Documents related to inventory and return of equipment by Local Board No. 1, March-April 1919.

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Hoboken Historical Museum

doc 1, leaf 1: TCS Local Board Div. No. 1, Hoboken, March 31, 1919

doc 1, leaf 1: TCS Local Board Div. No. 1, Hoboken, March 31, 1919

Name/Title

Documents related to inventory and return of equipment by Local Board No. 1, March-April 1919.

Entry/Object ID

2008.048.0018

Scope and Content

Certification of 19 questionaire cabinets shipped to Adjutant General, Selective Service Records, Divisiont, Washington, D.C. by Local Board, Division No. 1, Hoboken, N.J., March 31, 1919. Typed carbon signed by Edward J. Sharkey, Board Member and P.R. Griffin, Chairman. With: 3 related documents detailed below. Digital images only. Tiffs media archive. As World War I had ended, the U.S. Government was concerned with getting back items that had been purchased with their funds. These documents relate to that process. Document 1 as described above is on the official letterhead of the Local Board ("draft board.") It provides the full name of the board and its official status: War Department | Local Board Division No. 1, Hoboken, N.J. | [bar] | City Clerk's Office | City Hall, Hoboken, N.J. At the top left: Members of Board Patrick R. Griffin, Chairman (He was also Hoboken Mayor at this time.) Joseph F. Londrigan, M.D., Physician Edward J. Sharkey, Secretary. Phone Hoboken 157. Document 2: typed carbon letter being statement of inventory of 21 cabinets & 1 typewriter in possession of board., March 31, 1919. Not signed. Document 3: Western Union Telegram from Gilkyson [Adjutant General], Trenton to Local Board telling them to expedite return of certified property, April 2, 1919. (Has address of Hoboken Western Union office, 227 Hudson St. and notes "Always Open.") Document 4: American Railway Express Co., Hoboken, receipt, April 3, 1919 for lot (file cabinets, etc.) consigned for shipment (via Pennsylvannia Railroad) to Major M.R. Marjerum, Trenton.

Acquisition

Accession

2008.048

Source or Donor

Maier, Bob

Acquisition Method

Loan

Credit Line

Gift of Bob Maier.

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1919 - 1919

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1919 Date(s): 1919-1919

General Notes

Note

Notes: This item was originally from the files of the local Hoboken draft board; discarded at unknown date from records at Hoboken City Hall. Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2008-05-19