Voucher for Union officer with description of "private servant" Dempsy Riley
date: label: Date
content: 1865
name: label: Created by
content: Captain James B. Thomas, American
label: Subject of
content: Dempsy Riley, American
notes: label: Description
content: A voucher submitted by 1st Lieutenant James B. Thomas, Adj. 107th PA. Vol. for "Pay," "Clothing," and "Subsistence" for himself and his "private servant" Dempsy Riley. Document is a single sheet letterpress preprinted form, completed by hand in ink, and allows for Thomas to submit for reimbursement for Riley's food and clothing cost as well as his pay, from September 1, 1864 through December 31, 1864. A box at the bottom left corner of the form titled [DESCRIPTION OF SERVANTS] provides information about Riley: [NAMES. / Demspy Riley / COMPLEXION. / Black / HEIGHT / Feet / 5 / Inches / 10 / EYES. / Black / HAIR. / Black]. The "post or place" where recapitulation is due is listed as [Near Petersburg Va.].
label: Description
content: The document has been folded in half vertically and then into thirds, with the exterior facing section of the verso bearing a summary of the contents. This section is also preprinted and completed by hand in black and red ink. It reads [Voucher No. 5 / Paid 15th of January 1865 / 1st Lieut. J. B. Thomas Adj. / 107. Pa U.S. Vols. / From the 1st of September 1864 / To the 31st of December, 1864 / Pay . . . . . / Subsistence . . . / Forage . . . . / Clothing. . . . / $463.14]. At the bottom left in red is [Taxes (on 277.00) / = $13.86].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Petersburg, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Emancipation
label: Topic
content: Finance
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Liljenquist Family Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Liljenquist Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.26.5
objectType: label: Type
content: vouchers
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: iron gall ink on wove rag paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Folded): 8 1/2 × 3 7/8 in. (21.6 × 9.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Unfolded estimate): 11 11/16 × 17 in. (29.7 × 43.2 cm)