Name/Title
Charles E. Fenwick Collection Miscellaneous--Discharge certificates and pay receiptsEntry/Object ID
1995.001.0761Scope and Content
4 certificates ; 12 1/4" x 8 1/2"
This folder contains two copies of "Certificate to be given to Enlisted Men at the time of their discharge, to enable them to receive part of their pay, &c." and two copies of "Form No. 5", receipts for discharge pay for William Linder and William Harms respectively.
Pvt. Linder was a member of the 7th regiment of infantry volunteers from New York. He was twenty-one years of age at the time of his discharge on Christmas Day, 1862. He received $101.83 for his service of nearly eight months, $4.76 to travel home, and $5.50 for food on the way. He signed for this on December 29, 1862. Private Harms was a member of Company D of the 5th regiment of New Jersey, aged thirty-one when discharged on March 15, 1862. He received $32.50 for his service of two months, fifteen days, plus $4.76 for his trip home and $5.30 for food on the journey. He signed for this on March 18, 1862. On the envelope in which these papers were folded was a note in Mr. Fenwick's handwriting, "Charles Fenwick from Joe Bowes thru Judge." The Judge's name was not in the note.Collection
Charles E. Fenwick CollectionLocation
Container
Charles E. Fenwick Collection, Box 20Shelf
Rack 08, Shelf 2Rack
Rack 08Wall
West wallRoom
Archives 1Building
Tudor HallRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Harms, WilliamPerson or Organization
Linder, William