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: In two subseries; arranged within each volume alphabetically by first letter of subject (surname)
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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: 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).
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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: 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. –arranged alphabetically by subject
Notes: Box 1: Administrative. Box 2: Personal
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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: In two subseries: (1) Receipts for goods (2) Receipts for monies; arranged within each subseries chronologically
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Scope and Content: Authorized in May 1779 (Resolves 1778-79, c 753), the position of State Clothier was established to expedite the distribution of clothing to Massachusetts soldiers in the Continental Army.  Supplies from several sources were channeled to Massachusetts regiments through appointed regimental clothiers, who in turn distributed the clothing among the officers and soldiers.  Series documents the transactions of state clothiers Samuel Ruggles (Sept. 1779-Oct. 1780) and Ezra Lunt (Oct. 1780-July 1782)
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Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Public document, no. 7 –Reports for 1863, 1866, 1869-1871, 1878-1906 missing
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Scope and Content: The post of Surgeon General was established during the Civil War to administer and oversee the medical department of the state militia.  Among the department’s records is this series, created on the order of the surgeon general of the United States to compile data reflecting on the health of troops at military posts.  The medical officers charged with keeping the record were directed to pay particular attention to sanitary conditions there.
Notes: Spine title: Record of medical history of post
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