Receipt

Archive

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Islesboro Historical Society

Name/Title

Receipt

Entry/Object ID

1111.651.0002

Scope and Content

Civil War: A handwritten receipt dated Belfast Nov. the 15th 1864 "Received of C W Sherman...$650 ... for a Substitute for 8 years for Edson Sherman..." Is this for a substitute for military service in The Civil War? Calvin & Edson Sherman were brothers. They both provided a substitute in the Civil War.