Endorsements Sent
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content: Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M810, Series 4
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content: Archival materials
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content: Endorsements sent are characteristic of 19th–century recordkeeping practices. A reply to an incoming letter was frequently written on the letter itself or on a specially prepared wrapper. The reply, known as an endorsement, was then copied into an endorsement book, and the endorsed letter was returned to the sender or forwarded to another office. Endorsement books also usually include a summary of the incoming letter and sometimes previous endorsements that were
recorded on it.

The volume of endorsements sent, January 27–November 27, 1868, is arranged chronologically and contains a name index. The endorsements relate to the register of letters received for the same period. Most endorsements include citations to related entries in the register of letters received. There are also some citations to related letters sent.