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Letters Sent — Charlotte (Freedmen's Hospital)

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The single volume of letters sent, March 1867–July 1868 (75), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.4.1
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Letters Sent — Charlotte (Subassistant Commissioner)

1865 and 1867

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Unbound letters sent 1865 and 1867 are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.3.2
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Letters Sent — Charlottesville (Albemarle County, Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The three volumes of letters sent, November 1865–June 1867, 1 (128), 2 (129), and 3 (130), are arranged chronologically. Volume 3 (130) includes endorsements sent and orders issued.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.13.1
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Letters Sent — Chattanooga (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The two volumes of letters sent, April 1867–May 1869, 1 (90) and 2 (91), are arranged chronologically. For a name index to the two volumes, see the unnumbered and undated name index described above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.5.2
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Letters Sent — Chattanooga (Superintendent)

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The two volumes of letters sent, 1866–1867, 1 (89) and 2 (93), are arranged chronologically. There is a name index in volume 1 (89). Volume 2 (93) contains telegrams sent and received (April–September 1866).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.4.1
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Letters Sent — Chester (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters sent, July 1867–July 1868 (146), is arranged chronologically. For a name index to this series, see the single–volume unnumbered name index described above.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.16.2
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Letters Sent — Chief Medical Officer

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The two volumes of letters sent, July 1866–June 1869, 1 (55) and 2 (56), are arranged chronologically. Included in Volume 1 (55), July 1866–May 1867, are copies of endorsements sent and a list of men for whom certificates of disability were forwarded to…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 3.2.1
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Letters Sent — Chief Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer

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The two volumes of letters sent, November 1866–June 1867, 1 (28) and 2 (29), are arranged chronologically. Volume 1 (28) has a name index. Volume 2 (29) also contains a register of orders for transportation (January 1867).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1906, File 3.1.1
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Letters Sent — Christianburg (Montgomery County, Assistant Superintendent)

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The three volumes of letters sent, May 1866–December 1868, 1 (Unnumbered), 2 (135), and 3 (136), are arranged chronologically except that the Unnumbered Volume (May to Dec. 1866) is arranged in two parts: letters to headquarters and miscellaneous letters.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.15.1
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Letters Sent — Claim Division

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The two volumes of letters sent, September 1866–September 1867, 1 (5) and 2 (6), are arranged chronologically, and both volumes have name indexes.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1906, File 4.1.1
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Letters Sent — Claims Agent

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The four volumes of letters sent, June 1867–January 1871, 1 (51), 2 (52), 3 (53), and 4 (54), are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 2.1.1
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Letters Sent — Clarksville (Agent)

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The single volume of letters sent, June–October 1867 (218), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.28.1
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Letters Sent — Clinton (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The four volumes of letters sent, June–August 1866, May 1867–June 1868, and August–December 1868, 1 (245), 2 (246), 3 (247), and 4 (248), are arranged in chronological order and numbered. Each volume has a name index. The letters dated August 8–September…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.12.1
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Letters Sent — Clinton (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters sent, June 1867–December 1868 (82), is arranged chronologically. This volume also contains a register of fines and sentences and a register of contracts.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.11.1
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Letters Sent — Columbia

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The single volume of letters sent, July–October 1868 (105), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.5.1
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Letters Sent — Columbia (Acting Assistant Commissioner – District of Columbia)

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The three volumes of letters sent, February 1866–November 1868, 1 (131), 2 (132), and 3 (133), are arranged chronologically, and each volume has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.17.1
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Letters Sent — Columbia (Agent)

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The single volume of letters sent, November 1868–March 1871 (79), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.8.1
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Letters Sent — Columbia (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The four volumes of letters sent, February 1866–September 1868, 1 (254), 2 (255), 3 (256), and 4 (257), are arranged chronologically. There are name indexes in Volumes 3 (256) and 4 (257). Volume 2 (255) also contains a register of contracts, 1866,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.13.1
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Letters Sent — Columbus (Agent)

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The single volume of letters sent, June–November 1868 (225), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.30.1
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Letters Sent — Columbus (Assistant Superintendent of Education)

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The single volume of letters, sent January–March 1869 (224), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.31.1
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Letters Sent — Columbus (Subassistant Commissioner)

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Unbound letters sent, April–July and November 1866, and January–April 1867 (72), are arranged chronologically. The volume has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.13.1
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Letters Sent — Columbus (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters sent, June 1866–July 1868 (87), is arranged chronologically and has a name index. The volume also contains indentures of apprenticeship (April 1866–January 1868) that are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.6.1
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Letters Sent — Concord

July–Aug. 1867 and Feb. 1868

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The series of unbound letters sent, July–August 1867 and Feb. 1868, consists of four letters.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.5.1
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Letters Sent — Corinth (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The two volumes of letters sent, March 1867–December 1868, 1 (118) and 2 (119), are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.7.1
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