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Creator:

New York (State). Board of Commissioners Constituted by Chapter 421, Laws of 1862

 

 

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This series consists of affidavits submitted by individuals to a board, created by legislation of 1862, to validate claims and determine the sums due to regiments or members of the militia for clothing and equipment lost or destroyed in the service of the United States since April 16, 1861. Claims were .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

New York (State). Paymaster General's Office

 

 

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This series consists of correspondence, vouchers, abstracts and statements of receipt, lists of expenditures, copies of special orders, reports, claims, lists of officers and men paid, and volunteer certificates issued for bounty money received. The records in this series deal mainly with routine administrative .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

New York (State). Adjutant General's Office

 

 

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This series consists almost entirely of duplicate correspondence and special orders dating between May and August 1861. In addition, there are a few items dating from 1862 and one document dating from 1866. These are mainly copies of bills, vouchers and ordnance inventories. The correspondence in this .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

New York (State). Adjutant General's Office

 

 

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This series consists of handwritten abstracts of expenditures which, for the most part, detail the names, grades, positions, and salaries paid to individuals serving in the Military Department. Other abstracts provide information on ordnance distributed to various units but these are few in number and .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

New York (State). Auditing Board

 

 

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This series consists of miscellaneous claims, correspondence, vouchers, and receipts received and audited by the Auditing Board. A law of 1862 appointed the Inspector General, Judge Advocate General and Quartermaster General to constitute an auditing board to examine claims "incurred in the organization, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

6

Creator:

New York (State). Adjutant General's Office

 

 

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This series consists of mostly routine and administrative correspondence, memoranda, petitions, orders, and transmittal letters. There are also a significant number of items of noteworthy historical interest.While most of the records were from military personnel, there is a significant amount of from .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives