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Letters, Orders, and Telegrams Received by Lt. Col. J. B. Kinsman, General Superintendent — Fort Monroe (Department of Negro Affairs, 1863–65) Departments of Virginia and North Carolina

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Source catalog description

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Unbound letters, orders, and telegrams received by Lt. Col. J. B. Kinsman, General Superintendent, November 1863–December 1864, are arranged chronologically except that the telegrams are at the end of the series.

Collection
Records of the Field Offices for the State of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
Archival grouping
Records of the Field Offices for the State of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 3: Subordinate Field Offices / 3.64: Fort Monroe (Department of Negro Affairs, 1863–65) Departments of Virginia and North Carolina
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Catalog reference: NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.64.1

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

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