Register of Claimants — Mobile (Claims Agent)

Source catalog description

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The single–volume register of claimants compiled by the claims agent in Mobile, December 1867–March 1872 (111), is arranged chronologically by date of receipt of voucher. The entries consist of the date the voucher was received, the claimant's name, company, and regiment. It also contains the amount due the claimant, the date the vouchers were returned, the date the money was received from the disbursing officer, the date payment was made to the claimant, and by whom the claimant was identified.

Collection

Records of the Field Offices for the State of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872

Archival grouping

Records of the Field Offices for the State of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 4: Subordinate Field Offices / 4.20: Mobile (Claims Agent)

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