Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Records Index

(Department)

N/A

New Hampshire Historical Society

Library and Manuscripts, 30 Park Street, Concord, NH 03301; phone 603-228-6688; website www.nhhistory.org/

1) Call no. 369.151 NHr; 2) 369.151 Nhy; 3) 396.151 Nhre

1) Roster of the Department of New Hampshire. 2) Yearbook and roster of the Department of New Hampshire. 3) Roll of the encampment Dept. of New Hampshire.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Jun-2017

NH

N/A

001

Storer

Portsmouth

Rockingham

New Hampshire Historical Society

Library and Manuscripts, 30 Park Street, Concord, NH 03301; phone 603-228-6688; website www.nhhistory.org/

Call no. 369.151b P853sr

Roster of Storer Post, No. 1, and of its auxiliary organizations, Storer Relief Corps, No. 1, and Marcus M. Collins Camp, No. 53, Sons of Veterans, with a record of the graves they decorate. Published 1891.

Original pamplet, 40 p.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Jun-2017

NH

JH1

002

E. E. Sturtevant

Concord

Merrimack

New Hampshire Historical Society

Library and Manuscripts, 30 Park Street, Concord, NH 03301; phone 603-228-6688; website www.nhhistory.org/

1) Call no. 369.151b C744sr; 2) Call no. 369.151b C744sb; 3) Call no. 369.151b C744sb 1882; 4) Call no. 369.151b C744sb 1886; 5) Call no. 369.151b C744srev

1) Post Roster. 2) Post Bylaws, 1877. 3) Post Bylaws, 1882. 4) Post Bylaws, 1886, incl. roster. 5) Reveille (newsletter?), 1881, 1885.

Original pamphlets, manuscripts.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Jun-2017

NH

JH1

003

Louis Bell

Manchester

Hillsborough

Manchester Historic Association

129 Amherst Street, Manchester, NH 03101; phone 603-622-7531; email library@manchesterhistoric.org; website www.manchesterhistoric.org/

Many folders and volumes in which correspondence, circular letters, Orders, and other things are glued into the volumes. Inventorying in progress, as of 10 May 2014.

Original bound volumes and manuscripts (3 file boxes).

Peter Whelpton, PDC, Dept. of New Hampshire, SUVCW

May-2014

NH

JH1

004

John Sedgwick

Keene

Cheshire

Historical Society of Cheshire County

Wright Research Room (located in HSCC headquarters), 246 Main Street (PO Box 803), Keene, NH 03431; phone 603-352-1895; email hscc@hsccnh.org; website www.hsccnh.org/

Record Group 27

Series I - Membership Records: Box 1 (Folders 1-11), applications 1860's to 1910's; Box 2 (Folders 12-22) printed annual rosters 1868-1937, Folders 18-22 are overlapping hand-kept records books; Box 3 (Folders 23-27) and Box 4 (Folder 28), Dues Books (5 vols.) 1868-1928. Series II - Financial Records: Box 4 (Folders 1-3), Receipt & disbursement books (3 vols.) 1868-1916. Series III - Minutes of meetings: Box 5 (Folders 1-5), Minute Books (5 vols.) 1868-1945. Series IV - Orders: Box 6 (Folders 1-18)) Nat'l and Dept Orders 1880-1921 (incomplete). Series V - Subject File: Box 7 (Folders 1-15) Misc. documents, 1868-1944, incl. letter from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.. Series VI - GAR Memorial Building Association: Box 7 (Folders 1-6) Records associated with the Post's hall 1929-1937. An online Finding Aid is available.

Original bound volumes and manuscripts, maintained in 7 boxes.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

May-2013

NH

JH1

005

COL Putnam

Hopkinton

Merrimack

NH

JH1

006

Aaron F. Stevens

Peterborough

Hillsborough

NH

JH1

007

John G. Foster

Nashua

Hillsborough

NH

JH1

008

Littlefield

Great Falls (Somersworth)

Strafford

Dan Meehan, private collection.

New Hampshire

Private collection.

"Most of the minute books, sick book, original charter and over 100 photos with names."

Dan Meehan

Oct-2011

NH

JH1

009

Post No. 9

Francetown

Hillsborough

NH

DE1

009

W. S. Hancock

Alstead

Cheshire

The Post charter and flags were surrendered to the American Legion Post in October 1919.

