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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1 6 0 Browse Search
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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 2: (search)
organized Liberaloffers of substantial aid Dr. George H. Lyman, Dr. William J. Dale,Medical service action of the Boston Bar the Clergy, Rev. Mr. Cudworth the women of the State the men of the State liberal offers ofService and money Robert B. Forbes, coast guard Colonel John H. Reed appointed Quartermaster the personal staff Executive Council Mr. Crowninshield appointed to purchase arms in Europe an Emergencyfund of two hundred thousand dollars letter of the Governor to Secretary tes. As arrangements had been already made, this offer was declined for the present. James M. Stone and Newell A. Thompson offered their services to superintend the distribution of quartermaster's stores and ordnance, which were accepted. Robert B. Forbes, on the 17th, made a proposal to raise a Coast Guard, which met with the cordial approval of the Governor; but as there was no provision, in the militia law, by which material aid could be given by the State, the Governor wrote to the Secret
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 3: (search)
merable questions, receiving and writing letters, pressed upon the Governor and his personal staff, the Adjutant-General and his assistants, the Quartermaster-General and his clerks, from early morning until midnight. An abstract of a portion only of the correspondence will show the nature and extent of a part of the labor performed. April 18.—The Governor writes to Miss A. J. Gill, also to Miss Anna M. Clarke, also to Mary A. G. Robinson, who have offered themselves to be nurses; to Robert B. Forbes, acknowledging the receipt of his Address to the Merchants and Seamen of Massachusetts to organize a Coast Guard; to Dr. Winslow Lewis, who offered to give medical advice and attendance to soldiers' families free of charge. Thanks Leopold Morse, of Boston, for a gift of one hundred pairs of readymade pants for soldiers. To Secretary Cameron, asking for more muskets. April 19.—Governor telegraphs to the Secretary of War, Would you like another regiment composed of Irishmen enlisted