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PAYMENT OF BOUNTIES TO VOLUNTEERS: A PARTIALLY PRINTED CIVIL WAR DOCUMENT consisting of a bond financing payment of bounties to soldiers who volunteered to fight in the Civil War, SIGNED by LUCIUS ROBINSON as New York State Comptroller.
by Robinson,. Lucius (1810-1891). New York State Comptroller from 1862 to 1865. Subsequently elected as Governor of New York State in 1877
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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Albany, June 15, 1865., 1865.. Very good. - An attractive 7-1/4 inch high by 12 inch wide document on creamy white stock. The bond, issued to the County of Cortland for the amount of $1,000, was issued by the State of New York to pay bounties to entice men to volunteer as soldiers in the Civil War. Issued by the comptrollers office and redeemable on January 1st, 1867, the text is handsomely contained within a decorative frame with the attractive State of New York's pictorial vignette illustration boldly engraved at the top. The sum is penned in within a decorative frame at top left and the bond number "No. 4583" is printed within the decorative frame at top right. The year in which the bond will be considered redeemable is printed in red at the center. The comptroller's seal is boldly embossed in blind at bottom left. Printed by the "National Bank Note Co. New York", the bond is signed by New York State comptroller Lucius Robinson at bottom right. Barely noticeable at first glance, cancellation cross marks are cut along the right and left sides. The document is folded vertically several times with slight creasing to the edges. Very good.
A program of cash bonuses paid to entice volunteers to enlist in the army through much of America's history, the Bounty System was much abused, particularly during the Civil War. While bounties were initially paid in land as well as cash in the years of the Indian Wars, the American Revolution, the War of 1812 and the Mexican War, only cash payments were distributed during the Civil War. Abuses led to bounties being abolished by the Selective Service Act of 1917.
Lucius Robinson (1810-1891) served as New York State Comptroller from 1862 to 1865. A member of New York State's Constitutional Convention in 1871-72, he was a director of the Erie Railroad and briefly served as the railroad's president while Peter H. Watson traveled in Europe. An opponent of Tammany Hall, Robinson was elected Governor of New York State in 1877, but Tammany leader John Kelly plotted to run against him in 1879, splitting the democratic vote such that Republican Alonzo B. Cornell won the Governorship with a lesser vote than his democratic opponents combined.
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- Title
- PAYMENT OF BOUNTIES TO VOLUNTEERS: A PARTIALLY PRINTED CIVIL WAR DOCUMENT consisting of a bond financing payment of bounties to soldiers who volunteered to fight in the Civil War, SIGNED by LUCIUS ROBINSON as New York State Comptroller.
- Author
- Robinson,. Lucius (1810-1891). New York State Comptroller from 1862 to 1865. Subsequently elected as Governor of New York State in 1877
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Albany, June 15, 1865.
- Date Published
- 1865.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- AMERICANA; MILITARY; CIVIL WAR; PARTIALLY PRINTED DOCUMENT SIGNED; PAYMENT OF BOUNTIES TO VOLUNTEERS; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNATURE; LUCIUS ROBINSON; BOND; SOLDIER BOUNTIES; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; NEW YORK STATE COMPTROLLER; GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK STATE.
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