Registers of Letters Received — Baton Rouge (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

Source catalog description

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The three volumes of registers of letters received, 1 (207), 2 (214) and 3 (215), are dated January–May 1865 and January 1867–December 1868. Volumes 1 (207) and 2 (214) are arranged in chronological order by date received and numbered. Volume 3 (215) is arranged chronologically by date received. Volumes 2 (214) and 3 (215) have name indexes. Volume 1 (207) includes endorsements sent, and Volume 3 (215) includes endorsements sent and received, dated June–December 1868. Volume 1 (207) also contains a register of destitute persons (No Date) arranged by initial letter of surname and thereunder by race.

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 / 5.6: Baton Rouge (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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