Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-10
O'NEILL's REAL ESTATE
ANn
U. S. Claim Agency,
30 CEDAR STREET.
NASHVILLE .......TENNEss

,.......................TE SNEssEE
4 OVAL OWNERS OF SLAVES WHO
i I enlisted in the u. s. Army are entitled %
THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS compensation
for each and every one. The Board appointed
by the Secretary Of War to examine and report
10 Washington upon this class Of claims is al
present in Nashville, and all persons having
claims Of this character would consult their own
interest by calling on me lt my Office. No. b
Cedar street, up stairs, )Or BY cOmmuucatingWith
me by mail. Were il necessary, / could give
lgng list Of some Of the first men Of the nation
as references, but take il that / am well enough
known in the State, and my success in prose-
cutting claims against the L. $. Government is
too we'll established to need any other endorseTs
than the hundreds Of officers, soldiers and citi-
zens Of the state whose claims have prosecuted
TO q successful settlement. l might, however.
mention the fact that having been connected
With the organization Of colOred troops in this
State, and being personally acquainted with
nearly all the officers Of cOlored regiments in
this Department, and having been engaged
FOR the last nineteen months in collecting Back
Pas. Bounty and Pension for the soldiers
themselves. and being in daily communication
with thousands Of them, my facilities for tracing
out the company and regiment into which they
enlisted are certainly as good, III net better.
than those OF any other parties engaged IN the
business.
As for my facilities for prosecuting these
claims at Washington, Aatter myself that none
have better.
notice that some Agents are charging Q per
cent and others Is per cent fees for prosecuting
these claims. but | am Of the opinion that they
may be prosecuted for less and would suggest l6
per cent. And in connection with this would
beg leave to state that consider this per cent
| age remarkably low, but as l am permanently
| located here, and have other business to attend
| 10 al the same time, i can afford to attend 10
| this business for less than some Others.
| / would be pleased to open a correspondence
with agents and attorneys throughout this state,
and viii be happy TO enter into arrangements
/ with them to furnish blanks and all necessary
/ instructions.
Claims against the Government, Of officers,
/ citizens and soldiers, promptly attended to.
| Particular attention paid 10 soldiers claims
| for Equalization Of Bounty.
/ Colored soldiers are now virtually on the same
/ footing, with regard 10 back pay, bOunties pen
stems etc, as white soldiers, and any difference
| of pas and bounty which have been denied them
| in the past, in distinction from white soldiers
| may now be recovered
| All parties having claims in my hands for col
lection are requested to call and see me, or write
| to me 10 reference to them, as many changes
! have taken place in the postal arrangements o.
the State since the claims were filed, and Letters
| are being returned to me every day uncalled for
| ] have a number Of checks in my Office al
present for different parties, whom cannot
| hear from.
In future I shall advertise every Saturday, il
| the Nashville Union and Dispatch and Press ant
Times, a list Of Checks and Certificates on hanC
| on Friday evenings.
am also Agent for the National Steam Nayi
CATION Company, plying between Queenstown
and Liverpool and New oTk.
Money Advanced on Ohieers', CHI
zenE' and Soldiers Claims.
JOHN 0'NEILL,
Real Estate and Claim Agent,
dec2l-lm Rs Cedar st., Nashville, Tenn