Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Records Index

(Department)

N/A

Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Room (Rm 27)

Massachusetts State House, 24 Beacon St. (mail: State House, Room 1), Boston, MA 02133; phone 617-727-1100 Ext. 35517

The GAR Memorial Room serves as a repository for records of the Department of Massachusetts, GAR. Inventorying of the collection was ongoing as of June 2013, coordinated by the MA Art Commission. Internships were being offered in the summer of 2013. Susan Greendyke Lachevre (susan.greendyke@state.ma.us) was the contact person. It is likely that many Department and Post records are housed in this collection.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Jun-2013

MA

N/A

001

William Logan Rodman

New Bedford

Bristol

New Bedford Free Public Library

Special Collections, 613 Pleasant Street, New Bedford, MA 02740; phone 508-991-6276; website www.newbedford-ma.gov/Library/index.html

GAR William Logan Rodman Post No.1 Records, 1866-1937

Meeting Minutes 25 Oc. 1866 - 20 Aug. 1867, 6 Sept. 1876 - 9 May 1888, 16 May 1888 - 3 Nov. 1897, 10 Nov. 1897 - 30 Jan. 1909, 7 July 1909 - 24 Nov. 1937; Monument Fund 1905-1915, 1913-1917; Relief Committee: Meeting minutes 1879-1898, Records of the Relief Committee 1897-1920, Book of receipts and expenses 1901-1916; Roll of Members; Dues; List of former members; Muster Rolls 1869-1885; Cemetery Records; Account book 1911-1920; Souvenir of the Installation of Officers of William Logan Rodman Post 1, January 7, 1903; GAR Old Post One Bulletins 1-4, 1906; General Orders and loose ephemera. The collection also includes materials from the original post library: Rodman Post 1 Library list and numbers of books; The Holy Bible, Philadelphia: William W. Harding, 1867, book no. 3 from the Rodman Post No. 1 lending library. Other GAR materials: Song Souvenir of Old War Songs, GAR and Patriotic Songs presented to the GAR by "the Patriotic People" of New Bedford; Encampment proceedings Dept. of MA, 1875, 1890; Encampment proceedings Dept. of RI, 1884 - 1888; William Logan Rodman Corps 53, WRC, Minutes 1890-1905.

Original bound volumes and manuscripts. Approx. 4 linear feet, unprocessed.

Paul Pannoni

Jul-2014

MA

JH1

002

Post No. 2

Nantucket

See the Thomas M. Gardner Post, No. 207, entry for additional information on Post No. 2 in Nantucket.

MA

DE1

002

Dahlgren

South Boston

Suffolk

MA

JH1

003

William H. Bartlett

Taunton

Bristol

MA

JH1, DE1

004

U. S. Grant

Melrose

Middlesex

MA

JH1

005

GEN Lander

Lynn

Essex

Grand Army of the Republic Museum (City of Lynn)

Grand Army of the Republic Museum, 58 Andrew Street, Lynn, MA 01901; phone 781-477-7085; email mlynngar@aol.com; website www.ci.lynn.ma.us/attractions_gar.shtml . Post records may be viewed by contacting Robert Matthias (SUVCW) at the above phone number from 9 to 3pm, Monday - Friday.

Descriptive Book (member rolls), Journal / Meeting Minute Book, Receipt Book, Ledger, Correspondence / Letter Book, Scrapbook. "Records of Post 5 from the day it was formed to the day the last veteran walked out of the building." The journals have been digitized, and can be viewed on the Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/garmuseum). The following volumes are available on Internet Archive: Meeting Minutes vol. 1 (Feb. 1867-Mar. 1873), vol. 2 (Mar. 1873-June 1878), vol. 3 (July 1878-Feb. 1882), vol. 4 (Feb. 1882-Aug. 1884), vol. 5 (Aug. 1884-Dec. 1886), vol. 6 (Jan. 1887-Aug. 1888), vol. 7 (Aug. 1888-Apr. 1891), vol. 8 (May 1891-Sept. 1894), vol. 9 (Oct. 1894-Dec. 1896), vol. 10 (Jan. 1897-Dec. 1898), vol. 11 (Jan. 1899-Oct. 1901), vol. 12 (Oct. 1901-Mar. 1905), vol. 13 (Mar. 1905-July 1908), vol. 14 (July 1908-Dec. 1911), vol. 15 (Jan. 1912-Aug. 1916), vol. 16 (1916-1920), vol. 17 (1921-1926).

Original bound volumes and manuscripts. Some volumes digitized.

Dexter A. Bishop, Sr.Vice Commander, SUVCW Dept. of MA; Dean Enderlin, SUVCW (updated 2017)

Mar-2014

MA

JH1

005

GEN Lander

Lynn

Essex

Peabody Essex Museum

The Phillips Library, East India Square (161 Essex St) Salem, Massachusetts 01970; phone 978-745-9500; email research@pem.org; website http://pem.org/library/

MM 31

Series II, Box 16: Box 2, Bylaws and Roster 1900. An online finding aid is available.

Original pamphlet. Part of a collection totalling 16 boxes, 13 linear feet.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Jun-2014

MA

JH1

006

P. T. Wyman

Holliston

Middlesex

MA

JH1

007

Charles Russell Lowell

Boston

Suffolk

MA

JH1

008

E. W. Pierce

Middleborough

Plymouth

Town of Middleborough, MA

Town Hall, 10 Nickerson Avenue, Middleborough, MA 02346; website www.middleborough.com/

Stored in safe

Personal War Sketches Presented to E. W. Pierce Post No. 8, Middleborough, 1891, containing 318 pages of biographies.

Bound volume with hand written entries.

Tom Churchill Civil War blog

Sep-2009

MA

JH1

008

E. W. Pierce

Middleborough

Plymouth

Town of Middleborough, MA

Vault, Town Clerk's office. Town Hall, 10 Nickerson Avenue, Middleborough, MA 02346; website www.middleborough.com/

"Bookkeeping Journal" 1876-1888, acquired by John Thompson of Bowie, MD, in a eBay auction on 4 Jan. 2015. Offered to the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Middleborough as a gift to the community, and received in January 2015.

Original bound volume.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Dec-2015

MA

JH1

009

Reno

Hudson

Middlesex

MA

JH1

010

George H. Ward

Worcester

Unknown

Whereabouts unknown. Sold to an undisclosed party at auction. Seller based in Long Island City, NY.

Private collection

Kimball, Edward Payson, 1896, Brinley Hall Album and Post 10 Sketchbook. Worcester, Massachusetts. 364 p., hardcover. Listed for sale at auction on eBay (item #301141058170), ending 7 April 2014. Seller mugwumny.

Original bound volume.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Apr-2014

MA

JH1

011

Abraham Lincoln

Charlestown

Suffolk

Private Collection.

Photo album, bylaws, letters and postcards.

Orginal album with photographs. Bylaws pamphlet.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Nov-2018

MA

JH1

012

H. M Warren

Wakefield

Middlesex

SUVCW Department of Massachusetts

Offered for sale on online auction. Original seller (2012) based in Cambridge, MA. Seller in 2017 based in Worcester, MA. Acquired by the SUVCW Department of Massachusetts (per Rev. Peter-Michael Preble) December 2017.

Private collection

Three volumes of Post records: 1) Relief Committee record book 23 Jan. 1872 - Apr. 1916, 257 page. 2) "Record Book No 2 Warren Post No. 12 GAR Disct 6, Dpt. of Mass.: 14 July 1873 - 19 Jan. 1880, includes minutes of votes taken and the last page has a Roster of all the members names. The Commander name appears to be Arel Ames. Over 200 pages. 3) Meeting Minutes, 1 May 1882 - 28 Dec. 1885, 318 pages. Sold at auction on eBay (item #332185655520), ending 3 March 2012. Seller oddstuff247. Relisted on eBay in Nov. 2017 (item #362106438690), seller thisandthatcf123. Auction photos on file for both auctions.

Original bound volumes, 13-3/4 in. x 8-1/4 in.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Apr-2017

MA

JH1

013

Fletcher Webster

Brockton

Plymouth

MA

JH1

014

C. C. Phillips

Woodville / Hopkinton

Middlesex

MA

JH1

015

John A. Andrew

Boston

Suffolk

MA

JH1, DE1

016

E. K. Wilcox

Springfield

Hampden

Springfield Museums

21 Edwards Street, Springfield, MA 01103; phone 413-263-6800 or 800-625-7738; email info@springfieldmuseums.org; website www.springfieldmuseums.org/

Original charter. NOTE: E. K. Wilcox Post files were once held by the CT River Valley Historicial Museum, and are now presumably in the Springfield Museum of History. Among the materials was a founding members' list and notes on the Post.

