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Eldridge, W. C., fl. 1900 Elementary manual of practice. Civil war claims.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06264 Author/Creator: Eldridge, W. C., fl. 1900 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Book Date: 1900 Pagination: 34 p. : Height: 18.5 cm, Width: 11.6 cm Order a Copy

Manual regarding Civil War pension claims published by the Government Printing Office. Compiled by Eldridge and L. R. Ginn for the office of F. H. Morris, Auditor for the War Department. Includes information on Bounty Acts, veteran's status, heirship in bounty, desertion, death after discharge, recruits, volunteers, drafted men, substitutes, and instructions to African American soldiers, among other topics. Contains a sticker and imprint from Dover Public Library, Dover, New Hampshire. Includes handwritten numbers and letters underneath the title on page three.

Eldridge, W. C., fl. 1900
Ginn, L. R., fl. 1900
Morris, F. H., fl. 1900

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