Naval correspondence letterbook, 1864-1865.

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Naval correspondence letterbook, 1864-1865.

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As head of the Pay Bureau and in charge of paymasters appointed pursuant to St 1863, c 254, the paymaster general was responsible for administering and recording all business pertaining to the payment of state bounties to military personnel during the Civil War. Relationship of this letterbook to other Paymaster General records is unclear. The volume contains handwritten copies of letters of J.W. Fairfield, federal acting assistant paymaster, mostly from on board the U.S.S. Keystone State.

1 file folder (partial doc. box)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Massachusetts. Paymaster General.

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Fairfield, J.W.

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