Orginal manuscropt.

Phil Gauthier (online form submission)

Dec-2014

MA

JH1

016

E. K. Wilcox

Springfield

Hampden

Library of Virginia

Archives and Manuscripts Room, 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219-8000; phone 804-692-3500; website www.lva.virginia.gov/

Manuscripts

Scrapbook, 1910, by the E. K. Wilcox Post commemorating a visit to Springfield by the A. P. Hill Camp (Petersburg, VA of the United Confederate Veterans. Scrapbook contains brochures, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and photographs of the A. P. Hill Camp's visit and participation in a July 4th parade. Also contains photographs of the Massachusetts memorial placed at the Petersburg battlefield.

Original bound volume.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Jan-2015

MA

JH1

017

GEN Sedgwick

Arlington / Orange

Middlesex

U.S. Army War College

U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center; 950 Soldiers Drive, Carlisle, PA 17013-5021; phone 717-245-3949; email carl_usamhi@conus.army.mil; website www.carlisle.army.mil/ahec/

Archives ARCH COLL

Record and minute books from Post 17, Dept. of Mass., GAR (1869-1937); ledgers of accounts (1868-1933) and roll of members (1871-1920). Minutes of Memorial Hall Association Post 17, GAR (1894-1920). Constitution, by-laws and register of Sons of Veterans of United States of America, General Sheridan Camp No. 53.

3 boxes of materials.

Glenn Knight, Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Feb-2012

MA

JH1

018

COL Prescott

Ashland

Middlesex

MA

JH1

019

Edwin V. Sumner

Fitchburg

Worcester

Unknown

Whereabouts unknown. Sold to an undisclosed party at auction. Seller based in Michigan.

Private collection

Original letter (Post letterhead) dated 1898, inviting Comrades from Clinton Post to a grand gala. Sold at auction on eBay (item #270922892975, ending 3 March 2012. Seller shermanone.

Original manuscript (auction images on file with National GAR Records Officer).

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Feb-2012

MA

JH1

020

Monroe

Paxton

Worcester

MA

DE1

020

Getchel

Blackstone

Worcester

MA

DE1

020

H. S. Greenleaf

Colrain

Franklin

Unknown

Noted in OCLC WorldCat library directory as in existence, however, no repository is listed.

Personal war sketches : Grand Army of the Republic presented to H.S. Greenleaf Post No. 20, Department of Massachusetts by Lorenzo Griswold, Colerain, 1890. Records of c.55 members of H.S. Greenleaf Post No. 20, was published by L.H. Everts of Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia.

Bound volume, 164 p.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Dec-2015

MA

JH1

021

Sedgwick

Westborough

Worcester

MA

DE1

021

Abbott

Needham

Norfolk

MA

DE1

021

Frederick Hecker

Boston

Suffolk

MA

JH1

022

MAJ E. F. Fletcher

Milford

Worcester

MA

JH1

023

Joseph Hooker

East Boston

Suffolk

MA

JH1

024

A. B. R. Sprague

Grafton

Worcester

MA

JH1

025

H. H. Legge

Uxbridge

Worcester

MA

JH1

026

Thomas G. Stevenson

Roxbury

Suffolk

MA

JH1

027

Post No. 27

Oxford

Worcester

MA

DE1

027

Charles Devens

Oxford

Worcester

MA

JH1

028

George D. Wells

Oakdale / West Boylston

Worcester

MA

JH1

029

F. P. H. Rogers

Waltham

Middlesex

Waltham Public Library

Special Collections, 735 Main Street, Waltham, MA 02451; phone 781-314-3425; email waltham@minlib.net; website http://waltham.lib.ma.us/

Call no. Wal. Ref. MILITARY/Box 1/974.44 GRA

Record Book (Minutes), 7 April 1919 to 2 Oct. 1926; Roster 1892 (25 p.); By-laws 1896 (16 p.)

Original bound volumes.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Mar-2014

MA

JH1

029

F. P. H. Rogers

Waltham

Middlesex

Waltham Public Library

Special Collections, 735 Main Street, Waltham, MA 02451; phone 781-314-3425; email waltham@minlib.net; website http://waltham.lib.ma.us/

Call no. Wal. Ref. MILITARY/Flat Box 2/973.7 ROLL [1889 roll], and Wal. Ref. GEN/CELEBRATIONS/973.7 Roll [1917 roll]

"The Roll Call," program of Memorial Day services; includes a list of burials of war dead. Two years; 1889 and 1917.

Annual circular, original.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Mar-2014

MA

JH1

029

F. P. H. Rogers

Waltham

Middlesex

Waltham Public Library

Special Collections, 735 Main Street, Waltham, MA 02451; phone 781-314-3425; email waltham@minlib.net; website http://waltham.lib.ma.us/

Call no. Wal. Ref. MILITARY/Flat Box 3/973.7 GRA

Personal war sketches of the members of F. P. H. Rogers Post No. 29 of Waltham. Circa 1890

Original bound volume, 377 p., illustrated, 42 cm.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Mar-2014

MA

JH1

030

William H. Smart

Cambridgeport

Middlesex

MA

JH1

031

S. A. Taylor

Ashburnham

Worcester

MA

DE1

031

George W. Perry

Scituate

Plymouth

MA

JH1

032

Washington

South Boston

Suffolk

MA

JH1

033

Burbank

Woburn

Middlesex

Woburn Public Library

Dr. Thomas J. Glennon Archives, 45 Pleasant Street, Woburn, MA 01801; phone 781-933-0148; email woburn@minlib.net; website www.woburnpubliclibrary.org/

Woburn Soldiers, Johnson Collection, Box 74

Collection of records from Burbank Post 33. Descriptive Book, Minute Books, possibly other records. Full inventory not available.

Original bound volumes, possibly other records.

Richard N. Griffin, SUVCW Lincoln-Cushing Camp 2, Dept. of the Chesapeake

Mar-2014

MA

JH1

034

Phil H. Sheridan

Salem

Essex

Peabody Essex Museum

The Phillips Library, East India Square (161 Essex St) Salem, Massachusetts 01970; phone 978-745-9500; email research@pem.org; website http://pem.org/library/

MM 31

Series I, Box 1: Folder 1, Names of soldiers various conflicts 1775-1918; Folder 2, Catalog of deceased comrades 1864-1926; Folder 3, Post Directory 1867-1924; Folder 4, Post Officers 1867-1927; Folder 5, Dishonorably discharged 1868-1894. Box 2: Folder 1, Black List 1868-1892; Folder 2, Black List (undated); Folder 3, Directory 1881-1884; Folder 4, Descriptive Book 1861-1922; Folder 5, Descriptive Book 1892-1927; Folder 6, Known addresses (undated); Folder 7, Account Book 1871-1874; Folder 8, Dues Book 1869-1871; Folder 9, Dues Book 1870-1871. Box 3: Folders 1-4, Dues Books 1871-1887, 1872-1873, 1874-1875, 1876-1877. Box 4: Folders 1-5, Dues Books 1878-1885, 1878-1886, 1881, 1887-1892, 1887-1905. Box 5: Vol. 1, Dues Book 1886-1900. Box 6: Vol. 2, Dues Book 1896-1915. Box 7: Folders 1-2, Dues Books, 1906-1927, 1920-1922; Folders 3-7, Checkbook stubs 1884-1885, 1886-1887, 1889-1890, 1890-1891, 1896-1898. Box 8: Folders 1-7, Gen'l Accounts Books 1873-1874, 1879-1881, 1881-1884, 1889-1905, 1899-1909, 1915-1921. Continued below...

