Letters Sent — Correspondence

Source catalog description

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The four volumes of letters sent, September 1865–July1870, are arranged chronologically. The first volume, 1 (4), contains a name index and the fourth volume, 4 (7), has an incomplete index. The volumes contain circular letters and reports to Commissioner Howard. In the first volume there are four letters dated December 1864 sent by George R. Richardson, assistant inspector of artillery, Department and Army of the Tennessee, and by J. W. Powell, Chief of Artillery, Department and Army of the Tennessee.

Collection

Records of the Assistant Commissioner and Subordinate Field Offices for the State of Florida, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872

Archival grouping

Records of the Assistant Commissioner and Subordinate Field Offices for the State of Florida, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 1: Office of Assistant Commissioner / 1.1: Correspondence

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