Unregistered Letters Sent to Bureau Headquarters and Returned With Endorsements
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content: Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Arkansas Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869
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content: Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Arkansas Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869 / Series 1: General Records / 1.4: Letters and Telegrams Received
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content: Dec. 1866–Feb. 1869
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M979, File 1.4.5
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content: Archival materials
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content: The second subseries contains letters and telegrams sent to Bureau headquarters in Washington and returned with endorsements, December 1866–February 1869, arranged chronologically. Most of the letters and telegrams were sent to Commissioner Howard and sought approval of appointments or the revocation of appointments of agents and clerks, while some requested clarification or explanation of Bureau policy or procedure on a specific matter.