General Correspondence (a series), 1894-1903.

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General Correspondence (a series), 1894-1903.

Letters, reports, and related papers received and copies of outgoing communications. The correspondence after the termination of the Office in 1899 concerns errors and corrections in the published volumes of the OFFICIAL RECORDS and the preparation of the General Index.

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