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Garfield, James A. (James Abram) (1831-1881) [Military voucher for the payment of General Garfield and three servants]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01762.01 Author/Creator: Garfield, James A. (James Abram) (1831-1881) Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: 18 April 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 26.3 x 41.8 cm. Order a Copy

Partially printed. Signed by Garfield as Brigadier General of Volunteers and Chief of Staff, Department of the Cumberland. Garfield acknowledges receipt of $304 from Major William Smith, Paymaster in Washington, D.C. Pertains to pay for the month of March 1863 for Garfield and his private servants. Notes that this payment is for service at Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Lists the names of three servants: James Rollins and John Brockenberry, whose complexions are described as "cold," and Albert. Servants' eyes and hair are "Black." Servants were allotted three rations per day; Garfield received twelve. Docket is partially printed. Voucher no. 11321.

Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
Rollins, James, fl. 1863
Brockenberry, John, fl. 1863
Smith, William, fl. 1863

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