Newly catalogued paper items
Preliminary list begun in December 2000 and is in progress.
Three receipts dated Sept. 14, 1908 from Headquarters Capt. Thos. Espy Post 153, G.A.R. to the Espy Post. Receipt numbers 87, 88 and 89 were from Quartermaster Thos. H. Williams and signed James C. Harper, Commander, and W. W. McLea, Adjt. They were paid to Thos. H. Williams ($6.10 for "spoons, wood plates and soda crackers"), H. L. Johnson ($10 for "services making bean soop [sic] & other services") and Thos. H. Williams ($3 for "postal cards & printing forms"). Donated by Chris Rasmussen August 2003.
Folder 1Reports of Adjustant and Quartermaster; random sample reveals dates 1890-1911. Fire insurance policy Girard Fire and Marine Insurance Company of Philadelphia, expires March 12, 1918; property: Post furniture in amount $1000.
Folder 2Proposals for membership as Honorary Member, mostly 1904-09; perhaps 50 forms.
Folder 3Cancelled checks.
Constitution and By-laws, about 12 pamphlets.
Rules and Regulations and Rules of Order of the National Encampment.
1893.
Two postcards announcing meetings 1903-04.
Receipts.
Cards "Flag Salute", "Opening Ode", "Closing Ode", "Initiation Ode",
about 50 cards.
Carnegie Trust Company passbook, 1914.
Letter in pencil on stationery of Headquarters Gen. J. B. Sweitzer Camp
No 98, Sons of Veterans, Allegheny, Pa., dated March 17, 1906 to Espy
Post, inviting to grand entertainment given by Gen. J. B. Sweitzer Camp
No 98 at Carnegie Hall, Allegheny, signed Harry Jones, Chairman.
About 21 pages in ink indicating name; place and year birth;
dates of enlistment, discharge, muster, death; and age. Includes Horace
T. Clark, Jacob Heisle, James W. Beard, Joseph Coryell, Joseph B.
Chaefont, George S. Darke, David Jacobs, Lesle Patton, Robert McCurdy,
Thomas N. Lea, Andrews Harcum, Robert T. McClelland, Dennis Gallagher,
J. P. Feltenberger, Wm. McIntosh, Alex Purdem, Joseph Smith, James J.
Brown, Presley H. Shepley, Wm. C. McMillen, John Patterson.
Monument Committee. Cash Received, Cash Paid Out, 1 page in ink.
Printed form Grand Army Day Committee, Pittsburgh, April 1, 1891.
Various reports, audits, insurance receipts.
Proposal from Carnegie Mill & Lumber Co., Dec. 18, 1905, to
furnish 10 showcases for $244, if oak $269, no painting, to W. H. H.
Lea.
List in pencil War Relics from Virginia Battlefield; on reverse in ink,
List of Relics from W. P. Mansfield, Washington, DC, Jan [?] 22, 1906.
Hand-written letter in ink from W. P. Mansfield to Post enclsing
clipping "Carnegie Library to Get Civil War Relics / G.A.R. Post, for
Free Use of Room, Wills Them to Institution". "Pittsburgh, Jan. 5
[1906] "I note from enclosing clipping that your Post will probably
want to purchase a collection of war relics. For your inspection I
herewith enclose a list of a collection from the battlefields named.
Each and every piece was picked up by my father and myself ...".
Related correspondence from above.
List of names, ranks, companies, dates of death.
Letter from W. J. Steen and program of Memorial Services, Melrose
Cemetery, Bridgeville, Pa, Thursday May 30, 1907, G.A.R.
Hand-written letter in ink to Charles A. Suydam, Assistant Adjutant
General, Department Pennsylvania, G.A.R., April 20, 1908, reporting "on
assuming the office of Chief of Staff so kindly tendered me by
Department Commander William T. Powell at Easton".
Hand-written letter in ink, Sept. 14, 1909, stationery of Headquarters
Gen. Jas. A. Garfield Post No. 215 G.A.R. to Espy Post on committee
made to improve Chartiers Cemetery, signed L. W. Mallasee, Commander.
Report of Committees on G.A.R. lot in Chartiers Cemetery, Sept. 13,
1909.
Proceedings of Court Martial J. D. McFarland Dec. 22, 1881.
Reports of Delegate to Dept. Encampment, June 4, 1903.
Auditors Report, Jan. 1, 1888.
Sons of Veterans Lease to use Sons of Veterans #263 Hardys Hall.
Memorial Day Fund (3).
Report of Quartermaster W. J. Steen for 1/2 years ending July 1st 1880.
Insurance agreement The Farmers Fire Insurance Company of York, Pa.,
expires Jun 1, 1902,
property: Paraphernalia, Main Street. Another agreement dated Mar. 12,
1909 for Post Furniture; another Jun 1, 1903 for Paraphernalia, corner
of Broadway & Main St.
Number of articles of agreement between Rich Valley Lodge and Espy Post.
G.A.R. statement of funds of Members, April 1st, 1881.
Names and records of members / Memorial Service 2d Ward School Hall,
Carnegie, Pa. Includes Michael Teavens, George Flory, Thos. Naughton,
Ward Foster, John F. Knot, Thos. Jones, B. Frank Johnston, [?] A.
Conner, Ralph Turnbull, Robert Simpson, Jefferson Lewellen.
Printed General Orders, a sample of dates is 1891-4.
Announcement Silver Anniversary, Borough of Wilkinsburg, Oct 3, 4
& 5, 1912.
4-page flyer sent on behalf of Gen. D. F. Sickles for
Commander-in-Chief of G.A.R. including 2 photos Gen. Sickles.
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