Letters Sent by John Eaton, General Superintendent of Contrabands
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content: Records of the Mississippi Freedmen's Department ("Pre–Bureau Records"), Office of the Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863–1865
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content: Records of the Mississippi Freedmen's Department ("Pre–Bureau Records"), Office of the Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863–1865 / Series 1: Office of the General Superintendent of Freedmen
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M1914, Subseries 1.1
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content: Archival materials
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content: The single volume of letters sent by Col. John Eaton, general superintendent of contrabands, spans the period February–December 1863. Volume (74) is arranged chronologically. The letters dated February–August and December 1863 are from Memphis, TN, and those dated September–November 1863 are mostly from Vicksburg, MS. The volume has a name index.