Original bound volumes and manuscripts Part of a collection totalling 16 boxes, 13 linear feet.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Jun-2014

MA

JH1

034

Phil H. Sheridan

Salem

Essex

Peabody Essex Museum

The Phillips Library, East India Square (161 Essex St) Salem, Massachusetts 01970; phone 978-745-9500; email research@pem.org; website http://pem.org/library/

MM 31

Cont'd from above. Box 9: Folder 1, Gen'l Accounts Book 1930; Folder 2, Nat'l Orders Book 1881-1892; Folder 3, Nat'l Orders Book 1910-1920; Folder 4, QM Record Book 1873-1877; Folder 5, QM Record Book 1878. Box 10: Folder 1, QM Record Book 1923-1925; Folder 2, Committee Meetings and Notes 1868-1881; Folders 3-6, Relief Committee Record Books 1870-1873, 1871-1876, 1874-1875, 1875-1882. Box 11: Vol. 3, Receipts and Expenditures 1910-1938; Vol. 5, Record Book 1905-1907. Box 12: Vol. 4, Memorial Record Book 1887. Box 13: Folders 1-5, Relief Committee Record Books 1875-1901, 1876-1884, 1878-1889, 1905-1922, 1914-1928. Box 14: Folder 1, Record Book of Buffalo Encampment Assoc. of Selem 1897-1904; Folder 2, Services Prayer Book 1897 (undated); Folder 3, "Type of Soldier" speech by J. R. Lakeman (undated); Folder 4, Day Book 1868-1871; Folder 5, Calendar Diary 1882; Folder 6, Secretary's Records of Fairs 1887-1888, 1891, 1895, 1903; Folder 7, Visitors Register 1890-1916. Box 15: Vol. 6, Record Book 1926-1938. Box 16: Folder 1, Gen'l Order File 1903-1905. An online finding aid is available.

Original bound volumes and manuscripts Part of a collection totalling 16 boxes, 13 linear feet.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Jun-2014

MA

JH1

035

Theodore Winthrop

Chelsea

Suffolk

MA

JH1

036

E. M. Stanton

Amherst

Hampshire

MA

DE1

036

Francis Gould

Arlington

Middlesex

MA

JH1

037

F. A. Stearns

Spencer

Worcester

MA

JH1

038

Dexter

Brookfield

Worcester

MA

JH1

039

Needham

Lawrence

Essex

MA

JH1

040

Lincoln

North Weymouth

Norfolk

MA

DE1

040

GEN H. G. Berry

Malden

Middlesex

MA

JH1

041

Lyon

Westfield

Hampden

MA

JH1

042

B. F. Butler

Lowell

Middlesex

MA

JH1

043

Lincoln / John A. Rawlins

Marlboro

Middlesex

MA

JH1, DE1

044

John Sedgwick

Northampton

Hampshire

Forbes Library

Hampshire Room for Special Collections, 20 West St., Northampton MA 01060; phone 413-587-1011; website http://forbeslibrary.org/. Available for viewing online using the Forbes Library Digital Gallery.

Civil War Collection

Correspondence and circulars, late 1860's and early 1870's. Digitized and available for viewing online.

Original unbound manuscripts (digitized).

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

May-2016

MA

DE1

044

G. Wesley Nichols

Fayville

Worcester

MA

JH1

045

COL Allen

Gloucester

Essex

MA

JH1

046

Richard Borden

Fall River

Bristol

Fall River Historical Society

Library/archive. Email curator@fallriverhistorical.org

Michael Martins, Curator, Fall River Historical Society

Apr-2019

MA

JH1

047

MAJ Howe

Haverhill

Essex

Private Collection.

Whereabouts not known.

"Documentation including court room transcripts pertaining to a G.A.R. court martial." Items recovered from the post meeting hall in the 1970's when it was about to be demolished, purchased by Nick Luberto (source: The Veteran, newsletter of the Civil War Veterans Historical Association, vol. 9, no. 4).

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Jul-2012

MA

JH1, DE1

047

MAJ Howe

Haverhill

Essex

Private Collection.

Randy Pierce, Ringgold, GA (additional contact information on file).

Minute Book (1892-1896). It has names of members, new members names and which regiments they served with. Also contains eulogies of members who have passed. Talks of special meetings, upcoming events. Very detailed accounts every week.

Original bound volume.

Randy Pierce (online form submission)

Feb-2017

MA

JH1, DE1

047

MAJ Howe

Haverhill

Essex

Unknown

Whereabouts unknown. Offered for sale on online auction. Seller based in Winterville, NC.

Private collection

Collection of GAR membership applications (6 items, 1888-1901). From Tobin Post 24 (RI): 1) John Conlon, 1st MA Cav.; 2) Lovette Winters, USN Gunboat "Cambridge"; 3) John C Snell, 50th MA Inf. From Howe Post 47 (MA): 1) George N Gray, 22nd MA Inf.; 2) E. L. Powers, 5th MA Inf. From Grimes Post 25 (NH): 1) John H. Wettle, 7th MA Battery. Offered at buy-it-now auction on eBay (item #383048497531, seller 99counties), 2020. Auction photos on file.

Original manuscripts, group of 6

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Mar-2020

MA

JH1, DE1

048

George S. Boutwell

Ayer

Middlesex

MA

JH1

049

A. W. Bartlett

Newburyport

Essex

Peabody Essex Museum

The Phillips Library, East India Square (161 Essex St) Salem, Massachusetts 01970; phone 978-745-9500; email research@pem.org; website http://pem.org/library/

MM 31

Series IV, Box 16: Folder 4, Meeting Book 1915-1928; Folder 5, Letter, Charles F. Peele 1924; Folder 6, Newspaper clipping 1933; Folder 7, Meeting minutes 1935-1936; Folder 8, QM reports 1935-1937, undated. An online finding aid is available.

Original bound volumes and manuscripts Part of a collection totalling 16 boxes, 13 linear feet.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Jun-2014

MA

JH1

050

J. B. Plummer

Barre

Worcester

MA

DE1

050

D. S. Kimball

Townsend

Middlesex

MA

DE1

050

Union

Peabody

Essex

MA

JH1

051

Ezra Batcheller

North Brookfield

Worcester

MA

JH1

052

A. B. Randall

North Easton / Eastondale (South Easton)

Bristol

MA

JH1

053

Charles H. Stevens

Leominster

Worcester

MA

JH1

054

CPT C. S. Hastings

Berlin

Worcester

MA

JH1

055

Ammidown

Southbridge

Worcester

MA

DE1

055

I. D. Paul

Taunton

Bristol

MA

DE1

055

J. C. Freeman

Provincetown

Barnstable

MA

JH1

056

Charles Beck

Cambridge

Middlesex

MA

JH1

057

P. Stearns Davis

East Cambridge

Middlesex

Cambridge Historical Society

Brinkler Research Library; 159 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138; phone 617-547-4252; email archives@cambridgehistory.org; website www.cambridgehistory.org

Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), P. Stearns Davis, Post 57, East Cambridge Records 1867-1920

An online finding aid is available.

2 Cartons, 1 oversized, 2.92 Linear Feet

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Jun-2013

MA

JH1

058

Reynolds

Weymouth

Norfolk

MA

JH1

059

MAJ J. A. Pratt

Sterling

Worcester

MA

JH1

060

Jesse L. Reno

Whitinsville

Norfolk

MA

DE1

060

Franklin

Norfolk

MA

JH1

061

Nathaniel Lyon

Webster

Worcester

Webster-Dudley Historical Society

PO Box 64, Webster, MA 01570; email webdudhs@yahoo.com; website http://wdhs.webs.com/

Journal / Meeting Minute Book. Exact contents of the collection uncertain, associated Woman's Relief Corps records also available.

Ron Heroux (online form submission)

Apr-2017

MA

JH1

062

Charles Ward

Newton

Middlesex

Newton Free Library

330 Homer Street, Newton, MA 02459; phone 617-796-1360; email newtonreference@minlib.net; website www.newtonfreelibrary.net/

Call no. N 369.1 GAR

Assorted correspondence; Bills and financial reports; Bylaws, encampments, and resolutions of the GAR; Condolence letters; Memorial Day letters acceptance/decline. Each folder contains a detailed inventory of the contents.

5 folders ; 23 x 30 cm. in box 26 x 31 x 13 cm.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Mar-2014

MA

JH1

062

Charles Ward

Newton

Middlesex

Newton Free Library

330 Homer Street, Newton, MA 02459; phone 617-796-1360; email newtonreference@minlib.net; website www.newtonfreelibrary.net/

Call no. N 369.15 E52P

"Pro patria mortui sunt." : Oration pronounced before Post 62, Grand Army of the Republic, Newton, Massachusetts, in memoriam, May 29th, A.D. 1869. / By Comrade A.B. Ely.

Original bound volume and photocopy, 28 p., 23 cm.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Mar-2014

MA

JH1

062

Charles Ward

Newton

Middlesex

Newton Free Library

330 Homer Street, Newton, MA 02459; phone 617-796-1360; email newtonreference@minlib.net; website www.newtonfreelibrary.net/

Call no. N 369.15 GAR PRESERVED; also N MICROFILM 369.15 GAR (copies stored at multiple locations)

Applications and transfers, pasted into large scrapbooks. Four volumes, originals in storage. Microfilmed (2 films, Reference Section) and digitized, scans (542 images) available at the following site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/newtonfreelibrary/sets/72157634252543858/

Original bound volumes (4 vols., 42 cm), microfilmed (2 files, 35? mm), digitized and posted online

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Mar-2014

MA

JH1

063

GEN Wadsworth

Natick

Middlesex

MA

JH1

064

E. D. Baker

Clinton

Worcester

MA

JH1

065

Clara Barton

Warren

Worcester

MA

JH1

066

S. C. Lawrence

Medford

Middlesex

MA

JH1

067

Allen

Manchester

Essex

MA

JH1

068

Benjamin Stone, Jr.

