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Register of Letters Received — Assistant Superintendent of Freedmen (Provost Marshal of Freedmen)

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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 single-volume register of letters received, January–June 1865 (73), is arranged chronologically and has a name index. Entries in the volume include endorsements.

Collection
Records of the Mississippi Freedmen's Department ("Pre–Bureau Records"), Office of the Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863–1865
Archival grouping
Records of the Mississippi Freedmen's Department ("Pre–Bureau Records"), Office of the Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863–1865 / Series 2: Offices of Staff Officers / 2.1: Assistant Superintendent of Freedmen (Provost Marshal of Freedmen)
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Catalog reference: NMAAHC.FB.M1914, File 2.1.1

Collection: Records of the Mississippi Freedmen's Department ("Pre–Bureau Records"), Office of the Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863–1865

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