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Letters Sent — Paris (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters sent, May–September 1867 (199), 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 3.27.1
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Letters Sent — Pass Christian (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters sent, April 1866–September 1867 and November 1867 (244), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains letters sent by the agent at Sardis (July and September–October 1868).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.40.1
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Letters Sent — Perry (Agent)

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The single volume of letters sent, September 1867–December 1868 (332), is arranged chronologically and has a name index. The volume also contains a register of letters received, which is duplicated in the register of letters received and endorsements sent,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.74.1
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Letters Sent — Petersburg (Assistant Superintendent)

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The single volume of letters sent, November 1867–April 1868 (398), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.76.1
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Letters Sent — Philadelphia (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters sent, September 1867–January 1868 (246), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.42.1
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Letters Sent — Pine Bluff (Jefferson County)

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The single volume of letters sent, August–December 1868 (146), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains a register of contracts, February–April 1864 and January–June 1865, and records of the contraband camp at Pine Bluff, February–September…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.27.2
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Letters Sent — Pine Bluff (Superintendent of Arkansas River District)

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The single volume of letters sent, July 1866–May 1867 (144), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains letters sent by the agent at Pine Bluff (March–May 1867).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.26.1
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Letters Sent — Plymouth (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The two volumes of letters sent, May 1866–December 1868, 1 (212) and 2 (213), are arranged chronologically. Volume 2 (213) has a name index. Volume 1 (212) also contains endorsements sent and received (April 1866–May 1867).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.36.1
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Letters Sent — Port Gibson (Subcommissioner)

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The single volume of letters sent, July 1865–February 1866 (249), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains letters, general and special orders received, and letters sent (May–June 1865), arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.43.1
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Letters Sent — Princess Anne (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters sent, August–September 1866 (476), is arranged chronologically. The volume also includes a list of houses and the occupants thereof on Wise Farm, with a home index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.78.1
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Letters Sent — Pulaski (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters sent, May–November 1868 (205), is arranged in chronological order and numbered.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.28.1
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Letters Sent — Purdy (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters sent, May–December 1867 and September–October 1868 (202), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.29.1
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Letters Sent — Quitman (Agent)

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The single volume of letters sent, April 1867–July 1868 (334), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.75.1
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Letters Sent — Raleigh (Assistant Superintendent)

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The three volumes of letters sent, May 1866–December 1868, 1 (217), 2 (222), and 3 (223), are arranged chronologically. Volumes 2 (222) and 3 (223) have name indexes. Volume 1 (217) also contains letters sent by the superintendent of the Central District…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.38.1
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Letters Sent Relating to Bureau and Quartermaster Stores — Selma (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters sent, July 1867–June 1868 (179), relating to Bureau and quartermaster stores, is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 4.25.2
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Letters Sent Relating to Complaints and Endorsements Sent and Received — Canton

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The single volume of letters sent relating to complaints and endorsements sent and received, September–December 1868 (104), is arranged by type of record and thereunder chronologically. The volume also contains an undated list of applications for bounties.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.3.2
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Letters Sent Relating to Complaints — Columbus (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters sent relating to complaints, July–October 1867 (113), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.6.2
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Letters Sent Relating to Complaints — Vermilionville (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters sent relating to complaints, May–October 1866 (489), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains a register of contracts approved (1866); trimonthly reports (April 1866–April 1868); a register of indigent and helpless…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.69.2
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Letters Sent Relating to Complaints — Vicksburg (Subcommissioner)

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The single volume of letters sent relating to complaints, March 1866, May 1866, and July–October 1866 (282), is arranged chronologically and has a name index. The volume also contains complaints (July–September 1867).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.51.3
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Letters Sent, Reports, Affidavits, and Court Papers — Jacksonport (Jackson County)

Aug. 1865–Jan. 1867

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Unbound letters sent, reports, affidavits, and court papers, August 1865–January 1867, are arranged by type of record. The letters sent are dated August–September 1865 and May 1866 and are partially duplicated in Volume 1 (94) of the letters sent.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.12.7
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Letters Sent — Rice Hope Plantation

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The single volume of letters sent, April 1865–May 1868 (260), is arranged in chronological order and numbered, and the volume has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.46.1
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Letters Sent — Richmond (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The two volumes of letters sent, January 1867–December 1868, 1 (419) and 2 (420), are arranged chronologically. Volume 1 (419) has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.80.1
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Letters Sent — Richmond (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The two volumes of letters sent, January 1866–December 1868, 1 (143) and 2 (145), are arranged chronologically. Volume 1 (143) also contains special orders received and registers of complaints. Volume 2 (145) also contains a list of permits to ship cotton,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.37.1
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Letters Sent — Rockingham (Agent)

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The single volume of letters sent, June 1867–December 1868 (229), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.40.1
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