Endorsements Sent and Received
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content: Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of North Carolina Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M844, Series 2
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content: Among the records of the Superintendent is a volume containing endorsements sent and received, July 3, 1867–November 24, 1868. Frequently, instead of writing a letter, the Superintendent, like other officers in this period, wrote his 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 forwarding statements were copied into the endorsement book with a summary of the contents of the incoming communication. Endorsements received were also copied in this book.  

Endorsements in this volume are arranged chronologically. In the left margin is the name and occasionally the title of the person who wrote the original letter. There are also notations in the form of a fraction. The numerator is the number of the page in the volume on which there is a subsequent endorsement to the same correspondent, and the denominator is the number of the page on which there is a subsequent endorsement. A name index has been prepared by the National Archives.