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Letters Received — Correspondence

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

The registered letters received, June 1865–June 1869, are arranged according to their entry in the registers of letters received. The letters are written by the Assistant Commissioner or his adjutant and received back by endorsement, letters from Bureau officials in Washington, letters from staff officers of the Assistant Commissioner, letters from military department commanders, and letters from private citizens.

Collection
Records of the Assistant Commissioner and Subordinate Field Offices for the State of Florida, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
Archival grouping
Records of the Assistant Commissioner and Subordinate Field Offices for the State of Florida, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 1: Office of Assistant Commissioner / 1.1: Correspondence
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Catalog reference: NMAAHC.FB.M1869, File 1.1.5

Collection: Records of the Assistant Commissioner and Subordinate Field Offices for the State of Florida, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872

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