Registers of Letters Received
Object Details
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- Records of the Field Offices for the State of Georgia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
- Records of the Field Offices for the State of Georgia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 3: Subordinate Field Offices / 3.1: Albany (Subassistant Commissioner)
- Archival Repository
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Identifier
- NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.1.3
- 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 four volumes of registers of letters received, 1 (114), 2 (117), 3 (118), and 4 (119), are dated February 1866–December 1868. Letters entered in volume 1 (114) for the period February 1866–April 1867 are arranged chronologically. Beginning in April 1867, the letters were entered in volume 3 (118) alphabetically by initial letter of the surname of the correspondent and thereunder chronologically with alphabetical divisions that were continued into volumes 1 (114) and 2 (117). The entries in volume 4 (119), which are dated January–December 1868, are also arranged alphabetically by initial letter of the surname of the correspondent and thereunder chronologically. There is a name index in volume 3 (118). The letters received entered in the register are mentioned below.
- 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: cor-intellectualproperty@ldschurch.org.
- Record ID
- ebl-1533644425439-1533644425588-2
- Metadata Usage
- CC0