Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-09
O'NEILL'S REAL ESTATE
U. S. Claim Agency,
81 CEDAR STREET.

NASHVILLE ...............-.-......T TIE \ n ESSEE
I OVAL OWNERS OF SLAVES WHO
Il 1 enlisted in the u. S. Army are entitled h
THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS compensation
ior each and every one. The Board appointed
by the Secretary Of War to examine and report
70 W Washington upon this class Of claims Il al
present in Nashville, and all persons having
cliims Of this character would consult their own
interest by calling on me at my Office, No. 3S
Cedar street tup stairs Dor BIZ cOmmun ting with
mo by mail. Were i necessary, l could give a
lGtE 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 q. s. Government Is
too well established to need any other endOrsers
than the hundreds of officers soldiers and citi-
zens Of the State whose claims have prosecuted
| to successful settlement. l might, however,
mention the fact that having been connected
| With the organization Of eolored troops in this
/ State, and being personally acquainted with
nearly all the officers Of cOlored legiments in
| this Department, and having been engaged
/ fer the last nineteen months in collecting Back
! Pay, 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 good, If net better
! than those OF any other parties engaged in the
As for my. facilities for prosecuting these
claims at Washington, fatter myselftha none
| have better.
/ notice that some Agents are charging . per
cont 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 10
| per cent. And in connection with this would
beg leave to state that | consider this per cent
age remarkably low. but as I am permanently
located here, and have other business to attend
e at the same time, | can afford to attend to
this business for less than some Others.
would be pleased TO open correspondence
with agents and attorneys throughout this State,
and Will 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 TO soldiers claims
for Equalization of Bounty.
Colored soldiers are now virtually on the same
footing, with regard to back pay, bouuties pen
siSns, 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 coll
lection are requested to call and see me- or write
70 me in reference to them, as many changes
have taken place in the postal arrangements OF
| the State since the claims were fled and letters
are being returned to me every day uncailed for.
have number of checks in my Office al
present for different parties, whom l cannot
| hear from.
In future I shall advertise every Saturday, in
the Nashville Union and Dispatch and Press and
Times, a list Of Checks and Certificates on hand
on Friday evenings.
am also Agent for the National Steam Navi-
CATION Company, plying between Queenstown
and Liverpool and New York.
Money Advanced on Omcers'. CHI
zens' andSSOIdiers' Claims
JOHN 0'NEILL,
Real Estate and Claim Agent,
dec2l-lm 30 Cedar ST., Nashville, Tenn