Wooden Cabinet

Wooden Cabinet

Letter from Massachusetts Auditor's Department re discharge of servicemen - 1868

Document from The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Auditor's Department stating that evidence has been found for discharge of E. Goodwin in 1866, and John Farnsworth, Alfred E. Houghton, and Walter Burke in 1865

Civil War Records are located in left unit, wooden cabinet, room 1a

Year (or year range)
1868
Approximate era
1851-1900

Certification of duty in the U.S. Navy - Walter Burke - 1866

Hand-written certification dated March 9, 1866, from William Latimer, Acting Chief Engineer U.S.N. to certify that Walter Burton, 2nd Class Fireman has been attached to the vessel U.S.S. Miantinomoh since September 17, 1865 and whose enlistment will end December 15, 1867.

Civil War Records are located in left unit, wooden cabinet, room 1a

Year (or year range)
1866
Approximate era
1851-1900

Three Certificates Of Enlistment

1. August 22nd, 1862. Certifies that Amos A. Taylor has been mustered into the service of the United States Of America for three years service as a part of the quota of Warwick.

2. August 14th, 1862. Certifies that James A. Williams, Ebenezer Goodwin, Alexander Cooper, Jesse I. Bridges, John Farnsworth, James D. Putnam, George B. Cobb, S. T. Underwood, Alfred E. Houghton, and Lafayette Nelson, have been mustered into the service of the United States for a term of three years.

3. August 20th, 1861. "This is to certify that Alexander Cooper enlisted into my Company on the 15th of July last and was mustered into the service of the United States immediately after." Signed, George W. Rockwood. 15th regiment.

Civil War Records are located in left unit, wooden cabinet, room 1a

Year (or year range)
1860s
Approximate era
1851-1900

Letter from Adjutant-General's Office re fraudulent county payments - 1864

Four page letter from Adjutant-General's Office, dated June 24, 1864 to the governor of Massachusetts concerning complaints "that certain towns have enlisted and paid local bounties to men whose names appear upon the Muster Rolls as from one town and upon the Description Rolls as from another." The adjutant-general feels that the cause of discrepancies has been the "free use of money by trading with brokers and swindlers. And the remedy is, not to pay a cent of bounty or premium until the recruit is mustered in; and then to pay it to the recruit, and not to the broker."

Civil War Records are located left unit, wooden cabinet, room 1a

Year (or year range)
1864
Approximate era
1851-1900