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Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:
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, pay, equipment, quartering, subsistence and other proper expenses of troops raised... for the service of the United States...and which...have not hitherto been allowed and paid."
Creator:
Title:
Claims submitted for expenditures incurred in the organization, equipment, and subsistence of troops mustered into federal service
Quantity:

0.5 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1861-1870
Bulk Dates:
[bulk ca. 1861-1865
Series Number:
A4116