Incoming correspondence, 1861-1870 (bulk 1864).

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Incoming correspondence, 1861-1870 (bulk 1864).

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Series consists of incoming mail of Washington, D.C., agent Gardiner Tufts, from a wide variety of correspondents, including the governor and adjutant general of Massachusetts, individual soldiers, their families, and others with a need for information about military personnel.

4.1 cubic ft. (3 record center cartons and 1 doc. box)Copies: 8 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Massachusetts Soldiers' Relief Association

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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...

Tufts, Gardiner

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