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Letters Received — Fort Smith (Sebastian County)
Mar. 1866–Oct. 1868
African American history · place not specified
Source catalog description
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The unbound letters received, March 1866–October 1868, are arranged chronologically. Agents Thomas Abel (March–May 1866), Sebastian Geisreiter (May–August 1866), and Charles Banzaf (August 1866–May 1867 and August–October 1867) copied their letters received into Volumes 1 (76) and 2 (77). The other agents did not.
- Collection
- Records of the Field Offices for the State of Arkansas, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
- Archival grouping
- Records of the Field Offices for the State of Arkansas, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 3: Subordinate Field Offices / 3.7: Fort Smith (Sebastian County)
- Catalog date
- Mar. 1866–Oct. 1868
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Catalog reference: NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.7.2
Collection: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Arkansas, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
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