Letters Sent
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content: Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
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content: 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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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.5.1
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content: 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.