Williams, W.T.C., fl. 1864 To the relatives of deceased soldiers of of Leake County
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05987.45 Author/Creator: Williams, W.T.C., fl. 1864 Place Written: Carthage, Mississippi Type: Broadside Date: 24 October 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 17.5 cm, Width: 13.3 cm Order a Copy
File contains two documents, a broadside and an autograph letter signed. Broadside, which says "Circular" at the top, says he has received from Major J.L. Power, Superintendent of the Army Records of Mississippi Troops, many blanks for the "collection of deceased soldiers arrearage." Says those wishing their claims made out and forwarded to the government should call on him at Carthage, Mississippi with a credible witness. Asks if claimants who have been furnished with accounts of the deceased by company captains, that they should be brought along. Service is free to widows, others have to pay a small postage fee. Printed on the back of a portion of another document. Letter is one page (23.5 x 18 cm.) written by Williams to Major Power and is dated 24 October 1864. Says he received the blanks and that he took the responsibility to send out a circular requesting relatives of the deceased to furnish him with information. Says he took the action because "I knew that there is a much greater indifference on the part of the people to furnish you with the desired information."
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