LETTER FROM VETERAN, 13TH MASS. INFANTRY

8 x 9 1/2, typed letter signed in ink.

Office of Old Friends Publishing Co., 82 Equitable Building, Boston, Mass., June 8, 1888.

H. Hume, Commanding Gettysburg Post 191, GAR Mass.

Dear Sir and Comrade:

In order to meet the wishes of Comrades who ask for club rates on Darius Cobb's famous picture of "Old Army Friends," we have decided to make the following special terms to the Grand Army, so graduated that even small Posts can get the picture at reduced rates for all Comrades and friends, and can also secure a copy...  

LETTER FROM VETERAN, 13TH MASS. INFANTRY

8 x 10 1/2, typed letter signed in ink.

Office of Old Army Friends Publishing Co. 82 Equitable Building, Boston, Mass., July 9, 1888. [to] H. Hume, Commander Gettysburg Post No. 191, Department of Mass. G.A.R., Boston. Dear Sir: On June 8th we sent you 2 sample copies of Darius Cobb's picture of "Old Army Friends" with a special club offer to your Post and its friends for quantities. Will you please let us know if your order is ready, and if not ready, how it stands, and how many pictures you will probably want? If you wish for more time...  

MEMORIAL DAY INVITATION TO GETTYSBURG GAR POST 191

Written by veteran of 13th Massachusetts Infantry!

7 1/4 x 9 3/4, in ink, A.L.S. by Augustus N. Sampson, to Harrison Hume, Commander Gettysburg Post 191.

116 West Concord St.
Boston, May 13, 1888

Harrison Hume, Esq.
Commander Gettysburg Post 191, G.A.R.

Dear Sir & Comrade,

At a meeting of the Memorial Day Committee of Edw. W. Kinsley Post 113, G.A.R., it was unanimously voted "To extend a cordial & fraternal invitation to Gettysburg Post 191, G.A.R. to parade with the Post on Memorial Day and...  

FIFTH ANNIVERSARY DINNER, GETTYSBURG G.A.R. POST 191

6 x 9 1/4 imprint.

Headquarters Gettysburg Post No. 191,
Department of Massachusetts, G.A.R.
No. 3 Boylston Place,
Boston, May 2, 1893

Announcement of the Fifth Anniversary Dinner of this Post which will take place at the Tremont House, corner of Tremont and Beacon Streets, Boston, on Thursday Evening, May 11th, at 7 o'clock. Reception from 6 to 7. Dinner at 7 o'clock sharp. It will be Ladies Night. The imprint goes on to list the distinguished guests who will be attending, and that the entertainment will be provided by Weston's...  

LETTER FROM VETERAN OF 26TH CONNECTICUT INFANTRY

5 3/4 x 9, in ink, written by Henry H. Packard, on imprinted letter sheet.

Elmwood Hotel, Waterville, Maine, Eben Murch & Son, Proprietor.

Waterville, Me., Nov. 21st, 1888

Sir:

Your favor of the 19th inst. informing me of my election to membership of Post #191, G.A.R. duly recd. I regret that I shall be unable to be present on Friday next to be mustered in as I do not expect to be in Boston. Will try and be present at the next meeting after this week by being notified.

Very truly yours,
H.H. Packard

[to] Saml....  

LETTER FROM VETERAN OF 15TH ILLINOIS CAVALRY

7 1/4 x 9 3/4, in ink, on imprinted store lettersheet, written by Fred O. White.

Office of G.H. Todd & Co.
Dealers in Dry Goods, Notions and Groceries,
Shockley's Block,
Rochelle, Ill., July 24, 1880

Genl. S.B. Sherer,

Dear Comrade:

I am not sure whether I can go to Galesburg or not, I have so much business on hand, though I should like to do so very much. What position did you wish me to fill upon your staff? You need not keep the place for me if there is anyone else that you desire to give it to, but if you do not...  

ORDER FROM HDQTRS. DEPT. OF MASSACHUSETTS

Signed by Civil War veteran wounded at Gettysburg plus signed by the Department of Massachusetts G.A.R. Commander!

8 1/4 x 10 3/4, imprinted form, filled out in ink.

Headquarters Department Of Massachusetts,
Grand Army Of The Republic,
657 Washington St., Room 16
Boston, July 15th, 1890

Special Order No. 42

In accordance with Chap. II, Art. II, Section 3, Rules and Regulations, a dispensation is hereby granted to Gettysburg Post 191, G.A.R. to enable the investigating committee that may be appointed at the...  

LETTER BY VETERAN OF 42ND ILLINOIS INFANTRY

7 3/4 x 10, in ink, on imprinted letter sheet.

Office Of Clerk Of The County Court,
Of Kane County, Illinois

Thomas Meredith, County Clerk

Geneva, July 31st, 1879

Col. E.D. Swain,
Chicago, IL.

Dear Sir,

Should you want any trumpeting or blowing done at the reunion at Aurora, I am ready and await your orders. Should it be necessary send me Regulations having the bugle call and I will post up by practice. I know nothing about anything but that and band drill. Bu remember I stand ready to carry off the dead and...  

POSTCARD FROM VETERAN 136TH OHIO INFANTRY

Postally used postcard. Addressed to Hon. Wm. C. Cooper, Washington, D.C., with 1 cent Thomas Jefferson imprinted postage stamp, C.D.S., Washington, Jan. 23. There are also 2 dockets: Amos Hart, bus. & cld. up Jany. 24/87. Andrews, 1/22/87, Ohio.

The handwritten note by Amos Hart reads as follows:

Jan. 20/87

Hon. Wm. C. Cooper,

Washington, D.C.

Received your card asking for No. Company & Regiment. My com. was Company C, 136 Regiment. No. of claim, 481.390. Please call it up at your earliest opportunity & let me know if...  

MASSACHUSETTS G.A.R. INSPECTION NOTICE

Signed by a veteran of the 11th Massachusetts Infantry

5 1/2 x 8 1/2, imprint, filled out, and signed in ink.

Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, Grand Army of the Republic, Boston, Mass., Nov. 14, 1889.

Informs the Commander of Post 191, G.A.R., that his Post will be inspected on Thursday evening, Nov. 21, 1889. Gives all pertinent details, etc. Signed in ink by Everett A. Stevens, Assistant Inspector.

Light wear and age toning.

Everett A. Stevens, was a 21 year old blacksmith, from Boston, when he enlisted...  

IMPRINT, BRANDON POST 56, DEPT. OF OREGON, G.A.R.

5 1/2 x 8 1/2, imprint.

A.D. Morse, Comd., R.S. Littlefield, Adjt., M.I. Swift, Q.M.

Headquarters, Brandon Post, No. 56
Department of Oregon
G.A.R.

Brandon, Ore., Jan. 27, 1896

Commander Post No. 191
Department of Mass., G.A.R.

I sent you by mail March 15/95 a gavel made of Myrtle, a wood of this section and particularly adapted to this purpose. The object of sending which same being fully explained by a circular accompanying, viz: to raise funds among comrades of Grand Army Posts throughout the United States,...