Eclectic Collections, November 2022

1882 DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR CIVIL WAR WASHINGTON PENSION LETTERS

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First letter about claim for Josiah Millikin 1871 with print signature of commissioner Baker. Document signed D.T Richardson of Baldwin Maine. 2nd letter discussing claim of John Kelley who was a private in Company A Vermont volunteers during the civil war. Later was in Co H 15th Vermont. The letter talks of needing more proof of injury. the letter is signed William Wade Dudley who was a union army officer during the civil war and lost a leg at gettysburg. Dudley was also united states commissioner of pensions under Garfield and Arthur. he was also treasurer of Republican national committee.