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Lot 440: Set of 13 Civil War Documents

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Lot  440: Set of 13 Civil War Documents
<b>CW¥U¥Documents</b><hr><b>Thirteen 1864 War Committee Documents From Westfield, New York.</b>
Eleven partly-printed documents, all dated August and September 1864, 3' x 7.75', all signed by S.A. Skinner, Chairman of the War Committee, for various amounts, being subscriptions to the Volunteer Fund. Three other manuscript receipts note money received from the War Committee: One for $850 advanced to pay the bounty for an enlisted soldier; another for $9,140 paid to '24 volunteers credited to the Town of Westfield on the call of the President made in July 1864 for 500,000 men'; and a third, dated Oct. 7, 1864, for $1429 'for my Expenses to Vicksburg & for my services in recruiting men into the service of the U.S. to fill the quota of this town under the calal of the President for 500,000men made in July 1864.' Each receipt has a 2¢ cancelled stamp.
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