NH

JH1

010

Fred Smyth

Newport

Sullivan

Town of Newport, New Hampshire

Town Clerk's Office, 15 Sunapee Street, Newport, NH 03773; phone 603-863-2224; website www.newportnh.gov/. The book was originally presented to the Richards Free Library in Newport by Fred Smyth Post on 25 March 1922 (Accession no. 11048, Shelf no. 974.2).

Town of Newport Historical Book Digital Archive

Post Roster (Descriptive Book), scanned and available at the following link: www.newportnh.gov/town-clerk/pages/town-newport-historical-book-digital-archive

Digital copy of original bound volume, in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format format (PDF).

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Jun-2019

NH

JH1

011

Oliver W. Lull

Milford

Hillsborough

New Hampshire Historical Society

Library and Manuscripts, 30 Park Street, Concord, NH 03301; phone 603-228-6688; website www.nhhistory.org/

Call no. 369.151b M644r

Post roster, 1913.

Original booklet, 33 p.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Jun-2017

NH

JH1

012

MAJ Jarvis

Claremont

Sullivan

The Post hall and all of its contents were destroyed in a fire in 1887.

NH

JH1

013

James B. Perry

Lebanon

Grafton

NH

JH1, DE1

014

Phil Sheridan

Hinsdale

Cheshire

New Hampshire Historical Society

Library and Manuscripts, 30 Park Street, Concord, NH 03301; phone 603-228-6688; website www.nhhistory.org/

M 2012-033

Box 1: Folder 1: General Orders, Department Headquarters 1888. Folder 2: Bylaws Records and Orders 1868. Minutes 1868 - 1871, Membership lists 1884 -1902. Folder 2a. Envelope of loose items found inside cover of item 2. Song sheet, chaplain’s guide, 2 receipts. Folder 3: Record book, black cover, red leather spine numbered 152/3, Minutes Jan. 1896 - Aug. 1904. Folder 3a. Envelope of loose items found in book, numbered with page where found in book. Not numbered, found inside cover. Folder 4: Form ‘D’ Minute Book, black cloth cover, red spine: Minutes Jan. 1921 - Dec. 1923. Folder 5. Small book, marbleized cardboard cover, tan cloth spine: Minutes Aug. 1888 – Oct 1888, rest blank. Folder 6: Book, black cloth covers, red leather spine, labeled #3: Minutes, Aug. 1890 – Dec 1895, 1 loose clipping, p. 201. Box 2. Folder 1. Book, green marbleized cardboard, brown spine (poor condition) ‘Record and Order Book, Sheridan Post #14 GAR Minutes June 1884 - July 1890. Folder 1a. Folder- found in book, folded facsimile of original charter of Post #1 GAR. Folder 2: Book, black leather spine, marbled cardboard ‘Register of Members’ label on front July 1868 – Nov 1888, ‘Black List’ label on reverse. Folder 3: Book, black cloth, red leather spine: Quarter Master’s Account Jan 1982 – July 1895, Loose page inserted at March 1891. Folder 4: Book, large black cloth cover, red leather spine, Record of members and sues paid 1892 – 1986. Folder 5: Small ledger in envelope, GAR Charity Fund 1884 – 1888. Folder 6: Small ledger, marbleized cardboard, tan leather spine: Payment request forms, all glued into book Feb 1892 – Feb 1899. Folder 7: Ledger, marbleized cardboard cover, black leather spine: ‘Money Received’ 1870 – 1892, ‘Money Expended’ on reverse June 1884 – Jan 1892. Folder 8: Ledger, marbleized cardboard covers, black spine, ‘Bill Book’ – bills glued to pages in book 1884 – 1889. Folder 9: Book, black cloth covers, red spine, contains glued in receipts and payment requests 1899 - 1909. An online finding aid is available.

Original bound volumes and unbound manuscripts. In 2 boxes, containing 15 volumes.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Jun-2017

NH

JH1, DE1

015

Harvey Holt

South Lyndeborough

Hillsborough

NH

JH1

016

COL E. E. Cross

Lancaster

Coös

NH

JH1

017

Charles W. Sawyer

Dover

Strafford

New Hampshire Historical Society

Library and Manuscripts, 30 Park Street, Concord, NH 03301; phone 603-228-6688; website www.nhhistory.org/

1) Call no. 369.151b D743sb 1877; 2) Call no. 369.151b D743b 1884; 3) Call no. 396.151b D743sb

1) Post Bylaws, 1877. 2) Post Bylaws, 1884. 3) Post roster, January 16, 1893, list of graves decorated within the limits of Dover, N.H., and by-laws.

