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LET001 |
Civil War Letter
Camp Stanton
Pvt. G.H. Clark
Company I 33 Regt. |
no picture available |
Written on paper folded to form
4 page booklet. Embossed stamp on upper left corner of C.S. in a shield.
Written in pencil, beginning paragraph extremely hard to read with
fading. Written to his sister Abbie, he begins with fact he has passed
his exam and is "waiting to be mustered out in the company I (eye) Capt.
Doans 33rd Regiment Colonel Braggit the same the other rochester
recruits are in." "...they think we will go to Arlington heights....the
mustering officer does not come and I am tired of waiting for hi...just
learned the uniforms are all taken..." etc. About his first taste of
Army life. |
SALE $ 15.00
SOLD |
DOC6-
88-887 |
Civil War
Bureau
of Pension
Certificate
Inability to Earn |
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For "Lucino C. Jacobs who
was a Private Co. K. 34" Regiment Indiana Volunteer
Infantry." "This pension being for Partial Inability to earn
a support by manual labor." $10/month commence on November 7th .
Signed by Ethan A. Hitchcock Secty of the Interior. Countersigned by
J.L. Davenport, Acting Commissioner of Pensions. 4page sheet (nothing on inside pages), folds into a tri-fold.
No. 790930 Increase. |
$30.00x |
DOC6-
88-882 |
Civil War
Bureau
of Pension
Certificate
for Widow |
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For "Eliza A, Monroe,
widow of Joel D. Monroe who was a Sergeant Co. C 111 Reg. N.Y. Vol.
Inf." $12/month commence on October 19, 1895 and to continue
during her widowhood...And also entitled to $2 per month additional
for each of the following named children while living and under the
age of sixteen years. "Lillian, Myrtie, Pearl". Signed Jan.
14, 1896 by H. Smith, Secty of Interior. Countersigned by Lochorn,
Commissioner of Pensions. 4page sheet (nothing on inside pages), folds into a tri-fold.
No. 418.475 Original. Stamped Jan 20 1896. |
$35.00x |
DOC6-
PEN014 |
Civil War Camp Letter |
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1page, folded to create 4
pages, lined paper, in ink. With embossed "P. & P." within a framed
design. Friend Bridget, refers to picket duty with
12 privates, two noncom officers every night. Mentions excitement of rebs came down on their pickets, Foster sent two brigades of Infantry,
two batterys of Artillery to meet them but the rebs fell back. Repeat
attempts to take prisoners and destroy earthworks, men killed, gun
boat firing a few shells. Signed by Whitman(?) Dated March 23? |
$ 20.00
SALE $15.00
SOLD |
DOC6-
D-001 |
Deceased Pensioners Forms for
Widow of Naval Seamen |

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Two separate forms for Caroline
Walker, Widow of Samuel Walker, Seamen, U.S.S. Kineo. One entitles her
to pension of $8 per month commencing on the 15th of Oct. 1890, to
continue during her widowhood. Signature stamp of John Noble, Sect'y
of the Interior. Signed by Andrew Davidson, Acting Commissioner of
Pensions. Second form is for arrears due deceased pensioners. Payable
at the Boston Pension Agency (County of Barnstable), it lists Walker
as died at sea on the 29th of April 1881. |
Both
$ 60.00
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90-780 |
Boxer Rebellion
China Relief Pension
Document |
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Issued to the mother of Private
Herman McCaul of Co. I 9th Regt. U.S. Infantry. Killed in Tientsin,
China. This certificate is a reissue of a lost certificate, dated Dec.
1, 1900, this issued July 1919. Includes envelop from Dept. of
Interior, Bureau of Pensions, addressed to Margaret A. McCaul,
Branchport, N.Y. |
$ 50.00 |
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88-893 |
7th N.Y.N.G. Certificate of
Discharge |
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"By virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Military Code of the State of New York
as Colonel Commanding the 7th Regiment in the 2nd Brigade and 1st
Division of the N.G.S.N.Y. I have this day granted and by these
Presents do grant unto J.W. Lore of New York in the County of New York
a Private in the 7th Regiment an honorable Discharge from further
service in the Military Forces of the State, except in the case of
Insurrection or Invasion." Dated November 16th, 1882. |
$ 35.00 |
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COL017 |
Public Sale Notice
Brooklyn 1826 |
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"By virtue of an order of
Jeremiah Lott, Esq. Surrogate of the County of Kings, will be sold at
Public Auction, at the Steam Boat Hotel, kept by G.C. Langdon, in the
village of Brooklyn....." |
SALE $15.00 |
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