Summary Information

Title: Wisconsin. Secretary of State: Paymaster General's Miscellaneous Records
Inclusive Dates: 1861-1862

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Secretary of State

Call Number: Series 251

Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes and 1 volume)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

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Abstract:

Miscellaneous records of the Paymaster General deposited in the office of the Secretary of State. The office of the Paymaster General was officially closed in July, 1862, at which time its responsibilities were assumed by the federal government; any unfinished business of the Paymaster General was taken over by the state Quartermaster General. Included are correspondence, records of amounts owed to various claimants, stoppages of officers' salary, vouchers for disbursements for transportation of furloughed soldiers, price estimates of supplies, abstracts of payments to state surgeons, and a ledger of receipts and disbursements. The latter item was probably prepared for the claim Wisconsin submitted to the federal government for its expenditures during the Civil War. It records the name of the payee, the voucher number, the date, and the amount of payment.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ser00251

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