Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-11
O'NEILL'S REAL ESTATE
AND
U. S. Claim Agency,
35 CEDAR STREET.
NASHVILLE ,.................... TENNESSEE
NASHVILLE ,..........
TENNESSEE

NASHVILLE ,............-...-......TENS ESSEE
I OVAL OWNERS OF SLAVES WHO
u Z enlisted IN the Y. :, Army are entitled 70
for each and every one. The Board appointed
by the Secretary Of War to examine and report
TO Washington upon this class Of claims is at
present IN Nashville, and all persons having
claims Of this character would consult their own
interest by calling on me at my Office No 80
Cedar street up stairs )or by communicating with
me by mail Were II necessary. / could give q
long 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-
too well established to need any other endorsers
than the hundreds of officers soldiers and citi-
Zens Of the State whose claims l have prosecuted
to successful settlement. | might, however.
mention the TACT 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
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 As good, if net better
| than those OF any other parties engaged in the
business.
As for my facilities for prosecuting these
| claims at Washington, fatter myselfthat none
! have better.
! notice that some Agents are charging . per
/
/ these claims, but | am Of the opinion that they
| may be prosecuted for less, and would suggest Ia
| per cent. And In connection with this would
| beg leave 70 state that | consider this per cent
| age remarkably low, but as l am permanently
/ located here, and have other business to attend
| 70 az the same time, can afford 70 attend q
| 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 arrangement
| 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 claim
| for Equalization of Bounty
| COlOred soldiers are now virtually on the SAME
footing, with regard to back pay bOunties, pen
| sl0nS. etc. as white soldiers, and any difference
of pay and bounty which have been denied then
| 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 writ
4 20 me N reference to them, as many change
I have taken place In the postal arrangements o
the State since the claims were filed, andietter
! are being returned to me every day uncalled for
| have number Of checks in my office q
| present Tor different parties, whom | cannO
| hear from.
| the Nashville Union and Dispatch and Press ant
| Times, a list Of Checks and Certificates on han,
| on Friday evenings.
am also Agent for the National Steam Nayi
| cation Company, plying between Queenstown
and Liverpool and New York.
Money Advanced on Officers. CilI
zens' and Soldiers Claims.
JOHN O'NEILL,
Real Estate and Claim Agent
dec2l-lm 30 Cedar ST., Nashville, Tenn