Registers of Letters Received
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content: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Missouri, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
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content: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Missouri, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 2: Office of the Disbursing Officer / 2.1: Correspondence
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M1908, File 2.1.4
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content: The six volumes of registers of letters received, 1 – 6, cover the period April 1867–April 1872. The entries in Volumes 1 – 3 are arranged by initial letter of surname of writer and thereunder chronologically. The entries in Volumes 4 – 6 are arranged chronologically. Volumes 4 and 5 contain name indexes. Volumes 1 and 4 – 6 include endorsements. Endorsements to Volumes 2 and 3 are found in the single–volume register of endorsements sent and received described above. Any letter received during this period, directly from an office or individual, was entered in the register of letters received; if it was then forwarded to another office or individual it was also entered in the register of endorsements sent and received. Because of this procedure, some letters appear in both series. If the letter was received by endorsement (i.e., referral from another office), it was only entered
into the endorsements volume. Letters received and indexed in this volume are in the unbound registered letters received (April 1867–April 1872) described below.