Original pamphlets.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Jun-2017

NH

JH1

018

George A. Gay

Newmarket

Rockingham

NH

JH1

019

E. N. Taft

Winchester

Cheshire

NH

JH1

020

Marston

Washington

Sullivan

NH

DE1

020

Hamilton

Washington

Sullivan

NH

JH1

021

John A. Logan

Seabrook

Rockingham

NH

JH1

022

Post No. 22

Berlin

Coös

NH

DE1

022

Sampson

Rochester

Strafford

NH

JH1

023

COL Emery

Lisbon

Grafton

NH

JH1

024

Carleton (Carlton)

Farmington

Strafford

NH

JH1, DE1

025

Pierce / Senator Grimes

Hillsborough Bridge

Hillsborough

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

NH

JH1, DE1

026

Moses N. Collins

Exeter

Rockingham

NH

JH1

027

Herman Shedd

Greenville

Hillsborough

NH

JH1

028

Lincoln

Charlestown

Sullivan

NH

JH1

029

Reynolds

Hillsborough Bridge

Hillsborough

NH

DE1

029

Willard K. Cobb

Pittsfield

Merrimack

NH

JH1

030

John H. Worcester

Hollis

Hillsborough

New Hampshire Historical Society

Library and Manuscripts, 30 Park Street, Concord, NH 03301; phone 603-228-6688; website www.nhhistory.org/

1997-080

General orders and meeting minutes, by-laws and treasurer's records.

3 vols. plus loose papers.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Jun-2017

NH

JH1, DE1

031

William I. Brown

Penacook

Merrimack

New Hampshire Historical Society

Library and Manuscripts, 30 Park Street, Concord, NH 03301; phone 603-228-6688; website www.nhhistory.org/

Call no. 920 B8815

Major William I. Brown : a sketch prepared for W.I. Brown Post, No. 31, published 1876.

Original pamphlet, 13 p.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Jun-2017

NH

JH1

032

Prescott Jones

Potter Place

Merrimack

NH

JH1

033

Henry C. Little

Hampstead

Rockingham

NH

JH1

033

Charles F. Smith

Tilton / Soldiers Home

Belknap

NH

DE1

034

GEN H. L. Patten

Kingston

Rockingham

NH

JH1

035

O. W. Keyes

Ashland

Grafton

NH

JH1

036

Darius A. Drake

Lakeport

Belknap

NH

JH1, DE1

037

John L. Perley, Jr.

Laconia

Belknap

NH

JH1

038

George F. Sweatt

Franklin Falls

Merrimack

NH

JH1

039

George W. Gordon

Suncook

Merrimack

NH

DE1

039

Francis D. Green

Berlin Falls

Coös

NH

JH1

040

Nelson

Bristol

Grafton

NH

JH1

041

Wesley B. Knight

Londonderry

Rockingham

NH

JH1

042

Justus B. Penniman

Plymouth

Grafton

NH

JH1

043

Charles H. Phelps

Amherst

Hillsborough

NH

JH1, DE1

044

Davis

West Concord

Merrimack

NH

JH1

045

George E. Upton

Derry

Rockingham

NH

JH1, DE1

046

Stark Fellows

Weare

Hillsborough

NH

JH1

047

Custer

Conway

Carroll

NH

JH1

048

Marshall Sanders

Littleton

Grafton

NH

JH1

049

M. H. Savage

Alton

Belknap

NH

JH1

050

Natt Westgate

North Haverhill

Grafton

NH

JH1

051

Joe Hooker

Fremont / Raymond

Rockingham

NH

JH1

052

ADM Farragut

Enfield

Grafton

Dartmouth College

Rauner Special Collections Library, 6065 Webster Hall, Hanover, NH 03755-3519; phone 603-646-0538; email Rauner.Reference@dartmouth.edu; website

Nellie Pierce Collection, Manuscript ML-19

Box 16, Folder 14: Roster, Admiral Farragut Post # 52, Dept. of NH, G.A.R., Enfield, NH, 1891-1904. Folder 15: Roster of the Dept. of NH, Grand Army of the Republic,", 1891-1904. The box also includes a cookbook produced by Admiral Farragut Corps, No. 81, Woman's Relief Corps. Box 20, Folder 34: Roster, Admiral Farragut Post No. 52, Dept. of New Hampshire G.A.R., Enfield, NH, 1896.

