Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Letter signed : Washington, D.C., 1861 Aug. 17.

BIB_ID
296609
Accession number
MA 1305.17
Creator
Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889.
Display Date
1861 Aug. 17.
Credit line
Acquired before 1949.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 25.2 cm
Notes
Part of the Jacob Heaton scrapbook, which contains over 100 entries, letters, photographs, engravings and ephemera related primarily to the abolitionist movement. Items of importance have been described in 45 individual catalog records (MA 1305.1-45); see collection record for more information.
Summary
A printed form letter completed in manuscript informing Jacob Heaton that the President has appointed him Commissary of Subsistence of Volunteers with the rank of Captain.