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1863 Civil War Union town of Seabrook, NH $300 Substitute Bounty Form

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1863 Civil War Union town of Seabrook, NH $300 Substitute Bounty Form
Civil War Union Documents
Union $300 Substitute Bounty Form 1863 New Hampshire


September 8th, 1863-Dated Civil War Period, Partially-Printed Document, for the Union town of Seabrook, New Hampshire, $300 Substitute Bounty Form, Very Fine.
This is an original 1863 dated, Civil War Document is Signed, “Charles Knowles,” measuring 4.25” x 7.5” and showing he received $300.00 from the town of Seabrook, NH so he could pay for a Substitute replacement soldier for the Union Army. It well printed in black on a white wove period paper, and is also endorsed “C. Knowles” on the blank reverse. At that time, by furnishing Three Hundred Dollars, you could buy your way out of the Union Draft. Folds, some light wear, and overall appears nice, being boldly headed, “Provost Marshall’s Office.”