Dorchester

Suffolk

Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Room (Rm 27)

Massachusetts State House, 24 Beacon St, Boston, MA 02133 (Beacon Hill).

Records of this post are reportedly housed in this collection.

Unknown

Dorcester Athenium website

Jun-2013

MA

JH1

069

J. P. Rice

Westminster

Worcester

MA

JH1

070

Kearney

Franklin

Norfolk

Unknown

Whereabouts unknown. Offered for sale on online auction. Seller based in Ludlow, MA.

Private collection

Post Bible, presented by the "Ladies of Franklin to Post 70, G.A.R." published by William P. Harper, Philadelphia, 1870. Offered at buy-it-now auction on eBay (item #274204055295, seller redcaravelantiques), March 2020. Auction photos on file.

Original bound volume.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Mar-2020

MA

DE1

070

George A. Custer

Millbury

Worcester

MA

JH1

071

Kilpatrick

Holyoke

Hampden

The first Post charter was destroyed by fire.

MA

JH1

072

A. St. John Chambre

Stoughton

Norfolk

MA

JH1

073

McPherson

Abington

Plymouth

Dyer Memorial Library

28 Centre Avenue, Abington MA 02351; phone 781-878-8480; email info@dyerlibrary.org; website www.dyerlibrary.org/

Collection of records. Inventory pending.

John M. Kelly, online form submission

Jan-2019

MA

JH1

074

Hartsuff

Rockland

Plymouth

MA

JH1

075

J. P. Gould

Stoneham

Middlesex

MA

JH1

076

Collingwood

Plymouth

MA

JH1

077

Theron E. Hall

Holden

Worcester

MA

JH1

078

David A. Russell

Whitman

Plymouth

Whitman Public Library

Historical Collection, 100 Webster Street, Whitman, MA 02382; phone 781-447-7613; email info@whitmanpubliclibrary.org; website www.whitmanpubliclibrary.org/

Historical Collection, Call No. 973.7444 PER

Personal War Sketches, 1891. Transcript copy of the original text prepared for the Whitman Historical Commission ; transcription and introduction by Alvah K. Howe. Published by Whitman Historic Commission, 1998.

Transcription from original, 158 p. in 3-ring binder.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

May-2014

MA

JH1

079

Charles D. Sanford

North Adams

Berkshire

MA

JH1

080

Thomas White

South Hadley

Hampshire

MA

DE1

080

Arthur G. Biscoe

Westborough

Worcester

MA

JH1

081

Post No. 81

Brimfield

Hampden

MA

DE1

081

Isaac B. Patten

Watertown

Middlesex

Watertown Free Public Library

Special Collections, 123 Main Street, Watertown, MA 02472; phone 617-972-6431; email watertown@minlib.net; website www.watertownlib.org/

Call no's HIST 369.15 GRA v.1, v.2, v.3, v.4, v.5, v.6

Minute Books, vol. 1, 1871-1875; vol. 2, 1875-1883; vol. 3, 1884-1889; vol. 4, 1889-1892; vol. 5, 1893-1898; vol. 6, 1889-1904. Vol. 3 labeled "Record and Order Book." Vol. 4 labeld "Minutes." Vol. 6 labeled "Records."

Original bound volumes, 6 v. 27-33 cm.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Mar-2014

MA

JH1

082

John Goodwin, Jr.

Marblehead

Essex

The Marblehead Museum

170 Washington Street, Marblehead, MA 01945; Phone 781-631-1768; email info@marbleheadmuseum.org; website www.marbleheadmuseum.org/

Objects and archival records from the Post. The collection also includes records from John Goodwin Corps, No. 23, WRC. The Museum also cares for the Posts Meeting Room (based in the Old Town House), where the Post met from c.1898 until its dissolution. The room now serves as a Civil War and GAR museum.

Emilia Boehm Emig, Curator of Collections, Marblehead Museum

Oct-2015

MA

JH1

083

J. E. Wilder

Hanover

Plymouth

MA

JH1

084

Foster

Malden

Middlesex

MA

DE1

084

M. E. Stowell

South Deerfield

Franklin

MA

JH1

085

J. W. Lawton

Ware

Hampshire

MA

JH1

086

Henry Wilson

Maynard

Middlesex

MA

DE1

086

William L. Baker

Northampton

Hampshire

Forbes Library

Hampshire Room for Special Collections, 20 West St., Northampton MA 01060; phone 413-587-1011; website http://forbeslibrary.org/. Available for viewing online using the Forbes Library Digital Gallery.

Civil War Collection

Personal War Sketches, presented to Baker Post by Arthur F. Hill on 16 Dec. 1891, on behalf of Alfred Theodore Lilly.

Original bound volume (digitized).

James Dimond & Ellen Murphy (via Facebook)

May-2016

MA

JH1

086

William L. Baker

Northampton

Hampshire

Forbes Library

Hampshire Room for Special Collections, 20 West St., Northampton MA 01060; phone 413-587-1011; website http://forbeslibrary.org/. Available for viewing online using the Forbes Library Digital Gallery.

Grand Army of the Republic Collection; Civil War Collection

Photographic portraits (cabinet cards) of GAR members (collection of 231 identified images of members of Post 86, discovered in a desk in 1992). Records of Baker Post 86, including original Post charter, membership applications, transfer cards, list of members who were ex-POW's, 1887. All records digitized and available online.

Original photographic images (digitized) and unbound manuscripts (digitized).

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

May-2016

MA

JH1

087

GEN S. Thayer

South Braintree

Norfolk

MA

JH1

088

Paul Revere

Quincy

Norfolk

Thomas Crane Public Library

40 Washington St., Quincy, MA 02169; phone 617-376-1300; email quref@ocln.org; website http://thomascranelibrary.org/

Some GAR records (no specifics)

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Dec-2014

MA

JH1

089

John H. Chipman, Jr.

Beverly

Essex

Beverly Historical Socieity

117 Cabot Street, Beverly, MA 01915; phone 978-922-1186; email info@beverlyhistory.org; website

MS#005

Portrait collection from Post 89. Collection of 255 portraits, donated to the Society by the SUVCW in 1982/83. An online finding aid is available, listing the subject of each portrait by name.

6 boxes (255 photographs, various media), 3 linear ft.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Nov-2013

MA

JH1, DE1

089

John H. Chipman, Jr.

Beverly

Essex

Beverly Historical Socieity

117 Cabot Street, Beverly, MA 01915; phone 978-922-1186; email info@beverlyhistory.org; website

Memorial Record, Presented to John Chipman Post 89. Contains biographical sketches of over 400 Post members. Index pages have been scanned and can be viewed on the Beverly Historical Society website. The GAR collection reported has "many other object from the GAR Post 89."

Original bound volume. Other items in the collection not inventoried.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Nov-2013

MA

JH1, DE1

089

John H. Chipman, Jr.

Beverly

Essex

Peabody Essex Museum

The Phillips Library, East India Square (161 Essex St) Salem, Massachusetts 01970; phone 978-745-9500; email research@pem.org; website http://pem.org/library/

MM 31

Series III, Box 16: Folder 3, Records and Orders 1869-1873, Roll of Members 1871-1892. An online finding aid is available.

Original manuscripts Part of a collection totalling 16 boxes, 13 linear feet.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Jun-2014

MA

JH1, DE1

089

John H. Chipman, Jr.

Beverly

Essex

Unknown

Whereabouts unknown. Sold to an undisclosed party at auction. Seller based in Contoocook, NH.

Private collection

RosterJohn H. Chipman, Jr. Post 89, published 1890. Offered for sale at auction on eBay (item #151344480892), ended 8 July 2014. Seller rare_attic_treasures Buyer undisclosed. Images from auction on file.

