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Press Copies of Letters Sent — Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer
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The three volumes of press copies of letters sent, 1 (39), 2 (40), and 3 (41), September 1866–July 1870, are arranged chronologically. Each volume has a name index. Edwin Beecher, who was serving as Assistant Commissioner and superintendent of education, signed the letters from February 1869 to July 1870. All of the letters concern the accounting or disbursement of funds.
- Collection
- Records of the Field Offices for the State of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
- Archival grouping
- Records of the Field Offices for the State of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 3: Offices of Staff Officers / 3.3: Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer
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Catalog reference: NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 3.3.2
Collection: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
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