Letters and Telegrams Sent
Object Details
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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 1
- 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
- The five volumes of fair copies of letters, telegrams, and circular letters sent, June 5, 1865–April 30, 1869, are arranged chronologically. Fair copies are handwritten duplicates of the originals. The entries in each volume are numbered in chronological order within each year beginning January 1, 1866, except that the 1867 sequence of numbers begins on January 18. Frequently, fractions are in the left margin of the pages. The numerator is the volume page number on which the preceding communication to the same correspondent was copied; the denominator is the page number on which the subsequent communication to the same correspondent was copied. Each volume of letters sent has a name index. Volume 1 has an index bound in the front of the volume; Volumes 2 – 5 have separate index books. The entries in the indexes are arranged alphabetically by initial letter of surname of individual and thereunder correspondents are listed on even-numbered pages and persons mentioned in the correspondence are listed on odd–numbered pages except in Volume 1 where correspondents are listed on the odd–numbered pages and persons mentioned in the correspondence are listed on the even–numbered pages. In the indexes, figures that follow names refer to page numbers on which correspondence concerning that person can be found. Each index book 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].
- Record ID
- ebl-1588595442873-1588595442882-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0