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Endorsements Sent

National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869
Archival Repository
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Identifier
NMAAHC.FB.M1027, Series 2
Type
Archival materials
Collection Citation
Courtesy of the U. S. National Archives and Records Administration, FamilySearch International, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Scope and Contents
Endorsements sent are a characteristic of 19th–century recordkeeping practices. A reply to an incoming letter was frequently written on the letter itself or on a specially prepared wrapper. The reply (known as an endorsement) was then copied into an endorsement book, and the endorsed letter was returned to the sender or forwarded to another office. Endorsement books usually contain a summary of the incoming letter and sometimes the text of previous endorsements that were written on the letter. Among the records of the Assistant Commissioner are five volumes of endorsements sent, July 12, 1865–April 30, 1869. Both volumes and entries in each volume are arranged chronologically. Many entries contain cross–references to related entries in the registers of letters received. These cross–references consist of the letters "LR" (letters received) followed by the number of a letter; "LR" usually appears in the margin of endorsement book pages to the left of the pertinent entry. The left margins also include numbers written as fractions. The numerator is the page number in the same volume on which the preceding endorsement to the same addressee appears; the denominator is the page number of the subsequent endorsement. Each endorsement book has a name index that is arranged alphabetically by initial letter of surname of correspondent. The index for Volume 3, which was prepared by the NARS staff, is arranged alphabetically by entire name of correspondent. Each index is filmed immediately preceding the volume to which it pertains.
Collection Restrictions
Freedmen's Bureau Digital Collection, 1865–1872, is a product of and owned by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. Copyright for digital images is retained by the donor, FamilySearch International; permission for commercial use of the digital images may be requested from FamilySearch International, Intellectual Property Office, at: [email protected].
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Record ID
ebl-1588595442873-1588595442886-1
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/io3b1089d88-93ff-46d4-8e36-ded2335d72e8

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