- Collection:
- African American History
- Title:
- Index to Pension application ledger
- Date of Original:
- 1887/1889
- Subject:
- Military pensions--United States
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Claims
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Registers - People:
- Douglass, Frederick C., active 1889-1897
- Location:
- United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032
- Medium:
- military records
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Index to pension application ledger, 1887-1889. Names of claimants, affiants, and persons of importance are listed alphabetically with maiden names and aliases where known and cross references. Names of enslavers, if applicable, are also included. This index is part of the Frederick Douglass papers. He was a black lawyer, minister, and teacher from New Bern, N.C. During the 1880s and 1890s he handled the pension applications of many Blacks who served in the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy during the Civil War.
- Metadata URL:
- https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/36190
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
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- Contributing Institution:
- J.Y. Joyner Library
- Rights:
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