Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-15
O'NEILL'S REAL ESTATE
AND
U. S. Claim Agency,
35 CEDAR STREET.
NASHVILLE ...
TENNESSEE

\ ASH 81 III. NESEFE
/ OVAL OWNERS OF SLAVES WHO
! enlisted ia she IS. Army are entitled -
THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS c1rnpensation
i,r each and every one. The Board appointed
By the Secretary II War 70 examine and report
% ashiugt0n upon this class Of claims Is at
present IN Nashville, and all persons having
claims Of this character would c0nsalt their own
interest by calling Gn me al my office. No. b
Cedar street ug starr. I0T by communicating with
me by mail. Is ere % necessary. ] could give a
long lst of some Of the fret men Of the nation
Gs ref rCurgs. but take 10 that am well enough
known Iu the state, and my success in prose
cutting claims against the I. ). Government Is
too well established 10 need any other endorsers
than the hundreds Of officers. soldiers and citi-
zgus gf the state whose claims have prosecuted
Co successful settlement. ! might, however.
mention the fact that having been connected
with the organization OF c0I0rcd troops in this
~tufr, and being personally acquainted with
nearly All the 1Gl"eTz ~ c1lurcl regiments In
this Department. and having been engaged
..T the it-t nineteen months Do collecting Back
Pay, Bounty ard 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, II not better
than those Of any other parties engaged Ia the
business.
As for my facilities for prosecuting these
claims NJ Washington, hatter myself that none
have better
notice that some Agents are charging . per
cent and others II per cent. fees for prosecuting
these claims but / am Of the opinion that they
may De prosecuted for less. aud would suggest 10
per cent. Aud Iu connection with this would
beg leave o. state that ] consider this per cent
8Ee remarkably low, but Gs ! am permanently
located here and have other business o. attend
o. a. the same time can afford % attend 60
ihl' buslue Tor less than some others
would De Pleased 10 open a correspondence
with agents and attorneys throughout this State,
and vii Da happy o. enter into arrangements
with them 90 furnish blanks md all necessary
instructions.
Claims against tho Government, of odlaer-,
citizens and soldiers promptly attended to-
Particular attention paid 10 soldiers claims
for Equalization Of Bounty.
,gigred soldiers are now virtually On the same
footing with regard % back pay, 5guntes, pen
SONS etc. Gs white soldiers, and aug difference
/ Off pay and bounty which have been denied them
In the past, in distinction from white soldiers,
may now be recovered.
All parties having claims Iu my hands for col
lection arc requested TO call and see me- or write
90 me m reference to them, as many changes
| have taken place IN tho postal arrangements Of
the state since the claims were filed. and letters
are being returned 90 me every day uncalled for.
] have q number Of checks in my office Mt
present for different parties whom I cannot
hear from.
In future I shall advertise every Saturday, in
the Nashville Union and Dispatch and Press and
Times. 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
Eons' and Soldiers Claims.
JOHN O'NEILL,
Real Estate and Claim Agent,
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