Accounting records, 1862-1866.

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Accounting records, 1862-1866.

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Series documents business transactions conducted by the State Agency in Washington, D.C.

0.35 cubic ft. (4 v. in 1 doc. box)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8225192

Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Tufts, Gardiner

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Massachusetts Military State Agency (Washington, D.C.)

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The Massachusetts Military State Agency in Washington, D.C., established in 1862 and headed by Gardiner Tufts, served as a charitable and relief organization for Massachusetts soldiers during the Civil War, along with similar agencies in four other Atlantic seaboard transport centers. Its duties included the visiting of hospitals to ascertain the condition of soldiers and providing them with necessary supplies; acting for claimants of back-pay, bounties, and pensions; arranging for the interment...