Jun 05, 2008 - Sale 2148

Sale 2148 - Lot 118

Unsold
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
(CIVIL WAR--PENNSYLVANIA.) Archive of 11 relief orders for families of Pennsylvania soldiers. 11 partly-printed documents in 8vo format, each accomplished in manuscript and signed by a claimant and a Justice of the Peace. Somerset County, PA, 1864-1865

Additional Details

These claims were addressed to the Board of Relief of Somerset County in southwestern Pennsylvania. Each one names a soldier, his regiment, and the number of family members requiring support, and bears the signature of the soldier's wife, most of them signing with marks.