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Letters Sent, October–November 1866, and a Register of Letters Received, November 1866–October 1867, by the Acting Assistant Quartermaster — Alexandria (Superintendent)

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The single volume of letters sent, October–November 1866, and a register of letters received, November 1866–October 1867, by the acting assistant quartermaster, October 1866–October 1867 (88), is arranged chronologically. For letters received, see unbound letters received by the acting assistant quartermaster (Nov. 1866–Oct. 1867) described below. This Volume (88) also contains lists of people at the industrial schools and Freedmen's Home.

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Records of the Field Offices for the State of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
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Records of the Field Offices for the State of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 3: Subordinate Field Offices / 3.2: Alexandria (Superintendent)
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Catalog reference: NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.2.9

Collection: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872

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