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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, arranged by name of plantation. Volume 4 (257) also contains complaints, 1868, unarranged; and Volume 1 (254) also contains a "Day Book" of accounts with freedmen, 1867, arranged by name of freedman and thereunder chronologically.
- Collection
- Records of the Field Offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863–1872
- Archival grouping
- Records of the Field Offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863–1872 / Series 5: Subordinate Field Offices / 5.13: Columbia (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)
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Catalog reference: NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.13.1
Collection: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863–1872
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