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Registers of Letters Received and Endorsements Sent — Norfolk (Subassistant Commissioner, 1st District)

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The eight volumes of registers of letters received and endorsements sent, 1 (323), 2 (324), 3 (325), 4 (326), 5 (327), 6 (328), 7 (329), and 8 (330), cover the period June 1865–January 1869. Volumes 1 (323), 2 (324), and 3 (325) are arranged chronologically. The remaining volumes are arranged by time period (time periods overlap), thereunder alphabetically by initial letter of surname of correspondent, and thereunder arranged in chronological order and numbered. Volumes 1 (323) and 2 (324) have name indexes.

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 / 3.69: Norfolk (Subassistant Commissioner, 1st District)
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Catalog reference: NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.69.2

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

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