Original pamphlet.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Jul-2014

MA

JH1, DE1

090

Ward

Danvers

Essex

MA

JH1

091

E. P. Carpenter

Foxborough

Norfolk

Town of Foxborough, Massachusetts (Foxborough Historical Commission)

Memorial Hall (Foxborough Town Museum and Archives), 22 South Street, Foxborough, MA 02035; phone 508-543-1248

Meeting Minutes 13 June 1900 to 17 Dec. 1913; Meeting Minutes 7 Jan. 1914 to 26 Oct. 1925 (last entry is closing of the Pot). Ledger book containing incomplete role of members including some initiation and death dates (inside this volume was found a quartermaster order form); GAR ritual published 1 Apr. 1913; Program for the 47th Annual Dept. of MA encampment 1913; Pamphlet entitled "Information to Comrades" which contains information for obtaining pensions for widows. The following items were found interleaved in the pages of the 1914 to 1925 minute book. Reports of the post adjutant and Quartermaster 31 Dec. 1924; Memorial Day order of exercises 30 May 1924; A printed copy of General Logan's General Order No. 11; A letter from American Legion Post 93 accepting the trust offered to carry on Memorial Day and store post records dated 12 Oct. 1925; Dept. of MA General Order No. 4, 25 June 1925, regarding National encampment with a list of active posts in the department of Massachusetts. The following books or also found in the archives apart from the book which contains the previous items: Dept. of Massachusetts Journals of Proceedings 1900-1902, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921 (2 copies), 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1934. Early history of the Department of Massachusetts Grand Army of the Republic 1866 to 1880 inclusive. Original leather-bound volumes of the record of Massachusetts volunteers 1861 to 1865 volumes 1 , 2, and 3, published in 1870.

Original bound volumes and manuscripts.

Jamie McGuire & Harry W. Reinicke, IV, SUVCW

Aug-2018

MA

JH1

092

Strong

Easthampton

Hampshire

MA

DE1

092

Francis Washburn

Brighton

Suffolk

MA

JH1

093

Ozro Miller

Shelburne Falls

Franklin

MA

JH1

094

Revere

Canton

Norfolk

Canton Historical Society

1400 Washington Street, Canton, MA 02021; phone 781-828-8537; email historical@canton.org; website www.canton.org

"Superb resources" for this post are reportedly in the collection.

George T. Comeau, Esq.

Feb-2013

MA

JH1

095

GEN E. W. Hincks

Saugus

Essex

MA

JH1

096

Joe Johnson

Northborough

Worcester

MA

JH1

097

John A. Logan

Auburn

Worcester

MA

DE1

097

E. J. Griggs

Belchertown

Hampshire

MA

JH1

098

Philip Sheridan

Pittsfield

Berkshire

MA

DE1

098

Post No. 98

Princeton

Worcester

MA

DE1

098

Henry Bryant

Cohasset

Norfolk

MA

JH1

099

John D. Mirick

Princeton

Worcester

MA

DE1

099

Cutler

West Warren

Worcester

MA

DE1

099

GEN W. F. Bartlett

Andover

Essex

MA

JH1

100

Cogswell

Ipswich

Essex

MA

DE1

100

Post No. 100

West Brookfield

Worcester

MA

DE1

100

William B. Greene

Methuen

Essex

MA

JH1

101

Charles Sumner

Groveland

Essex

MA

JH1

102

J. C. Edwards

Billerica

Middlesex

MA

DE1

102

H. F. Wolcott

Milton

Norfolk

MA

JH1

103

Post No. 103

Chicopee

Hampden

MA

DE1

103

Otis Chapman

Chicopee

Hampden

MA

JH1

104

Edwin Humphrey

Hingham

Plymouth

MA

JH1

105

Wilder Dwight

West Medway

Norfolk

MA

DE1

105

J. Orson Fisk

Upton

Worcester

Western Reserve Historical Society

10825 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44106; phone 216-721-5722; email info@wrhs.org; website www.wrhs.org/

MS 2152

Box 36 / Volume 1: Miscellaneous papers, Grand Army of the Republic, Post 105, Massachusetts, miscellaneous papers, 1869-1877. The year range of the correspondence is consistent with the period that J. Orson Fisk Post existed (the name and place of the Post are not specified in the collection inventory). An online finding aid is available at OhioLINK Finding Aid Repository.

Original manuscripts, part of a large collection totaling 16.00 linear feet (36 containers and 17 oversize volumes).

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Jan-2016

MA

JH1

106

Post No. 106

Rockport

Essex

MA

DE1

106

Post No. 106

Holbrook

Norfolk

MA

DE1

106

O.W. Wallace

Rockport

Essex

MA

JH1

107

Burnside

Hubbardston

Worcester

MA

DE1

107

L. L. Merrick

Palmer

Hampden

MA

JH1

108

Everett Peabody

Georgetown

Essex

Georgetown Peabody Library

2 Maple Street, Georgetown, MA 01833; phone 978-352-5728; email reifert@mvlc.org; website http://georgetownpl.org/

Cash, Receipts and Expenditures Book 9 May 1911 - 24 June 1919. Membership List & Cemetery Roll 1 Jan. 1911 - 31 Dec. 1917 (bound with Cash Book). Dues Paid 1 Jan. 1911 - 31 Dec. 1923 (bound with Cash Book). Minute Books (12 vols.) 7 Sept. 1869 - 14 Jan. 1876; 14 Jan. 1876 - 25 Dec. 1883; 8 Jan. 1884 - 25 Jan. 1887; 8 Feb. 1887 - 29 Apr. 1890; 13 May 1890 - 26 Jan. 1892; 9 Feb. 1892 - 12 Mar. 1895; 26 Mar. 1895 - 14 Mar. 1899; 28 Mar. 1899 - 10 June 1902; 24 June 1902 - 12 Sept. 1905; 26 Sept. 1905 - 14 Jan. 1908; 28 Jan. 1908 - 12 Oct. 1909; 27 July 1918 - 1 Oct. 1921. Minutes for 1909 - 1918 missing. Roll of Members 7 Sept. 1869 - 30 Sept. 1913 bound with first Minute Book volume. Death Records 1875 - 1908 (52 entries). The collection also includes a Cash, Receipts & Expenditures Book and Minute Books (6 vols.) from the Woman's Relief Corps.

Original bound volumes, 21 vols.

Ruth Eifert, Library Director, Georgetown Peabody Library

Nov-2014

MA

JH1

109

Ericsson

East Templeton

Worcester

Private Collection.

Whereabouts not known.

The "Black List" book exists, and the cover was illustrated in The Veteran, newsletter of the Civil War Veterans Historical Association, vol. 9, no., 4, Jan.-Feb. 1996 (photo credit was Howard Hoffman).

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Jul-2012

MA

JH1

109

Ericsson

East Templeton

Worcester

Private Collection.

Listed as located at Marlborough, MA, when auctioned by Skinner, Inc., on 26 Oct. 2017. Auction 3034M. Lot 205. Current whereabouts not known.

Private collection

"Archive of Records from Ericsson Post No. 109, Massachusetts Grand Army of the Republic with Gettysburg Battlefield Memorials Poster, containing ledgers, expense books, minute books, receipt books, rosters, membership applications, wounded and disabled lists, quarterly reports and a variety of ephemera covering the posts activities spanning approx. 1886 to 1907, the poster advertising The Smith Granite Company and illustrating eighteen monuments the company constructed for the Gettysburg battlefield, one box ht. 10, wd. 15 1/2, dp. 12 in."

Large collection of original bound volumes and manuscripts. At least ten bound volumes (receipts and ledgers), numerous loose sheets (including member applications).

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Apr-2019

MA

JH1

109

Ericsson

East Templeton

Worcester

Unknown

Whereabouts unknown. Offered for sale on an internet auction. Seller based in Ilion, NY.

Private collection

Ledger, dated 1892. Offered for sale at auction on eBay (item #263465848023, ending 28 Feb.2018. Seller beckyjoyner215. Images from auction on file.

Original bound volume, 114 pages, 8.5" x 11"

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Jan-2018

MA

JH1

109

Ericsson

East Templeton

Worcester

Unknown

Whereabouts unknown. Offered for sale on an internet auction. Seller based in Ilion, NY.

Private collection

Receipts Book, dated 1895. Offered for sale at auction on eBay (item #382364701305, ending 28 Feb. 2018. Seller beckyjoyner215. Images from auction on file.

Original bound volume, over 200 stubs, 8.5" x 11"

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Jan-2018

MA

JH1

109

Ericsson

East Templeton

Worcester

Unknown

Whereabouts unknown. Offered for sale on an internet auction. Seller based in Ilion, NY.

Private collection

Cash Book, dated 1886. Offered for sale at auction on eBay (item #263613950014, ending 25 April 2018. Seller beckyjoyner215. Images from auction on file.

