Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-05
O'NEILL'S REAL ESTATE
ANn
u. s. Claim Agency,
35 CEDAR STREET.
NASHVILLE ........-...............TER \ ESSEE
NASHVILLE
...............TERNESSEE

I OVAL OWNERS OF SLAVES WHO
i ] enlisted il the U. S Army are entitled TO
THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS compensation
for each and every one. The Board appointed
by the Secretary Of War to examine and report
30 washington upon TINS class OF claims Is al
claims Of this character would consult their own
interest by calling on me at my Oihce, No. ID
Cedar street up stairs, )or by communicative with
me by mall. Were II necessary. could give
long list Of some Of the first men OF the nation
as references, but | take il that AN well enough
known in the state, and my success IN prose-
cutting claims against the U. $. Government Is
too we'll established to need any other endOrsers
than the hundreds Of officers. soldiers and eiti-
zens Of the State whose claims have prosecuted
10 n successful settlement. / 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 colared regiments IN
this Department. and having been engaged
for the last nineteen months in collecting Back
Pay, Bounty and Pension Tor the soldiers
themselves and being in daily communication
with thousands Of them, my facilities for tracing
oct the company and regiment into which they
enlisted are certainly as good. if not better
than those OF any other parties engaged in the
business.
As for my facilities for prosecuting these
saims at Washington, aatter myself that none
have better.
l notice that some Agents are charging . per
cent, and others Is per cent. fees for proceeding
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 / am permanently
located here, and have other business to attend
20 at the same time, | can afford TO attend TO
this business for less than some others.
l would be pleased to open a correspondence
with agents and attorneys throughout this State,
ard 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 10 back pay, bOunties. pen
siens, etc, 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 col
lection are requested to call and see me, or write
to me in reference to them, as many changes
have taken place in the postal arrangements OF
the State since the claims were filed. and letters
are being returned to me every day uEcalled for
! have a number Of checks in my office at
present for different parties, whom | cannot
hear from.
In future l 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 Officers, CHI.
zens' and Soldiers Claims.
JOHN ONEILL,
Real Estate and Claim Agent
dec2l-lm 81 Cedar St, Nashville, Tenn