Registers of Letters Received
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content: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863–1872
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content: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863–1872 / Series 5: Subordinate Field Offices / 5.72: Vidalia (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.72.2
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content: Archival materials
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content: The eight volumes of registers of letters received, 1 (498), 2 (501), 3 (505), 4 (521), 5 (522), 6 (523), 7 (524), and 8 (525), cover the period March 1866–December 1868. There is no discernible arrangement in Volumes 1 (498), 2 (505), and 4 (521). Volumes 2 (501) and 8 (525) are arranged chronologically, and Volumes 5 (522) and 7 (524), by initial letter of surname of correspondent and thereunder chronologically. There are name indexes in Volumes 1 (498), 2 (501), and 3 (505). For the period March to October 1866, the complete letter was recorded.