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An Interesting Civil War Document In Which The Notorious “Boss Tweed” Authorizes Payment For A Subst

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An Interesting Civil War Document In Which The Notorious “Boss Tweed” Authorizes Payment For A Subst
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WILLIAM MARCY “BOSS” TWEED DS. 1 page. New York, October 2, 1863. “Frances P. Sherwood by occupation a ~…who has been drafted and adjudged by the Board of Enrollment…to be liable to perform military duty according to the requirement of the Act of Congress passed March 3, 1863, having provided a Substitute who has been duly mustered into the service in the place and stead of such drafted person…for the Relief provided by the Sixth Section of the Ordinance…The said applicant …is in indigent circumstances and has a family wholy depending on him for support…whose condition is such as to render it, in our opinion, a case in which said Substitute is entitled to have the sum of $300 paid to him…Substitute Lorenz Wippenbeck, of Bavaria P. An interesting view into the use of draft substitutes during the Civil War signed by one of America’s most notorious political figures. Fine.