Civil War volunteer payment cards, 1862-1890 (bulk 1863-1865).

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Civil War volunteer payment cards, 1862-1890 (bulk 1863-1865).

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During the Civil War, the Massachusetts state treasurer distributed soldier pay allotments, bounties, and other remuneration. St 1862, c 62 (Mar. 11) and St 1863, c 58 (Mar. 3) authorized the treasurer to distribute funds for volunteers through the treasurers of the appropriate city or town. In addition to monthly and lump sum bounty payments, monies were also paid out for short terms of militia duty (including the aborted militia call-out of May 26-29, 1862) and for state aid to veterans and families. Series consists of various payment index cards created by the Treasury to track transactions and correspondence related to soldier bounties or pay. Information includes soldier name, regiment, company, amount (frequently $20 per month, or $325 or $50 bounty payment), payee (wife, family member, self, etc.), references to source records by date, and memorandums (describing letter or check sent or received). Cards may note orders submitted by the soldier specifying distribution of money, signed receipts from the bounty collector, or correspondence regarding payments, often with municipal treasurers involved in collecting or distributing funds. Also described are affidavits of minor soldiers verifying they had no parents in the Commonwealth, as St 1863 , Spec Sess, c 254 (Nov. 18, 1863) forbid paying of bounties to a minor without written consent of any such. Frequently a soldier will have multiple cards.

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