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Contributor Hooper, Captain.
Swift, Lieutenant.
Massachusetts. Roxbury. 1863.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title Facts! The U.S. bounty to volunteers ceases August 21st! : State and city aid is to "volunteers" and not to drafted men. A volunteer who has a family will receive $614 for the first year's services, or about 51 dollars per month. The same man, if drafted, will receive for nine months services $199, or about $22 per month. The company now recruiting by Capt. Hooper and Lieut. Swift, will be the last "bounty" company and will fill the quota of Roxbury.
Publisher [Roxbury, Mass.? : s.n]
Publisher MASS. Roxbury. 1863
Date [between 1863 and 1865?]
Physical Description 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 21 x 18 cm.
Notes Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Bounties, Military -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
Draft -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
Families of military personnel -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
Geographic subject Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Massachusetts -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Roxbury (Boston, Mass.) -- History -- 19th century.
Genre Broadsides.
Recruiting posters.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | sm # Am 1864 Facts (2)5777.F.70c (McAllister)
Accession number (2)5777.F.70c (McAllister)

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