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Summary account of bounties paid out by paymaster general


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

Summary:
This series contains a fragment from an account book of John D. Van Buren, Paymaster General, giving monthly totals of bounties paid out to volunteers by the State of New York between May 1863, and December 1864. The summary table gives number of bounties paid out to new or re-enlisted men in amounts ranging from $10 to $150.
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Summary account of bounties paid out by paymaster general
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0.1 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1865
Series Number:
A1458

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This is a fragment from an account book of John D. Van Buren, Paymaster General, giving monthly totals of bounties paid out to volunteers by the State of New York between May 1863, and December 1864.

The summary table gives number of bounties paid out to new or re-enlisted men in amounts ranging from $10 to $150.

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