Statistical register of state draft quotas and volunteers, 1862.

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Statistical register of state draft quotas and volunteers, 1862.

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The series consists of a quota book summarizing statistics on the recruitment of troops for the state (not federal) draft of 1862. The statistical form was produced by the Adjutant General's office to direct local officials on the required numbers of draftees or volunteers enrolled and not exempt by town and city ward.

.2 cu. ft. (1 volume)

New York State Archives

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Hillhouse, Thomas, 1816-1897

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New York (State). Adjutant General's Office

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It is unclear exactly how these volumes came into the State's possession. They may have been forwarded to the Adjutant General who in turn transferred them to the State Library; the State Library then transferred the volumes to the State Archives in the spring of 1978. A second possibility is that the volumes could have been donated to the Bureau of Military Statistics. In 1911 and 1912 the Adjutant General's Office transferred a large number of items collected by the bureau to the State Library...