Original pamphlets.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Jun-2017

NH

JH1

052

ADM Farragut

Enfield

Grafton

Dartmouth College

Rauner Special Collections Library, 6065 Webster Hall, Hanover, NH 03755-3519; phone 603-646-0538; email Rauner.Reference@dartmouth.edu; website

Manuscript DH-1, Records of Hanover. Series 28288, Town clerk military records

Record book from the Grand Army of the Republic Post No. 56.

Original bound volume.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Jun-2017

NH

JH1

053

Phil Kearney

East Canaan

Grafton

NH

DE1

053

Jonas Nutting

New Ipswich

Hillsborough

NH

JH1

054

George S. Cram

Meredith Village

Belknap

NH

JH1, DE1

055

Almon B. White

Whitefield

Coös

NH

JH1

056

L. D. Gove

Hanover

Grafton

NH

JH1, DE1

057

Carlos Fletcher

Colebrook

Coös

NH

JH1

058

Robert Campbell

Sutton

Merrimack

NH

JH1

059

John E. Willis

Gorham

Coös

NH

JH1

060

Gilman E. Sleeper

Salem

Rockingham

NH

JH1

061

James R. Newell

Wolfeboro

Carroll

NH

JH1

062

Adams K. Tilton

Tilton

Belknap

NH

JH1

063

William H. Bryant

Cornish Flat

Sullivan

New Hampshire Historical Society

Library and Manuscripts, 30 Park Street, Concord, NH 03301; phone 603-228-6688; website www.nhhistory.org/

1997-079

Post Records: Meeting minutes, member applications, member service records, cashbook and some correspondence. According to John H. Dryfhout, the last Adjutant of the Post #63 was Sylvester Richardson (died 1933) and the archives of the Post were kept by his son and executor - Henry S. Richardson, (also a member of the Sons of Union Veterans) until 1942. He turned them over to Aurilla Rollins of Cornish, NH who was a member of the Women's Relief Corps #89 and resident of Cornish NH and she in turn gave them to the NH Historical Society in Concord, NH in 1951.

Three bound volumes plus loose manuscripts.

John H. Dryfhout

May-2017

NH

JH1

064

CPT Charles Stinson

Goffstown

Hillsborough

NH

JH1

065

Merrill

West Stewartstown

Coös

NH

JH1

066

George H. Hoyt

Gossville (Epsom)

Merrimack

Epsom Public Library

1606 Dover Road, Epsom, NH 03234; phone 603-736-9920; website www.epsomlibrary.com/site/

Personal War Sketches, Post 66, presented 1894; Photo of GAR veterans Memorial Day 1911. Full details of the collection unavailable.

Photo on wall display. Original bound volume (War Sketches).

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

May-2014

NH

JH1

066

George H. Hoyt

Gossville (Epsom)

Merrimack

Epsom Historical Association

Epsom Historical Center, 1774 Dover Road, Epsom, NH; email epsomhistory@gmail.com; website www.epsomhistory.com/

Membership applications (copies of originals from Dick and Mary Frambach collection); possibly also Post Descriptive Book (mentioned on website). Entries have been transcribed and placed online (the website notes that the book contains 3 entries for which there are no application forms, and contents of 2 of the forms are not entered in the book): http://www.epsomhistory.com/epsom/soldiers/garbook.htm

Photocopies of original manuscripts. Possibly other items in collection.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

May-2014

NH

JH1

067

Austin Goodell

Monroe

Grafton

NH

JH1

068

Moulton S. Webster

Center Sandwich

Carroll

NH

JH1

069

Charles H. Hoitt

Northwood

Rockingham

New Hampshire Historical Society

Library and Manuscripts, 30 Park Street, Concord, NH 03301; phone 603-228-6688; website www.nhhistory.org/

Call no. 369.151b N881hb

Post Bylaws, 1883.