Original bound volume, 8.5" x 10.5"

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Apr-2018

MA

JH1

110

CPT Horace Niles

Randolph

Norfolk

MA

JH1

111

J. E. Simmons

Pembroke

Plymouth

MA

JH1

112

D. Willard Robinson

Norwell

Plymouth

MA

JH1

113

E. W. Kinsley

Boston

Suffolk

The Massachusetts Historical Society

Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215; website http://www.masshist.org/ (Records are stored offsite and must be requested at least one business day in advance. Contact the Library at library@masshist.org or 617-536-1608 to request materials)

E. W. Kinsley Post No. 113 (Boston, Mass.) Records 1872-1922

Carton 1 (Barcode SH 14ZA 9): Accounts, 1871-1882; Minutes, 1872-Aug. 1876; Minutes, Feb. 1889-1892; Minutes, 1893-1896; Minutes, May 1896-Apr. 1900; Minutes, May 1900-Dec. 1904; Report of the Committee on Decoration of Graves, 1910; Report of the Committee on Decoration of Graves, 1911, 2 copies. Carton 2 (Barcode SH 14ZB A): Orders, circulars, etc., 1873-1878; Orders, circulars, etc., 1880-1887; Scrapbook, 1887-1893; Scrapbook, 24th Natl. Encampment, GAR, Aug. 1890; Scrapbook, 1891-1892; Orders, circulars, etc., 1891-1893; Scrapbook, 1892-1896. Carton 3 (Barcode SH 14ZC B): "Field Days" shooting record, 1895; Orders, circulars, etc., 1899-Feb. 1905; Minutes, 1905-1906; Minutes, 1907-Jan. 1909; Orders, circulars, etc., 1907-1911; Orders, circulars, etc., 1907-1911 (diff. from above); Minutes, 1909-1912. Carton 4 (Barcode SH 14ZD C): Report of the Committee on Decoration of Graves, 1912; Orders, circulars, etc., 1912-1922; Minutes, 1913-Jan. 1917; Report of the Memorial Day Committee, 1914; Report of the Memorial Day Committee, 1915; Minutes, 1917-1921. Carton 5 (Barcode SH 14ZE D): Scrapbook, 1892-189 (large vol.); Scrapbook, 1904-1905 (large vol.); Orders, circulars, etc., 1905-1906 (large vol.). Carton 6 (Oversize, Barcode SH 14ZF E): Grand Army of the Republic. Department of Massachusetts. Personal War Sketches of the Members of E. W. Kinsley Post No. 113, Boston. Printed vol. completed in ms. (An online finding aid is available)

Original manuscripts and volumes organized in 6 record cartons. Stored offsite.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Aug-2012

MA

JH1

113

E. W. Kinsley

Boston

Suffolk

The Massachusetts Historical Society

Massachusetts Historical Society Photo Archives, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215; phone 617-536-1608; email library@masshist.org; website http://www.masshist.org/

E. W. Kinsley Post No. 113 (Boston, Mass.) Photograph Albums ca. 1870-ca. 1922. Photo. Collection 84 (XT)

6 volumes of portrait photographs, taken between 1870 and 1922, of Civil War veterans who were members of the E.W. Kinsley Post No. 113 of the Grand Army of the Republic in Boston, Mass. Most of the veterans depicted in the albums served in Massachusetts regiments during the war. Each photograph is accompanied by the subject's autograph and a brief biography of his wartime service. Most of the photographers are unknown, and all of the photos are black and white. The albums also contain some engravings, photomechanicals, and clippings. (Finding Aid Available)

236 photographs in 6 albums

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Aug-2012

MA

JH1

114

COL C. R. Mudge

Merrimac

Essex

MA

JH1

115

Bufort

Lee

Berkshire

MA

DE1

115

E. S. Clark

Groton

Middlesex

MA

JH1

116

D. G. Farragut

Gardner

Worcester

Levi Heywood Memorial Library

Local History Room, 55 West Lynde St., Gardner MA 01440; phone 978-632-5298; email jjanell@cwmars.org (Jay Janell, Local History Librarian); website www.leviheywoodmemlib.org

Post Descriptive Book. One volume,1869-? Excellent condition

Marcia White (online form submission)

Nov-2016

MA

JH1

117

Moses Ellis

Medfield

Norfolk

MA

JH1

118

James L. Bates

Swampscott

Essex

MA

JH1

119

South Hadley Falls

Hampshire

MA

DE1

119

George G. Meade

Lexington

Middlesex

MA

JH1

120

Edwin E. Day

Greenfield

Franklin

MA

DE1

120

James A. Garfield

Lowell

Middlesex

MA

JH1

121

Timothy Ingraham

Hyde Park

Suffolk

MA

JH1

122

E. P. Wallace

Amesbury

Essex

MA

JH1

123

Parker

Athol

Worcester

MA

JH1

123

Station A. Athol

Athol

Worcester

MA

DE1

124

Justin Dimick

East Bridgewater

Plymouth

MA

JH1

125

N. B. Shurtleff, Jr.

South Boston

Suffolk

MA

DE1

125

W. W. Rockwell

Pittsfield

Berkshire

MA

JH1

126

George E. Sayles

Adams

Berkshire

MA

JH1

127

T. L. Bonney

Hanson

Plymouth

MA

JH1

128

GEN J. Appleton

Ipswich

Essex

MA

JH1

129

Post No. 129

Bryantsville

Plymouth

MA

DE1

129

Swift

Somerset

Bristol

MA

DE1

129

William H. Freeman

Blackstone

Worcester

MA

JH1

130

Hopkins

Williamstown

Berkshire

MA

DE1

130

James M. Sargent

Medway

Norfolk

MA

JH1, DE1

131

George H. Thomas

Leicester

Worcester

MA

JH1

132

G. M. Dodge

Peabody

Essex

MA

DE1

132

Charles Chipman

Sandwich

Barnstable

Sandwich Public Library

142 Main Street, Sandwich MA 02563; phone 508-888-062; email spllib@comcast.net; website www.sandwichpubliclibrary.com/

ARCHIVES 973.781 PER

Personal war sketches of the members of Charles Chipman Post No. 132 of Sandwich. Presented to Post No. 132 G.A.R. by the Ladies of the W.R.C. No. 132 auxiliary on January 11, 1896. Thirty hand-written accounts.

Original bound volume, 388 p.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Dec-2014

MA

JH1

133

P. M. Whiting

North Attleboro

Bristol

MA

DE1

133

George H. Maintien

Plainville

Norfolk

Unknown

Inherited by a local VFW Post. The records reportedly disappeared in the 1990's.

Tom Churchill Civil War blog

Sep-2009

MA

JH1

134

Robert A. Bell

Boston

Suffolk

MA

JH1

135

CPT Isaac Davis

West Acton

Middlesex

[See Isaac Davis Post, No. 138]

MA

DE1

135

E. A. Andrews

Shrewsbury

Worcester

MA

JH1

136

George C. Marshall

Rutland

Worcester

MA

JH1

137

Post No. 137

Great Barrington

Berkshire

MA

DE1

137

Samuel Sibley

East Douglas

Worcester

MA

JH1

138

Post No. 138

Wareham

Plymouth

MA

DE1

138

Post No. 138

Boston

Suffolk

MA

DE1

138

Isaac Davis

West Acton

Middlesex

Acton Memorial Library

486 Main Street, Acton, MA 01720; phone 978-929-6655; website www.actonmemoriallibrary.org/ (the library was founded in 1890 as a memorial to citizens of Acton who fought in the Civil War)

Archives

Membership Roster, 38 pages (archive ref. no. 73.3.3); Post photograph 1900; Post photograph 1914; Personal War Sketches Post 138, 146 page bound volume; Historical Sketch of the Post, from Personal War Sketches; Post Flag newspaper accounts and photograph of Post Color Bearer. All items on this list have been scanned and converted to Adobe Acrobate PDF format. They are available for viewing online on the library's website.

Original bound volumes and photographs.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Mar-2014

MA

JH1

139

Willard C. Kinsley

Somerville

Middlesex

MA

JH1

140

A. J. Johnson

Sturbridge

Worcester

MA

DE1

140

Hubbard V. Smith

Athol

Worcester

MA

JH1

141

Post No. 141

Fall River

Bristol

MA

DE1

141

Frank D. Hammond

South Chatham

Barnstable

MA

JH1

142

Burnside

Saxonville

Middlesex

MA

JH1

143

C. L. Chandler

Brookline

Norfolk

MA

JH1

144

Charles W. Carroll

Dedham

Norfolk

U.S. Army War College

U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center; 950 Soldiers Drive, Carlisle, PA 17013-5021; phone 717-245-3949; email carl_usamhi@conus.army.mil; website www.carlisle.army.mil/ahec/

Call no. E462.1.M38 C47

Roster of Charles W. Carroll Post, 144, Dept. of Massachusetts, G.A.R. : giving name, organization, or ship served in, with address if living, together with list of charter members and present officers, 1914.

