CIVIL War New York Warren County Reuben Fenton Sgd Volunteer Certificate

  

Governor Reuben Eaton Fenton was known as "The Soldiers Friend" for his efforts to aid the volunteers and their families. Fenton was one of the founders of the Republican Party and a staunch ally of President Lincoln in their efforts to save the Union. An original original Certificates issued at Albany, New York, June 15, 1865 for 23,600 dollars for "Volunteers & Substitutes" raised for muster into the. 1p 9 x 5, ptd ink Certificate, sgd by NY Civil War Governor Reuben Fenton.

Age stains, mall edge wear, 2 small acid free archival repair on reverse, Overall VG. Historic Queensbury encompassed much of the Revolutionary War. And just before the Civil War was home to Solomon Northrup, the kidnapped Warren County Freedman who described his life as a Louisiana plantation slave in his bestselling. Memoir "Twelve Years a Slave". In 1864 New York volunteers from Warren County, remembering his account, laid waste to the.

Of Rapides Parish, Louisiana where he had been enslaved but preserved his cabin which is now part of a museum there. NOTE: Any repair to a paper item is listed. I use only museum curator approved archival repair tape.

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