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Record Group Number: 001025
Series/Collection Number: .S 2209
Creator: National Archives Microfilm Publications.
Title, Dates: Letters Received by the Dept. of Justice from the State of Georgia, 1871-1884.
Amount: 5 microfilm reels
Medium Included: Microfilm.
Organization/Arrangement: Chronological.
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Biographical/Historical:     The U.S. Department of Justice grew out of the Office of the Attorney General, created by the federal Judiciary Act of 1789. The act assigned limited responsibilities to the Attorney General. He was required to conduct all suits involving the United States before the Supreme Court and to render opinions upon questions of law at the request of the President and heads of executive departments. The enactment of legislation, as well as reorganization within the executive branch of government, resulted in the assignment of additional legal and administrative functions to the Attorney General's Office in succeeding years. Until 1870, however, the various Attorneys General continued to operate under the limited mandate contained in the Judiciary Act of 1789, and authority over legal matters involving the United States became dispersed throughout the executive branch. Some of the departments succeeded in establishing their own legal offices, which were independent of the Office of the Attorney General in exercising effective control over the conduct of his subordinates, the U.S. attorneys and marshals resident in various Federal judicial districts. Supervision of these officers was divided among several departments.
Summary:     This series consists of microfilm of unbound letters, with their enclosures, received by the Department of Justice from federal officers, state and local officials, and private citizens from January 1871 to August 1884.  The records are part of a federal record series known as source chronological files of the Department of Justice. The correspondence deals with  a variety of subjects including reconstruction conflicts, civil rights, internal revenue and customs, and regulation of trade and commerce. This series also includes a register of correspondence relating to Georgia and a series of letters pertaining to Georgia affairs which was filed separately from the correspondence in the source chronological files.
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Location of Originals/Duplicates: Originals held by the National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D. C.
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Subject Access Fields: Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
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