Registers of Letters Received
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content: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Kentucky, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
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content: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Kentucky, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 4: Subordinate Field Offices / 4.21: Maysville (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner, Mason County)
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.21.2
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content: Archival materials
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content: The three volumes of registers of letters received, 1 (154), 2 (155), and 3 (156), cover the period July 1866–July 1868. The volumes also include endorsements sent. Volumes 1 (154) and 2 (155) are arranged chronologically by date received. Volume 3 (156) is arranged in chronological order by the date received and numbered. The volumes have overlapping dates. Volume 2 (155) also contains a register of bounty claims, August–September (no year), that is arranged by the month the claim was forwarded. The volume also contains a register of "Widows Claims," November 1866, that is arranged by the date the claim was forwarded.