Press Copies of Letters Sent
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content: Records of the Field Offices for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870
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content: 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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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M1902, File 2.2.2
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content: 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.