Scope and Content: St 1877, c 214 provided that the chief of the State Detective Force appoint inspectors of factories and public buildings. The State Detective Force was replaced by the District Police by St 1879, c 305, which provided that the governor appoint inspectors of factories and public buildings from among their number. The Inspection Dept. of the District Police was established per St 1888, c 113.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by inspector, thereunder chronologically
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Scope and Content: St 1877, c 214 provided that the chief of the state detective force appoint inspectors of factories and public buildings. The state detective force was replaced by the District Police by St 1879, c 305, which provided that the governor appoint inspectors of factories and public buildings from among their number. The Inspection Dept. of the District Police was established per St 1888, c 113.
Arrangement: Arranged by alphabetically by district inspector, thereunder chiefly by municipality
Notes: By drawer: (6) Brown  (7) Chadwick-Dyson  (8) Hunt-Merriam 1-10 (9) Merriam 11-end  (10) Moore 1-30  (11) Moore 31-61  (12) White
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Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Military State Agency in Washington, D.C.,  established in 1862 and headed by Gardiner Tufts, served as a charitable and relief organization for Massachusetts soldiers during the Civil War, along with similar agencies in four other Atlantic seaboard transport centers. Its duties included the visiting of hospitals to ascertain the condition of soldiers and providing them with necessary supplies; acting for claimants of back-pay, bounties, and pensions; arranging for the interment or return to Massachusetts of the bodies of deceased soldiers; and providing information to soldiers’ families about their condition and whereabouts. After the war, the agency continued its work with pension and bounty claims, in Washington until 1870, then in Boston until 1879, when its functions were transferred from the state surgeon general to the state adjutant general.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Typescript note inside front cover, presumably by Frederick W. Cross, military archivist, indicates that the volumes were submitted by Howe in his capacity as military agent
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Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Military State Agency in Washington, D.C.,  established in 1862 and headed by Gardiner Tufts, served as a charitable and relief organization for Massachusetts soldiers during the Civil War, along with similar agencies in four other Atlantic seaboard transport centers. Its duties included the visiting of hospitals to ascertain the condition of soldiers and providing them with necessary supplies; acting for claimants of back-pay, bounties, and pensions; arranging for the interment or return to Massachusetts of the bodies of deceased soldiers; and providing information to soldiers’ families about their condition and whereabouts. After the war, the agency continued its work with pension and bounty claims, in Washington until 1870, then in Boston until 1879, when its functions were transferred from the state surgeon general to the state adjutant general.
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Scope and Content: To encourage recruitment of soldiers in Massachusetts during the Civil War, bounties were given to soldiers who volunteered for service. Initially bounties were paid directly by the cities and towns, but after the presidential call for an additional 300,000 volunteers on Oct. 17, 1863, bounties were paid directly by the Commonwealth, per St 1863 c 254 (Nov. 18, 1863). Bounties given each volunteer were
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically (separate sequence per volume) by first letter of surname, thereunder chronologically
Notes: Labels in volumes indicate purchase in Washington, D.C., where presumed issuing agency was headquartered
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Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Military State Agency in Washington, D.C., established in 1862 and headed by Gardiner Tufts, served as a charitable and relief organization for Massachusetts soldiers during the Civil War, along with similar agencies in four other Atlantic seaboard transport centers. Its duties included the visiting of hospitals to ascertain the condition of soldiers and providing them with necessary supplies; acting for claimants of back-pay, bounties, and pensions; arranging for the interment or return to Massachusetts of the bodies of deceased soldiers; and providing information to soldiers’ families about their condition and whereabouts. After the war, the agency continued its work with pension and bounty claims, in Washington until 1870, then in Boston until 1879, when its functions were transferred from the state surgeon general to the state adjutant general.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically within each grouping as described below
Notes: Transferred from Special Collections, Massachusetts State Library, Aug. 9, 2007
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Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Military State Agency in Washington, D.C.,  established in 1862 and headed by Gardiner Tufts, served as a charitable and relief organization for Massachusetts soldiers during the Civil War, along with similar agencies in four other Atlantic seaboard transport centers. Its duties included the visiting of hospitals to ascertain the condition of soldiers and providing them with necessary supplies; acting for claimants of back-pay, bounties, and pensions; arranging for the interment or return to Massachusetts of the bodies of deceased soldiers; and providing information to soldiers’ families about their condition and whereabouts. After the war, the agency continued its work with pension and bounty claims, in Washington until 1870, then in Boston until 1879, when its functions were transferred from the state surgeon general to the state adjutant general.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by name.
Notes: Tufts describes this information system in: Report of military agent, Washington, D.C. (In: Report of the surgeon-general, Dec. 1, 1864 (PD 7, Jan 1865), p. 60-61) –Box 1: A-Coll.  Box 2: Colm-Gi.  Box 3: Gu-K. Box 4: L-Pe.  Box 5: Pf-Smith, J.  Box 6: Smith, L.-Z
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Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Military State Agency in Washington, D.C.,  established in 1862 and headed by Gardiner Tufts, served as a charitable and relief organization for Massachusetts soldiers during the Civil War, along with similar agencies in four other Atlantic seaboard transport centers. Its duties included the visiting of hospitals to ascertain the condition of soldiers and providing them with necessary supplies; acting for claimants of back-pay, bounties, and pensions; arranging for the interment or return to Massachusetts of the bodies of deceased soldiers; and providing information to soldiers’ families about their condition and whereabouts. After the war, the agency continued its work with pension and bounty claims, in Washington until 1870, then in Boston until 1879, when its functions were transferred from the state surgeon general to the state adjutant general.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by first letter of surname, thereunder chronologically
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Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Military State Agency in Washington, D.C.,  established in 1862 and headed by Gardiner Tufts, served as a charitable and relief organization for Massachusetts soldiers during the Civil War, along with similar agencies in four other Atlantic seaboard transport centers. Its duties included the visiting of hospitals to ascertain the condition of soldiers and providing them with necessary supplies; acting for claimants of back-pay, bounties, and pensions; arranging for the interment or return to Massachusetts of the bodies of deceased soldiers; and providing information to soldiers’ families about their condition and whereabouts. After the war, the agency continued its work with pension and bounty claims, in Washington until 1870, then in Boston until 1879, when its functions were transferred from the state surgeon general to the state adjutant general.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Only a part of the correspondence listed in the above register is included in series
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Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Military State Agency in Washington, D.C.,  established in 1862 and headed by Gardiner Tufts, served as a charitable and relief organization for Massachusetts soldiers during the Civil War, along with similar agencies in four other Atlantic seaboard transport centers. Its duties included the visiting of hospitals to ascertain the condition of soldiers and providing them with necessary supplies; acting for claimants of back-pay, bounties, and pensions; arranging for the interment or return to Massachusetts of the bodies of deceased soldiers; and providing information to soldiers’ families about their condition and whereabouts. After the war, the agency continued its work with pension and bounty claims, in Washington until 1870, then in Boston until 1879, when its functions were transferred from the state surgeon general to the state adjutant general.
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