Bound volume, 29 pages.

Glenn Knight, Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Feb-2012

MA

JH1

145

William A. Streeter

Attleborough

Bristol

MA

JH1

146

Robert G. Shaw

New Bedford

Bristol

MA

JH1

146

GEN Lawton

Lawrence

Essex

MA

DE1

147

Post No. 147

Norwood

Norfolk

MA

DE1

147

E. M. Stanton

Amherst

Hampshire

MA

JH1

148

A. D. Weld

Winchester

Middlesex

MA

JH1

149

MAJ G. L. Stearns

Charlestown

Suffolk

MA

JH1

150

Post No. 150

Erving

Franklin

MA

DE1

150

Armstrong

Montague

Franklin

MA

JH1

151

MAJ Boyd

West Newbury

Essex

GAR Memorial Library

490 Main St., West Newbury, MA. 01985; phone 978-363-1105; website www.westnewburylibrary.org/

Descriptive Book (member rolls), Journal / Meeting Minute Book, Black Book (list of rejected applicants), Post By-Laws, Membership Applications, Adjutant / Quartermaster Reports (Form A & B), Transfer (Honorable Discharge) Certificates, Post Orders. "Original hand written minutes in three volumes, some old photos, orders and reports, applications for membership, black ball lists,and more."

Original manuscripts and bound volumes.

Robert Janes, online form submission.

Jan-2016

MA

JH1

152

O. H. P. Sargent

Essex

Town of Essex

One of five volumes of Civil War material from the Town of Essex, digitized through funding from Regional Digitization in Massachusetts, funded by LSTA Grant and administered by the Boston Public Library.

Roll of Members. Numbered list includes signature, residence and date (death, suspension, etc.) of each member. Fifty names listed. Available for viewing and download at Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/rollofmembersess00esse

Original bound volume, digitized. 30 scanned pages.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Jun-2019

MA

JH1

153

Gilman C. Parker

Winchendon

Worcester

MA

JH1

154

Martha Sever

Kingston

Plymouth

Kingston Public Library

6 Green Street, Kingston, MA 02364; phone 781-585-0517; email kilib@kingstonpubliclibrary.org; website http://kingstonpubliclibrary.org/

Martha Server Post 154 Pamphlet Collection PC-28

Folder 1, Information on Post 154 (magazine and newspaper clippings, photocopies; Folder 2, Deeds and Leases; Folder 3, Soldiers Monument newspaper clipping; Folder 4, Memorial Day programs, various years from 1884 to 1926, also list of Revolutionary War graves; Folder 5, Music; Folder 6, Reports and Correspondence, includes Lincoln Highway correspondence 1911 and a quarterly report (from the WRC?); Folder 7, Annual Encampment Program, 24th Annual Encampent. A online finding aid is available.

Manuscripts/pamplets, 1 box, 0.25 linear feet.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Mar-2014

MA

JH1

155

Marcus Keep

Monson

Hampden

MA

JH1

156

James A. Perkins

Everett

Middlesex

MA

JH1

157

Elbridge B. Piper

Walpole

Norfolk

MA

JH1

158

CPT E. T. Dresser

Housatonic

Berkshire

MA

JH1

159

John A. Hawes

East Boston

Suffolk

MA

JH1

160

Alanson Hamilton

West Brookfield

Worcester

MA

JH1

161

Woburn

Middlesex

Woburn Public Library

Dr. Thomas J. Glennon Archives, 45 Pleasant Street, Woburn, MA 01801; phone 781-933-0148; email woburn@minlib.net; website www.woburnpubliclibrary.org/

Woburn Soldiers, Johnson Collection, Box 74

Collection of records from Woburn Post 161. Descriptive Book, Minute Books, possibly other records. Full inventory not available.

Original bound volumes, possibly other records.

Richard N. Griffin, SUVCW Lincoln-Cushing Camp 2, Dept. of the Chesapeake

Mar-2014

MA

JH1

162

Manton E. Taft

Turners Falls

Franklin

Unknown

Whereabouts unknown. Sold to an undisclosed party at auction. Seller based in Windsor, CT.

Private collection

Minute Book, 5 Aug. 1898 to 5 Dec. 1913. Entries on first 218 of 433 total pages. Offered for sale at auction on eBay (item #360826159721, ending 30 Dec. 2013. Seller lookinbackagain. Buyer undisclosed. Images from auction on file.

Original cloth-bound volume, 10-1/4" tall by 7-1/2" wide by about 1-1/2" thick. Spine damaged and repaired with duct tape.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Dec-2013

MA

JH1

163

GEN J. G. Foster

South Framingham

Middlesex

MA

JH1

164

Francis A. Clary

Conway

Franklin

MA

JH1

165

William Wadwsorth

Duxbury

Plymouth

MA

JH1

166

George C. Strong

East Hampton

Hampshire

MA

JH1

167

Jesse L. Reno

Whitinsville

Worcester

MA

JH1

167

R. R. Clark

Whitinsville

Worcester

MA

JH1

168

Malcolm Ammidown

Southbridge

Worcester

Jacob Edwards Library

236 Main Street, Southbridge, MA 01550; phone 508-764-5426; website www.jacobedwardslibrary.org/

Photographic collection

Two original photographs of the last Post members. The collection may include other records. The library references a record in the Post Minutes of 1931 stating that the Post passed all of its possessions to Womans Relief Corps 71, the DUVCW, and the SUVCW, as joint tenants. Among the items listed, were the Post flag, black bound record book, Post charter, the Post bible, and numerous pictures. The photographs are viewable online at the following links: http://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/fb494n835 http://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/fb494q11b

Original photographic images (digitized).

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

May-2016

MA

JH1

169

George K. Bird

Norwood

Norfolk

MA

JH1

170

John Rogers

Mansfield

Bristol

MA

JH1

171

Henry H. Johnson

Northfield

Franklin

MA

JH1

172

F. K. Warren

Bolton

Worcester

MA

JH1

173

J. Arthur Johnson

Sturbridge

Worcester

MA

JH1

174

Edwin E. Day

Greenfield

Franklin

MA

JH1

175

Washburn

Lancaster

Worcester

MA

JH1

176

GEN Horace C. Lee

Huntington

Hampshire

MA

JH1

177

Scott Bradley

Lee

Berkshire

MA

JH1

178

Myron Nichols

Otis

Berkshire

MA

JH1

179

Samuel F. Woods

Barre

Worcester

MA

JH1

180

Old Concord

Concord

Middlesex

Concord Free Public Library

Special Collections, 129 Main Street, Concord, MA 01742; phone 978-318-3300; email concord@minlib.net; website

Call no. SPEC COLL C.PAM.75 Item I8

General orders no. 2 [concerning memorial tribute to U.S. Grant] (1885); War lectures [program listing] (1886); [Same, for 1887]; [Postcard concerning lecture by Gen. Francis A. Walker, 1887]; Soldiers' graves in Concord (May 30, 1887); Roster, Old Concord Post No. 180 (1890); [Same, for 1891]; Grand Memorial Day concert for the benefit of the Old Concord Post 180, G.A.R. (1892); Roster, 1893; Memorial Day [program] (1898); Old Concord's voice [includes account of exercises by Old Concord Post 180 and Concord Independent Battery to celebrate departure of men for service in War of 1898] (in Boston journal, May 6, 1898); Roster, 1898; Roster, 1902; Memorial Day, May 30, 1905: programme; [Same, for 1907]; 15th annual reunion of the 47th Regiment, M.V.M., the New American House, Boston, Sept. 2, 1907; [Same, 16th reunion, 1908]; Headquarters, Old Concord Post, G.A.R. [directions concerning ceremonies at dedication of Melvin Memorial, June 16, 1909]; Program of memorial exercises for 1912; Program, Memorial Day (1913); Strew all their graves with flowers [lyrics] ([undated]).

Original manuscripts and pamphlets, 21 items, 56 cm or smaller

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Mar-2014

MA

JH1

180

Old Concord

Concord

Middlesex

Concord Free Public Library

Special Collections, 129 Main Street, Concord, MA 01742; phone 978-318-3300; email concord@minlib.net; website

Call no. SPEC COLL VAULT A65 Unit C1

War reminiscences of Concord soldiers : papers read before the Old Concord Post, No. 180, G.A.R. : Concord, Mass. : typed transcripts / 1893-1910 / with a prefatory address and biographical notices by Rev. Grindall Reynolds. Two volumes, first dated 1893, second dated 1910.

