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.2.1
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Letters Sent — Brownsville (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters sent, April–December 1867, is unnumbered and arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.7.1
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Letters Sent — Brunswick (Agent)

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The single volume of letters sent, June 1867–December 1868 (204), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.21.1
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Letters Sent — Brunswick (Dispensary)

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The single volume of letters sent, May 1867–December 1868 (206), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.22.1
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Letters Sent — Brunswick (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters sent, March 1867–June 1868 (201), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.20.1
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Letters Sent — Bryan (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters sent, November 1866–March 1868 and October–December 1868 (57), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.8.1
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