Documents Accompanying the Pension Ledgers
- Title
- Documents Accompanying the Pension Ledgers
- Description
- Loose items found within pension application ledgers for African American soldiers from the Craven County, N.C. area who served in the Union Army and Navy during the Civil War. Items include a 1904 personal letter, 1904 advertising correspondence from Segno Success Club, an undated letter, and an unused 1890s fee agreement form related to fees paid for helping someone to file a pension claim. The form includes the entire statute passed by the U.S. Congress in 1884 for claimants seeking a pension. The items are most likely the personal effects of Frederick C. Douglass, a black lawyer, minister, and teacher of New Bern, N.C., who handled pension applications.
- Original Format
- manuscripts
- Extent
- 11.6cm x 9.4cm
- Local Identifier
- 0265-001-b3-fa
- Contributor(s)
- Subject(s)
- Douglass, Frederick C., active 1889-1897
- African Americans--North Carolina--Craven County
- African American lawyers--North Carolina--New Bern
- Military pensions--United States--Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Claims
- Spatial
- Location of Original
- East Carolina Manuscript Collection
- Rights
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Military History
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African American History and Culture
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Military History: Civil War
- Location of Original
- William L. Horner Collection: Frederick C. Douglass Papers from the East Carolina Manuscript Collection
- View all digitized items from the William L. Horner Collection: Frederick C. Douglass Papers
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