Registers of Letters Received — Albany (Subassistant Commissioner)

Source catalog description

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The four volumes of registers of letters received, 1 (114), 2 (117), 3 (118), and 4 (119), are dated February 1866–December 1868. Letters entered in volume 1 (114) for the period February 1866–April 1867 are arranged chronologically. Beginning in April 1867, the letters were entered in volume 3 (118) alphabetically by initial letter of the surname of the correspondent and thereunder chronologically with alphabetical divisions that were continued into volumes 1 (114) and 2 (117). The entries in volume 4 (119), which are dated January–December 1868, are also arranged alphabetically by initial letter of the surname of the correspondent and thereunder chronologically. There is a name index in volume 3 (118). The letters received entered in the register are mentioned below.

Collection

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

Archival grouping

Records of the Field Offices for the State of Georgia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 3: Subordinate Field Offices / 3.1: Albany (Subassistant Commissioner)

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