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I wanted to go check these records this fall, I have to fight the big C again so
won't be able to get there, maybe someone will check the info & post it here.
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Records Relating to the Return of Captured Gold ("Box 99")
This series contains petitions, statements, affidavits, reports, and other documents from officials of several Richmond, Virginia banks who claimed captured gold; from military officers; from the Attorney General; and
from others relating to the return of specie that had been taken to Washington, DC, for safekeeping immediately after the end of the Civil War. Included are passports issued shortly after the war by U.S. Army officers to bank officers to enable them to pass through U.S. lines to the place where the specie was hidden and to return it to the Richmond banks. Also included is the report from U.S. Army officers who discovered specie in Georgia and transported it to Washington, DC.
Arrangement
Arranged in two subseries.
Dates
The creator compiled or maintained this series between April 1865–July 1878.
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Use: Unrestricted
Part of Record Group 365
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there is a list of 31 titles for group365, some look interesting
Record Group 365
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won't be able to get there, maybe someone will check the info & post it here.
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This series contains petitions, statements, affidavits, reports, and other documents from officials of several Richmond, Virginia banks who claimed captured gold; from military officers; from the Attorney General; and
from others relating to the return of specie that had been taken to Washington, DC, for safekeeping immediately after the end of the Civil War. Included are passports issued shortly after the war by U.S. Army officers to bank officers to enable them to pass through U.S. lines to the place where the specie was hidden and to return it to the Richmond banks. Also included is the report from U.S. Army officers who discovered specie in Georgia and transported it to Washington, DC.
Arrangement
Arranged in two subseries.
Dates
The creator compiled or maintained this series between April 1865–July 1878.
Access: Unrestricted
Use: Unrestricted
Part of Record Group 365
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there is a list of 31 titles for group365, some look interesting
Record Group 365
National Archives NextGen Catalog
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Research Room Rules
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