Press Copies of Letters Sent — Assistant Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer

Source catalog description

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The five volumes of press copies of letters sent, 1 (60), 2 (61), 3 (62), 4 (63), and 5 (64), cover the period June 1864–August 1869. Volume 1 (60) is dated June 1864–December 1866; Volume 2 (61), May 1866–October 1867; Volume 3 (62), May 1866–April 1868; Volume 4 (63), January–July 1867; and Volume 5 (64), April 1868–August 1869. There are name indexes for volumes 1 (60), 2 (61), and 3 (62). For a register of these letters, see the two volumes of registers of letters sent mentioned above. Some of the letters in Volume 1 (60) were signed by E. A. Holman, superintendent of Government Farms South of the Potomac and by John A. Elison, chief quartermaster for the Department of Washington.

Collection

Records of the Field Offices for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870

Archival grouping

Records of the Field Offices for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870 / Series 2: Offices of Staff Officers / 2.2: Assistant Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer

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