Original bound volumes (2 vols.). Vol 1, 542 leaves, 32 cm. Vol. 2, 513 leaves, 31 cm.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Mar-2014

MA

JH1

180

Old Concord

Concord

Middlesex

Concord Free Public Library

Special Collections, 129 Main Street, Concord, MA 01742; phone 978-318-3300; email concord@minlib.net; website

Call no. SPEC COLL Vault A65 Unit C6

Post Minute Book (Record Book No. 1), 20 December 1884 to 23 October 1890. A gift of Mrs. Olive C. McDonald, 5 January 2001.

Original bound volume, 28 cm.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Mar-2014

MA

JH1

181

Galen Orr

Needham

Norfolk

MA

JH1

182

Cyrus M. Wheaton

Somerset

Bristol

MA

JH1

183

Charles C. Smith

South Hadley

Hampshire

MA

JH1

184

SGT Plunket

Ashburnham

Worcester

MA

JH1

185

Ladd & Whitney

Lowell

Middlesex

MA

JH1

186

John A. Logan

Cambridgeport

Middlesex

MA

JH1

187

Hancock

Dalton

Berkshire

MA

JH1

188

Preston

Beverly Farms

Essex

MA

JH1

189

David Church

East Marshfield

Plymouth

Ventress Memorial Library

15 Library Plaza, Marshfield MA 02050; phone 781-834-5535; website www.ventresslibrary.org/ventress/

973.781 GRA 1890

Personal war sketches of the members of David Church Post no. 189 of Marshfield. Contains 69 hand-written accounts.

Original bound volume, 387 p.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Dec-2014

MA

JH1

190

R. A. Pierce

New Bedford

Bristol

New Bedford Free Public Library

Special Collections, 613 Pleasant Street, New Bedford, MA 02740; phone 508-991-6276; website www.newbedford-ma.gov/Library/index.html

GAR William Logan Rodman Post No.1 Records, 1866-1937

Roster of R.A. Peirce Post No. 190, New Bedford, 1891; "The Bunker Hill Drum historical sketch, publ. by GAR R.A. Peirce Post No. 190, New Bedford, 1904.

Original pamphlet and bound volume.

Paul Pannoni

Jul-2014

MA

JH1

191

Gettysburg

Boston

Suffolk

Civil War Badges (internet retail seller)

CivilWarBadges.com, Mr. Everitt Bowles, 1036 Washington Avenue, Woodstock, GA 30188; phone 770-926-1132; email badges@bellsouth.net. Offered for sale (January 2012).

Private collection

Post Banner, descirbes as follows: An original Gettysburg Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Post Flag and Staff, blue silk, bordered by dark yellow silk fringe with Gettysburg Post/191/GAR in gold paint. Original wood staff with brass spear point finial. Staff over 7 ft in length ~ banner/flag measures 17" x 20".

Original silk banner.

Dean Enderlin SUVCW

Jan-2012

MA

JH1

191

Gettysburg

Boston

Suffolk

Unknown

Whereabouts unknown. Sold to an undisclosed party at auction. Seller based in Wallkill, NY.

Private collection

Personal War Sketches Gettysburg Post 191, presented by Ellen Louise White in memory of her husband, 1892. Listed for sale at auction on eBay (item #171385980811) ending 20 July 2014. Seller 837dcal. Auction photos on file. Judging from the photos of selected pages, the book may not contain any entries.

Original bound volume, 13" x 17", leather bound, 383 pages.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Jul-2014

MA

JH1

192

Prentiss M. Whiting

North Attleboro

Bristol

MA

JH1

193

C. M. Packard

Avon

Norfolk

MA

JH1

194

Veteran

Reading

Middlesex

MA

JH1

195

Thomas A. Parker

Pepperell

Middlesex

MA

JH1

196

D. G. Anderson

Great Barrington

Berkshire

MA

JH1

197

Berkshire

Pittsfield

Berkshire

MA

JH1

198

Mountain Miller

Plainfield

Berkshire

MA

JH1

199

William B. Eaton

Revere

Suffolk

MA

JH1

200

Boston

Jamaica Plain

Suffolk

MA

JH1

201

Henry Clay Wade

Cottage City (Oak Bluffs)

Dukes

MA

JH1, DE1

202

John C. Fremont

West Bridgewater

Plymouth

MA

JH1, DE1

203

E. B. Nye

Bourne

Barnstable

MA

JH1

204

Theodore Parkman

Centerville

Barnstable

MA

JH1, DE1

205

Bridgewater

Plymouth

MA

JH1

206

B. F. Jones

Falmouth

Barnstable

MA

JH1

207

Thomas M. Gardner

Nantucket

Nantucket Historical Association

7 Fair Street, Nantucket MA 02554; phone 508-228-1894 (press 5); website www.nha.org/library/index.html

MS93 - Grand Army of the Republic Collection, 1866-1937

Record books, applications for membership, official reports, correspondence and information pertaining to Memorial Day observances and the Civil War monument in Nantucket, Mass., and other materials, of Thomas M. Gardner Post #207. Book 1: "Record of Deceased Soldiers Buried in Nantucket Cemeteries"; Book 2: Alphabetized list of Nantucket names, possibly Civil War veterans; Book 3: G.A.R. Sherburne Post #2 Descriptive Book; Book 4: Records of the Sherburne Army and Navy Union of Nantucket (later known as the O.W. Peabody Post) Minutes from 27 Nov. 1866 to 17 Jan. 1874; Book 5: G.A.R. Post #2 Register of Members and Black List; Book 6: G.A.R. Post #2 Cash Book, Money Expended 28 Nov. 1866 to 1 Jan. 1874; Book 7: Book 8: G.A.R., Thomas M. Gardner Post, Ledger and Cash Book, 1931-1932; Book 9: Temporary Minutes of Adjutant, 1915-1921; Book 10: Account Book for Relief Fund, 1915-1920; Book 11: 3 Account Books of Thomas M. Gardner Post #207, a) 1910-1911, b) 1911, c) 1912; Book 12: Account Book for Perpetual Care of Soldier's Lot in Prospect Hill Cemetery, 1911-1913 (Continued below)

Original manuscripts and bound volumes. Collection totals 0.75 linear ft.

Matthew Kuhnert, online form submission

Jan-2016

MA

DE1

207

Thomas M. Gardner

Nantucket

Nantucket Historical Association

7 Fair Street, Nantucket MA 02554; phone 508-228-1894 (press 5); website www.nha.org/library/index.html

MS93 - Grand Army of the Republic Collection, 1866-1937

(Cont'd from above) Folder 1: Official Reports of Adjutant and Quartermaster, Thomas M. Gardner Post, 1892 - 1921; Folder 2: Report on the Origin of the Nantucket Chapter of the G.A.R.; Folder 3: Applications for Membership (names indexed); Folder 4: Quartermaster's Bond 1901, 1909; Folder 5: Letters Out: 1910, 1937 (2 letters); Folder 6: Letters In: 1884-1921 (27 letters); Folder 7: Transfer Cards (3 cards); Folder 8: Attendence Records, a) Average attendance record and list of active members for 6 months to 6/30/1907, b) List of Nantucket men, their rank and the dates they served in the Civil War; Folder 8.50: Financial Records; Folder 9: Woman's Relief Corps documents (letter, roster); Folder 10: Civil War Monument Civil War Monument (erected in 1874, dedicated on 29 May 1875), a) Receipts, 1874-75 - C. H. Robinson Marble Works; McGrath & Sons Quincy Marble Works; Churchill & Hitchcock, Rough and Dressed Quincy Granite, b) Lists of Subscribers, c)Record book, 1868-1873 J.Mitchell-Treasurer. An online finding aide is available.

Original manuscripts and bound volumes. Collection totals 0.75 linear ft.

Matthew Kuhnert, online form submission

Jan-2016

MA

DE1

208

GEN W. T. Sherman

Wareham

Plymouth

MA

DE1

209

E. P. Hopkins

Williamstown

Berkshire

MA

JH1, DE1

210

GEN J. G. Barnard

Sheffield

Berkshire

MA

DE1

211

GEN William S. Lincoln

Enfield

Hampshire

MA

DE1

212

Alfred C. Monroe

East Bridgewater

Plymouth

MA

DE1

213

Y-an-no

Hyannis

Barnstable

MA

DE1

(unassigned)

Agawam

Hampden

MA

DE1

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