Correspondence and related records concerning claims A4127

Correspondence and related records concerning claims

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Overview of the Records

Repository:

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

Summary:

This series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence, letters of transmittal, affidavits, questionnaires, and statements of service, mostly concerning claims submitted by Civil War veterans for bounty money due. Many of these claims contain questionnaires mailed by the Paymaster General's Office to claimants and statements of service sent from the United States War Department. Both of these forms provide information on a veteran's military record such as: name; rank; company; regiment; date of enlistment; date of discharge; and other information.

Creator:

New York (State). Paymaster General's Office

Title:

Correspondence and related records concerning claims

Quantity:

0.5 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:

1875-188

Bulk Dates:

(bulk 1880-1883)

Series Number:

A4127

Scope and Content Note

Many of these claims contain questionnaires mailed by the Paymaster General's Office to claimants and statements of service sent to the Paymaster General's Office from the United States War Department. Both of these forms provide basic information on a veteran's military record such as: name; rank; company; regiment; date of enlistment; date of discharge; and other information.

A small part of the series concerns claims submitted by National Guard troops called into service during the Buffalo railroad riots in July 1877. A few records concern operating expenses of instruction camps.

Related Material

Series A4164, Registers of Bounty Applications, and A4165, Register of Men Claiming Bounty Money Due, contain addition records of the Paymaster General.