Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1867-01-04
O'NElL'S REAL ESTATE
II ~ I'D AND. : . : .ssg-
u. S!CI1AIM AGENCY.
So CEDAR STREET,
Nashvillcs iit Tenn.

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.T OVAL OWNERS OF SLAVES WHO
IL enlisted in the u. s. Army are entitled A.
THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ,comnen,s~
ton for each and every one. The Board sp-
pointed BY the Secretary Of War to exami. .
and report to Washington upon this class q
claims Is at present in Nashville, and ali
persons having claims Of this chsracter
would consult their own interest by calling
on ma at my ofice No. 80 Cedar Street, M,
stairs or by communication With mo 81.
mail. We're il necessary could give loax
list Of some Of the first men Of the nation
as refersneea but take 1t that I am
well enough known in the STATE, and my sur!
cess In prosecuting claims against the Unit
ed States Government h too well estab lishetI
TO need any other endorsers than the hun
dreds Of otiicefs soldiers and citizens of the
Stale whose claims have prosecuted to q
successful settlement. might, however.
mention the fact that having been connected
with the organization of colored troops in
this State, and being personally 6cquaiptsd
with nearly all the officers Of coiorcd reef-
menis in this Department. and having be- n
engaged for the last nineteen months in COL
lecting Back Pay, Bounty, and Pensions for,
the soldiers themselves, and being Ia daily
communication with thousands of them, my
facilities for tracing out the company and
regiment into. which they enlisted, are Ger
tainly asgood, If hot better than those OF
any other parties engaged in the business.
Asior my facilities for prosecuting theps
claims at Washington, ! Aatter myself III 1
none have better
! notice that some Agents are charging rs
per cent, and others Is per cent. fees for
proNecuting these, claims, but am OF tue
opinion that they may be prosecuted for less,
and would suggest 10 percent And in con-
nection with this would beg leave to state
that | consider this per centage rom ,rkahly
low, but as | am permanently located here.
and have other business to attend 10 at the
same time can afford to attend TO this bu-
siness for less than some Others. So
would be pleased to open correspou-
dence with agents aud attorneys throughout
the State, and will be happy to enter into
arrangements with them TO furnish blanks
and all necessary instructions. a ~
Claims agfiust tbe Government of off,
GERS, citizens and soldiers promp J., attended
TO. fTr ~ -
Particular attention paid tesoiders clAims
for Equalization of Bounty,,gf
Colored soldiers are now virtually on the
same footing, with regard to back pay, bour-
ties, pensions. etc, as white soldiers and any
difference Of Pay 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
collection are requested to:call and zee me, or
write to me in reference to them, as many
changes have taken place in the postal al
fragments of the State since the claims were
filed, and letters are bring returned to mo
every day rncallsd for.
have number Of checks for. different par
ties, In my Office, who ] cannot hear from.
In future shall advertise every Saturday,
in the Nashville Press and Times, and Union
and Dispatch, q list of checks andcerti6cstes
on hand on Friday evenings. ,1}1
am also Agent for the National Steam
Navigation Company, plying between
Queenstown and Liverpool and New York.
Money advanced on Officers, Citizens'
and Soldiers claims. J rfL 9Tln
3 san 80 ~ 4- riaa JOHN 0NEIL,
Real Estate and Claim Agent, os 3ss
jan4-4w So Cedar ST., Nashville, Tam.