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Diary: Richard Blackstone, January 1863-August 1864
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1
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2
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Discharge Papers, 17 January 1864
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1
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3
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Special Orders from the headquarters, Seventeenth Army Corps (1 February 1864) and the headquarters, Ohio Volunteer Recruiting Service (1864: 10 February, 9 April and 14 April).
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1ov
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1ov
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Muster-Out Roll of 2nd Lieutenant Richard Blackstone, "C" Company 32nd Ohio Infantry Volunteers, 25 August 1864
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1ov
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2ov
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Muster-in Rolls: 29 March 1864; 23 August 1864; 17 June 1865
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1
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4
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Discharge papers, 1864: 28 March; 24 May.
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1
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5
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Notice of commission as First Lieutenant in the 32nd Regiment of Infantry Volunteers, 15 August 1864
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1ov
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3ov
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Certificate of appointment as First Lieutenant in the 32nd regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 11 August 1864.
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mc*
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4ov
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Clothing Receipt, 32nd Regiment Ohio Volunteers, [ca. 1864]
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1ov
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5ov
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Muster-out Roll, 30 April 1865
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mc*
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6ov
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Muster-out Roll, 17 June 1865
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1
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6
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Printed letter from the Ordnance Office, War Department, 5 June 1865
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1ov
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7ov
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Certificate of appointment as Captain in the Thirty Second Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 6 June 1865
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1
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7
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Special Orders from Headquarters, 32nd Regiment, 1 July 1865
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1
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8
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Discharge paper, 20 July 1865
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1
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9
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Quarterly Return of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, 27 July 1865
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1
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10
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Notary Public's statement, 30 June 1875 and refused check.
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1
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11
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Receipt, Cheyenne & Black Hills Stage Company, 2 May 1878
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1
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12
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Appointment of Deputy U. S. Mining Surveyor, 13 June 1879
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1ov
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8ov
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Certificate issued by the South Dakota Division Sons of Veterans, U.S.A., 23 December 1889
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1
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13
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Certificate issued by the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, 3 November 1892
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1
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14
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Official form naming John C. Dermody as Blackstone's attorney, 1896
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1
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15
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Notification of Disallowance, Treasury Department, Office of the Auditor for the War Department, 27 May 1896
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1
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16
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Correspondence with the Vicksburg National Military Park Commission, 1901, 1905.
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1
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17
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Letter: Warner Mills, Secretary and Treasurer of the Regimental Association of the Thirty-Second Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, to Blackstone, 14 March 1905
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1
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18
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Bureau of Pensions correspondence and paperwork (25 items), 1905-1913.
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1
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19
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Notification of Disallowance, Treasury Department, Office of Auditor for the War Department, 3 September 1908
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1
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20
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Letter to Hon. E. W. Martin, M.C., Washington, D. C., 22 December 1909 and printed copy of Senate Bill S. 4183. The bill was "To create in the War Department and the Navy Department, respectively, a roll designated as `The civil war volunteer officers' retired list,' to authorize placing thereon with retired pay certain surviving officers who served in...the civil war...."
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1
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21
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"Proposed form of bill, Volunteer Retired List," 15 October 1909; "Summary of Reasons Which Justify the Legislation Requested from the Sixty-first Congress to Provide Suitable Recognition of the Service and Merit of Surviving Union Volunteer Officers of the Civil War."
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22
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Newspaper articles: "Superintendent in Charge," 30 September 1914; "Captain Rich'd Blackstone: Superintendent of the Homestake," Lead Daily Call, 17 December 1914; "The Homestake's New Superintendent," n.d.; Blackstone-Connors, n.d; fragment, n.d.
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1
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23
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Calendar: "The Favorite Calendar of Cheer," 1915.
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1ov
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9ov
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Grand Army of the Republic certificates of Aide-de-Camp, 9 September 1915 and 1 January 1916
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1
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24
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Receipts for dues paid to the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, 1915-1918.
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1
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25
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Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) ephemera (22 items), 1915-1920
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1ov
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10ov
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Certificate of appointment as Sergeant of the Third Regiment S.D.H.G., 28 September 1918
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1
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26
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3 letters: J.M. Blair to Blackstone, 3 December 1920; Blackstone to Blair, 10 December 1920; Blair to Blackstone 13 December 1920. Blair was the Recorder for the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the State of Ohio. These letters pertain to Blackstone's attempt to have his son, Alex J. Blackstone, apply for membership in the Loyal Legion.
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1
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27
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Printed program, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the State of Ohio. Includes announcement of Alexander J. Blackstone's election to the Legion. 22 January 1921.
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1
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28
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Notes on the Blackstone family genealogy "copied from a book of father[']s[,] Dec. 31 1922." (6 cards)
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29
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Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the State of Ohio. In Memoriam. Richard Blackstone and Charles Augustus Cable. 27 January 1923.
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1
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30
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"Memorial to the Valor of the Soldier of the South." A commemorative folder and coin. The coin depicts General Robert E. Lee and General Stonewall Jackson mounted on their horses with the words "Stone Mountain 1925." The folder holding the coin has the name J. C. Weadock on the cover.
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1
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31
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Printed photograph of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Glee and Mandolin and Guitar Clubs, n.d.
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