Description: Chaplain Samuel Day, 8th ILL Military Agent for U. S. Sanitary Commission Supplies (USSC) Miss Sarah E. Brunson, Ladies Soldiers Aid Society, St. Johns, MI Great October 1863 letter to Miss Sarah E. Brunson, Ladies Soldiers Aid Society, St. John's, MI providing details of supplies collected & forwarded to the army, of his speaking at the State House in Lansing, wanting info to report to the upcoming Great Northwestern Sanitary Fair in Chicago, and more. “St. Johns, I trust, will swell this sum to over 1,000 Bbls. veg's, from these points, for our hero-sons & brothers, in the Union Army.” Great Samuel Day's scarce Sanitary Commission mailing label affixed to the back of envelope Samuel Day, was Chaplain of the 8th Illinois Infantry, 1862 to 1865, and was also Commissioner of Supplies for Michigan for the U.S. Sanitary Commission. In the year 1863, according to official reports, he collected in Michigan & forwarded through the U.S. Sanitary Commission at Chicago for distribution in the field: 2337 barrels of vegetables, 167 barrels of onions, 29 barrels of best stock ale & over $3000 for the purchase of vegetables. Samuel Day (b. 1808) was a Congregationalist minister from Ann Arbor, MI. He served as Chaplain of the 8th IL from 1/28/62 – 1/29/65 and asMilitary Agent for U. S. Sanitary Supplies for the USSC. Sarah E. Brunson, born 1844, is listed as a student at Olivet College in 1865. Olivet College, still in operation, is a Christian college established in 1844. Extensive research with purchase. Shipping to lower 48 states omly Thanks for looking at my auctions
Price: 150 USD
Location: Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania
End Time: 2024-11-06T02:05:25.000Z
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Theme: Militaria
Conflict: Civil War (1861-65)
