Letters Sent
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content: Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
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content: Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 5: Subordinate Field Offices / 5.44: Orangeburg (Acting Subassistant Commissioner)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.44.1
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content: Archival materials
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content: The three volumes of letters sent, August 1865–July 1866 and July 1867–December 1868, 1 (250), 2 (251), and 3 (253), are arranged chronologically. There are name indexes in Volumes 2 (251) and 3 (253). Volume 1 (250) includes general orders issued and a register of contracts approved (Apr.–May 1866); a register of rations issued (May–Aug. 1866); and accounts (June–July, ca. 1866), arranged chronologically. Volume 2 (251) also contains endorsements sent and received (Apr.–Nov. 1866), arranged chronologically. Volume 2 (251) has a name index.