Registers of Letters Received — Wilmington (Superintendent of the Southern District)

Source catalog description

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The three volumes of registers of letters received cover the period September 1865–April 1870, 1 (251), 2 (253) and 3 (254). The entries in Volumes 1 (251) and 2 (253), September 1865–July 1867, are arranged chronologically by date received and include endorsements sent and received. Volume 3 (254), July 1867–April 1870, is arranged by the initial letter of the surname of the writer and thereunder chronologically. For a name index to volume 1 (251), see the single–volume name index (252), described above. Volume 1 (251) also contains a register of complaints (August–September 1865), arranged chronologically.

Collection

Records of the Field Offices for the State of North Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872

Archival grouping

Records of the Field Offices for the State of North Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 4: Subordinate Field Offices / 4.53: Wilmington (Superintendent of the Southern District)

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