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Letters Sent — Staunton (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters sent, April–December 1866 (250), is arranged chronologically. The volume has a name index and also includes some endorsements interfiled with letters, and some letters and endorsements received at the back.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.84.1
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Letters Sent — Sterling (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters sent, September 1866–December 1868 (155), is arranged chronologically and has a partial name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.41.1
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Letters Sent — Stockton (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters sent, June–December 1867 (370), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.85.1
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Letters Sent — Subassistant Commissioner (Sub District 1)

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The single volume of letters sent, October 1867–June 1868 (86), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1902, File 3.2.1
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Letters Sent — Suffolk (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters sent, August 1867–December 1868 (439), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.86.1
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Letters Sent — Summerville (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters sent, August 1866–December 1867 (270), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.53.1
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Letters Sent — Sumpter (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters sent, June–December 1867 and April–December 1868 (158), is arranged chronologically and has a name index. For the 1867 period, this series is only a register of letters sent. The series is a cross–reference to the register of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1912, File 4.42.1
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Letters Sent — Superintendent of Education

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The two volumes of letters sent, July 1865–June 1866, 1 (49) and 2 (50), are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 2.1.1
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Letters Sent — Surgeon

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The three volumes of letters sent, September 1865–December 1868, 1 (31), 2 (32), and 3 (33), are arranged in chronological order. The indexes include a name and subject index for the first volume and name indexes for the remaining two. They also indicate…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 3.4.1
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Letters Sent — Surgeon in Chief

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The single volume of letters sent, February 1867–September 1870 (No Number), is arranged alphabetically by initial letter of surname of addressee and thereunder chronologically. There are only a few letters dated 1870.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1902, File 2.4.1
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Letters Sent — Talladega (Freedmen's Hospital)

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The single volume of letters sent, August–December 1868 (170), is arranged chronologically and has a name index. For letters sent for the period May–July 1866, see volume 1 (185), mentioned above, of letters sent by the surgeon for the Freedmen's Hospital…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 4.28.1
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Letters Sent — Talladega (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The four volumes of letters sent by the subassistant commissioner at Talladega, May 1866–December 1868, 1 (164), 2 (165), 3 (166), and 4 (167), are arranged chronologically and have name indexes. The first volume, 1 (164), also contains a receipt roll for…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 4.27.1
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Letters Sent — Tallahassee

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The single volume of letters sent, June–December 1868, is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1869, File 3.9.1
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Letters Sent — Tappahannock (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The two volumes of letters sent, July–December 1865 and August 1866– December 1868, 1 (448) and 2 (442), are arranged chronologically. Volume 1 (448) contains a name index and proceedings of the Freedman's Court, Mar.–Apr. 1866.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.87.1
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Letters Sent — Thibodeaux (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters sent, March–December 1868 (472), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.66.1
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Letters Sent — Thomasville (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The three volumes of letters sent cover the period November 1865–December 1868, 1 (379), 2 (380), and 3 (381). Volume 1 (379) is arranged in chronological order and numbered. Volumes 2 (380) and 3 (381) are arranged chronologically, and all the volumes…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.86.1
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Letters Sent to and a Register of Letters Received from Assistant Quartermaster James P. Low — Darlington (Acting Assistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters sent to and a register of letters received from assistant quartermaster James P. Low, June 1866–December 1867 (174), is arranged by type of record and thereunder in chronological order and numbered. The volume has name indexes.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.21.7
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Letters Sent to General Howard (18)

June 1, 1865–Dec. 31, 1868

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Cataloged as “Letters Sent to General Howard (18)”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1048, File 1.7.2
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Letters Sent Transmitting Amounts Due for Rations Issued — Ridgeville

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The single volume of letters sent transmitting amounts due for rations issued, October–November 1868 (263), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains a register of rations issued (Apr.–May 1868); bills of lading; a list of names of persons who…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.48.1
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Letters Sent — Trent River Settlement, James City, Newberne Subdistrict (Assistant Superintendent)

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The single volume of letters sent, August 1866–July 1867 (181), is arranged chronologically. Some of the letters were sent by Assistant Superintendent A. W. McKillip from Newberne rather than James City. The volume also contains correspondence of the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.48.1
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Letters Sent — Trinity (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of letters sent, July–October 1867 and August–December 1868 (478), is arranged chronologically and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.68.1
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Letters Sent — Tupelo (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The two volumes of letters sent, July 1867–May 1868 and August–December 1868, 1 (258) and 2 (259), are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.49.1
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Letters Sent — Tuscumbia

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The records for the subassistant commissioner at Tuscumbia include a single volume of letters sent, May–August 1868 (159), and a single volume of fair copies of contracts, November 1865–March 1868 (160). Both of these record series are arranged…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 4.30.1
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Letters Sent — Tuskegee

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The single volume of letters sent, September 1865–April 1866 (154), by the assistant superintendent at Tuskegee is arranged chronologically and has a name index. Much of the volume consists of weekly reports sent to the office of the Assistant Commissioner…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 4.31.1
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