Letters Sent
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content: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Mississippi, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
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content: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Mississippi, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 3: Subordinate Field Offices / 3.32: Meridian (Subcommissioner)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.32.1
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content: Archival materials
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content: The five volumes of letters sent, January 1866–February 1867 and July 1867–July 1868, 1 (197), 2 (198), 3 (199), 4 (201), and 5 (202), are arranged chronologically with the exception of volumes 1 (197) and 2 (198), which cover the same period (January–March 1866). Volume 1 (197) contains "official" letters—letters and reports to the Assistant Commissioner and to the Northern District of Mississippi, while volume 2 (198) contains letters to local citizens and Army officers in the area. There are name indexes in volumes 2 (198) and 4 (201).