Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-19
NAsHvILLE .....................-.TENNEE

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I OVAL OWNERS OF SLAVES WHO
y Z epllsted u q TIE u 3 Army are entitled 10
for each and every one. The Board apporsted
BY the Secretary Of War 10 examine and rsnorf
20 Washington upon this class OF claims Is al
present IN Nashville. and all persons bavinr
claims Of this character would eonsuIt tbeiy osTn
interest by calling on me at my Office. No. 35
Cedaretreets ID stairs lOr By with
me by mall were y necessary. could give
lonE llst OF some q the 6rst men Of the nation
as references, but take It that I am well enough
known in the State. and my success In prose-
cutting claims against the U. s. Government Is
TOO well established 70 need any other sndor,srs
than the hundreds Of officers. soldiers and rifi-
sens Of the state whose claims have proseeuted
70 q successful settlement. 1 might however
mepuQn tne Leet that having been connected
with the organization Of eoloFed troops IN this
state, anq beng personally acquainted with
nearly all the officers 8f cOlOred regiments In
TINS Department and having been engaged
for the last nineteen months IL collecting Back
Pay, Bounty md Pension for the gSfdiers
themselves, and being in daily Communication
with thousands Of them, my facilities for tracing
out me cotapsny and regiment, into which they
ENLISTED are certainly as good, If net better.
than those OF any other parties engaged in the
As for my facilities for prosecuting these
/ claims at Washington. I fatter myself that none
have better.
notice that some Agents are charging Is Der
cent ana others Is per cent. fees for prosecuting
4
| may be prosecuted for less and would suggest lC
| per cent. And in connection with this would
Deg leave 70 state that / consider this per cent
age remarkably low, but g. / am permanently
l located here and have other business to attend
/ 70 at the same time, 1 can afford to attend 10
/ this business for lees than some others.
| would be pleased 70 open a correspondence
With agents Rnd attorneys throughout this State,
/ and VIII be happy 70 enter into arrangements
1 with them to furnish blanks and ali necessary
1 Instructions.
| Claims against the Government Of officers,
citizens and soldiers, promptly attended to.
4 Particular attention paid to soldiers claims
i for Equalization Of Bounty.
! Colored soldiers are nov virtually On the same
1 footing, with regard TO back pay bounties, pen
| signs, etc., white soldiers and any difference
i fray and bounty Whiehhave been denied them
/ in the past, in distinction from white soldiers,
/ may now be recovered.
/ All parties having osirns in my hands for col
lection are requested to call and see me- or write
. 70 me IN reference 70 them, as many changes
/ have taken place in the postal arrangemep ts Of
the State since the claims were filed, and letters
are being returned to me every day uncalled for.
have number of checks in my Office at
| present Tor 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 Eavi-
CATION company, plying between Quesnstown
and Liverpool and New York.
Money Advanced on Omeers', CHI.
Gems and Soldiers Claims.
JOHN 0'EEILL,
Real Estate and Claim Agent,
dec2l-lm SO Cedar st., Nashville. Tenn