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 / 5.6: Baton Rouge (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 5.6.2
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content: Archival materials
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content: The three volumes of registers of letters received, 1  (207), 2  (214) and 3 (215), are dated January–May 1865 and January 1867–December 1868. Volumes 1  (207) and 2 (214) are arranged in chronological order by date received and numbered. Volume 3 (215) is arranged chronologically by date received. Volumes 2 (214) and 3 (215) have name indexes. Volume 1 (207) includes endorsements sent, and Volume 3 (215) includes endorsements sent and received, dated June–December 1868. Volume 1  (207) also contains a register of destitute persons (No Date) arranged by initial letter of surname and thereunder by race.