Unknown Letter #2

Unknown Letter #2

Advertisement flyer only for the Middlesex War-Claim Association

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Jerome Peirce Collection, National Park Service

HIST 428 (Spring 2020), University of Mary Washington

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NPS, Civil War Study Group, “name of transcriber” (Transcriber)

For educational purposes with no commercial use. Courtesy of National Park Service, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania NMP, FRSP 16095-16102 (FRSP-00904).

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Letter #258

MIDDLESEX
WAR-CLAIM ASSOCIATION
Office, 4 Niles Block, 33 School Street, Boston.
___________________

This Association has been formed to aid Soldiers,
Seamen and their Families, in obtaining PENSIONS,
BOUNTIES, BACK PAY, PRIZE MONEY, LAND, and other
claims against the Government.
Application for the collection of claims should be
made by letter, or in person, to the Attorney of the
Association.
Advice will be given by the Attorney without charge.
Upon the collection of claims, small charges,
established by the Directors, will be made.

HON. JOEL PARKER, President
HON. D. W. GOOCH, Vice President
HON. GEO. S. BOUTWELL, Vice President

DIRECTORS:
JOEL PARKER GEO. S. BOUTWELL D. W. GOOCH LEONARD HUNTRESS
JAMES S. SHUTE PHINEAS J. STONE CHAS. HUDSON E. J. COLLINS
AMOS STONE H. HOSFORD HORACE CONN J. H. WAITT
CHAS. KIMBALL JOHN K. GOING

GEO. W. COPELAND, Secretary and Treasurer
A. B. COFFIN, Attorney, 33 School St., Boston.

Transcriber’s Note: This item is an advertisement flyer for the Middlesex War-Claim Association in Boston, one of several organizations formed during the Civil War to “aid soldiers, seamen and their families” filing pension applications, claims, etc., with A. B. Coffin being listed as the Association’s attorney. Mr. Coffin was used by Allie Peirce to file and manage her pension claim with the U.S. Government, as shown in the documents in her Pension File located in the U.S. National Archives. Allie’s pension (Initially $8.00 per month for herself and $2.00 per month for Lucy (Lulu) until she reached age 16) was approved on September 6, 1865, retroactive to May 12, 1864. When Allie died on February 29, 1920, her pension had been increased several times over the years to $20.00 per month.

The following advertisement for the Middlesex War-Claim Association was also located in the Cambridge Chronicle newspaper issue of September 26, 1863. It also lists A. B. Coffin as the Association’s attorney.

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