Letters Sent
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content: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
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content: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 4: Subordinate Field Offices / 4.25: Selma (Subassistant Commissioner)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 4.25.1
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content: Archival materials
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content: The four volumes of letters sent, March 1866–December 1868 [no entries for May 1866], 1 (175), 2 (176), 3 (177), and 4 (178), are arranged chronologically and each volume has a name index. The first volume, 1 (175), also contains records of the proceedings relating to a freedmen's court for the period March–April 1866, which states the nature of the cases, testimony, and court decisions. There are a number of cross–references beginning in January 1867 to register file numbers of letters received and endorsements sent.