Letters Sent — New Iberia (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Source catalog description

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The three volumes of letters sent cover the period February 1866–October 1867 and August–December 1868. Volume 1 (383) is arranged in chronological order and numbered. Volumes 2 (447) and 3 (448) are arranged chronologically. There is a name index in Volume 1 (383). Volume 1 (383) also contains "Receipts of School Tax" (August 1866–January 1867), arranged chronologically; a name list of "Tickets Sold" (June–November [No Year]), arranged chronologically; a register of "Destitute People Applying for Relief" (June–July [No Year]), arranged chronologically; and accounts (July–August [No Year]), arranged chronologically.

Collection

Records of the Field Offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863–1872

Archival grouping

Records of the Field Offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863–1872 / Series 5: Subordinate Field Offices / 5.43: New Iberia (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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