Original pamphlet.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Jun-2017

NH

JH1

070

Jere E. Chadwick

Deerfield Center

Rockingham

NH

JH1, DE1

071

Abiel A. Livermore

Wilton

Hillsborough

NH

JH1, DE1

072

Natt Head

Fitzwilliam

Cheshire

Unknown

Whereabouts unknown. Offered for sale on online auction. Seller based in Manchester, NH.

Private collection

Record Book No. 1, Dec. 1883 to Sept. 1893. Meeting minutes, rosters, resolutions, etc. Request for discharge letter posted to inside cover. There is also a small entry at the end of the book for a 1930 survivors meeting. Sold at auction on eBay (item #372150966399, seller spitter), ending 5 December 2017. Auction photos on file.

Original bound volume 8 1/2" by 11"

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Dec-2017

NH

JH1

072

Natt Head

Fitzwilliam

Cheshire

Unknown

Whereabouts unknown. Offered for sale on online auction. Seller based in Cumberland, RI.

Private collection

Personal War Sketches, Natt Head Post 72, presented by Mrs. Natt Head and Annie S. Head in memory of husband and father, 1893. All pages blank. List at auction of eBay (seller Wwolst12), and recorded on Worthpoint.

Original bound volume, 13" x 17" x 2 ¼ thick.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Jun-2019

NH

JH1

073

Thomas L. Ambrose

Centre Ossipee

Carroll

NH

JH1

074

Bell

Chester

Rockingham

NH

JH1

075

C. D. Hall

Rumney

Grafton

The agenda of the Town of Rumney dated 21 Feb. 1925, listed the following item: "To see if the town will vote to accept the Charter of the C. D. Hall Post, G.A.R., and keep the same in a conspicuous place in the town library."

NH

JH1

076

Frederick M. Edgell

Orfordville

Grafton

NH

JH1

077

Robert R. Thompson

North Stratford

Coös

Unknown

Whereabouts unknown. Offered for sale on online auction. Seller based in Colebrook, NH.

Private collection

Post Descriptive Book. Offered for sale at auction on eBay (item #223950218859, seller 603-vintage-north), buy-it-now auction. Auction photos on file.

Original bound volume, spine damaged, separating.

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Apr-2020

NH

JH1

078

Perkins

Hampton

Rockingham

NH

JH1

079

David B. Dudley

Candia Village

Rockingham

NH

JH1

080

Albert M. Perkins

Epping

Rockingham

New Hampshire Historical Society

Library and Manuscripts, 30 Park Street, Concord, NH 03301; phone 603-228-6688; website www.nhhistory.org/

Call no. 2010.056 (m)

Post No. 80 Grand Army of the Republic Records, 1924. "Contain an print of the post and a document on the life of Albert M. Perkins, for whom the post is named."

1 folder 2 items

Dean Enderlin, SUVCW

Jun-2017

NH

JH1, DE1

081

George Bowers

Warren

Grafton

NH

JH1

082

Lyman Locke

Strafford

NH

JH1

083

James S. Thornton

Merrimack

Hillsborough

NH

JH1

084

Pingree

Salisbury

Merrimack

NH

JH1

085

Anthony Colby

New London

Merrimack

NH

JH1

086

Henry H. Stevens

Stoddard / Marlow

Cheshire

NH

JH1, DE1

087

Ephraim Weston

Antrim

Hillsborough

NH

JH1

088

George B. McClellan

Jaffrey

Cheshire

NH

JH1

089

Eli Wentworth

Milton

Strafford

NH

JH1

090

Walter Harriman

Danville

Rockingham

NH

JH1, DE1

091

Grant

Center-Bartlett

Carroll

NH

JH1

092

Thomas H. Huse

Barnstead Center

Belknap

NH

JH1, LOC

093

J. H. Allen

Wakefield

Carroll

NH

JH1

094

CPT Joseph Freschl

Manchester

Hillsborough

NH

JH1, DE1

095

LT Clark Stevens

Groveton

Coös

NH

DE1

Sources (for Post name, number, and location data only):

JH1 = Jeff Henningfield, SUVCW Gov Isaac Stevens Camp-at-Large #1; GAR Post Project Chair, 2000