Letters and Telegrams Received
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content: Records of the Assistant Commissioner for State of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M1048, Series 4
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content: Archival materials
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content: The registered letters and telegrams received, December 1, 1865–May 5, 1869, are generally arranged as entered in the registers of letters and telegrams received. The correspondence received generally concerns topics similar to those of letters and telegrams sent. The correspondence received from assistant superintendents in the subdistricts, however, contains more detailed information about criminal cases and the operations of the Bureau in their particular areas. File citations on individual documents include the entry number from the register, the initials R. F. & A. L. (Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands), and the year. Many letters contain additional file citations from previous offices of receipts.