GAR membership certificate for James G. Lane

GAR membership certificate for James Lane: Origformat: Other; Resolution: 150
GAR membership certificate for James Lane

Origformat: Other; Resolution: 150

Name/Title

GAR membership certificate for James G. Lane

Entry/Object ID

WHC 2009.182.2

Scope and Content

Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Maine, Post No. 69 Transfer Card certifying that James Lane is a member in good standing of Post 69 and recommends him for admission into any other Post, dated 6 June 1888. The following is a transcript from the records of the post: "Comrade James G. Lane is 42 years of age, was born in Deer Isle, State of Maine and is by occupation a farmer, entered the service on the 26 day of December 1863 as a private, Regiment 2nd Maine Battery, and was finally discharged on the 16 day of June 1865 as a private, Regiment 2nd Maine Battery by reason of discharge, having served one year 6 months. Joined this Post by transfer Dec. 2nd, 1885. Dated at Appleton this 6th day of June, 1888." Signed by E.H. Hilton, Adjutant, and E. Gushee, Post Commander.

Collection

Lane Family Papers

Cataloged By

Heather Bilodeau

Acquisition

Accession

WHC 2009.182

Source or Donor

Gregg Haining

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Certificate, Membership

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Certificate

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Civil wars, Membership certificates, Soldiers, War

Search Terms

Appleton, Civil War, Deer Isle, Maine

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

Jun 6, 1888

Archive Notes

Date(s): 1888 Level of Description: Fonds/Collection

Location

Location

Container

WHC 2009.181/182/184 Box Wadsworth/Lane

Shelf

Shelf 2

Cabinet

Vault Shelving Unit 2

Room

Storage Room

Building

Walsh History Center

Category

Permanent

Date

October 21, 2025

Location

Container

WHC 2009.182

Room

Storage Room

Building

Walsh History Center

Category

Permanent

Moved By

Heather Bilodeau

Date

October 15, 2009

Inventory

Inventoried By

Wyatt Berry

Inventoried Date

Mar 27, 2018

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Date Examined

Oct 15, 2009

Examined By

Heather Bilodeau

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Oct 15, 2009

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Lane, James G.

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: Heather Bilodeau Status Date: 2009-10-15

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

October 15, 2009

Updated By

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Update Date

October 27, 2025