Endorsements Sent
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content: Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Georgia, 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.M798, Series 2
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content: Archival materials
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content: According to the recordkeeping practices of the day, the Assistant Commissioner kept a series of records known as endorsements sent or endorsement books. Frequently, instead of writing a letter, the Assistant Commissioner, the Assistant Adjutant General, or the Assistant Inspector General, wrote the reply or forwarding statement on the incoming letter and either returned the communication to the sender or forwarded it to another officer. These replies or statements were copied into endorsement books, with a summary of the contents of the incoming communication and with all the previous endorsements that had been written on the communication.

The 6 volumes of endorsements sent, October 1865–May 1869, are generally arranged in chronological order. In the left margin is the name of the person or title of the officer to whom the endorsement was sent. Fractions are entered in the left margin throughout Volume 1 and in part of Volume 2. The numerator is the number of the page in a volume on which there is a preceding endorsement to the same officer, and the denominator is the number of the page on which there is a subsequent endorsement. Frequently noted is the page number on which the incoming letter was entered in the register of letters received. A name index to Volumes 1 and 2 has been filmed before Volume 1.