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Letters Sent — Barnwell (Subassistant Commissioner – Barnwell District)

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The three volumes of letters sent, March–December 1866 and March 1867–April 1868, 1 (90), 2 (125), and 3 (126), are arranged chronologically. Volume 3 (126) has a name index. Volume 1 (90) also contains a list of contracts made and approved for Jan.–Oct. 1867 (which may be found in Section "F" of the unbound series of labor contracts [1865–68] described below), one approved for Jan.–Apr. 1868, and some miscellaneous lists. Volume 2 (125) also contains two duplicate registers of contracts, Dec. 1866–Apr. 1867 (which may be found in "D" of unbound series of labor contracts described below; a list of prisoners tried and untried at the Post of Aiken, 1866; and a register of rations issued, July–Sept. 1866.

Collection
Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
Archival grouping
Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 5: Subordinate Field Offices / 5.5: Barnwell (Subassistant Commissioner – Barnwell District)
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Catalog reference: NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.5.1

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

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