CIVIL WAR ARCHIVE - NJ QUAKER DRAFTED - Draft Notice, Paymt of Commutation Money

Description

Civil War archive of 4 items (3 documents and 1 letter) pertaining to the drafting of Chalkley Haines, a Quaker in Woolwich Township, Gloucester Co., NJ, and his getting out of military service.
Includes:
1)
Draft notice
from the Provost Marshal's Office, 1st District of NJ, dated Feb. 24, 1865, notifying Chalkley Haines that
"you were, on the 24 day of February, 1865, legally drafted in the service of the United States for the period of one year....You will accordingly report on the 22nd of March 1865, at the place of rendezvous in Camden, NJ, or be deemed a deserter...
". Signed by Alex. Went, Capt. & Provost Marshal. At the bottom of the draft notice is an order to the West Jersey Railroad Company to furnish Chalkley Haines with transportation to Camden "at Government Rates".  Measures approx. 8-1/2" x 11". Includes the original envelope, which is torn.
2) 1 pg.
letter
, approx. 4-7/8" x 8", dated at
Mount Ephraim, NJ, "3 mo. 5th, 1865"
(Quaker dating for March 5, 1865), from Joseph Ewen, a Quaker, to Chalkley's parents, giving advice on how Chalkley can get out of having to do military service, recommending contacting some Philadelphia Quakers who have assisted two others to be exempt, or by applying to the President or the Sec. of War. The letter reads:
"Esteemed Fr
iends William or Hannah Haines,
I have heard that Chalkley Haines has been drafted. I believe he can get a discharge by the assistance of the representative committee or meeting for sufferings. Call on Samuel Parry, S.W. Cor. 2nd and Market St. Phila, or William Dorsey or Joseph C. Turnpenny, Phila. Give them a statement how you are circumstanced and I have no doubt that an application to the President or Secretary of War will procure him a discharge. There has been two persons relieved through their assistance..."l
3)
Receipt from the Office of Receiver of Commutation Money
, dated at Salem, NJ, March 23, 1865, acknowledging receipt "from Chalkley Haines, Woolwich Tp., who was drafted into the service of the United States on the 24th day of February 1865,...the sum of Three Hundred (300) Dollars, to obtain, ....discharge from further liability under that draft". Signed by William S. Sharp, Receiver of Commutation Money". Measures approx. 8-5/8" x 4-1/4".
4)
"CERTIFICATE OF NON-LIABILITY, TO BE GIVEN BY THE BOARD OF ENROLLMENT",
1 pg., approx. 10-3/8" x 8", dated at Camden, NJ, Mar. 23, 1865, in which the members of the Board of Enrollment (the draft board),
"hereby certify that Chalkley Haines of Woolwich Tp., of Gloucester County, State of New Jersey, having given satisfactory evidence that he is not properly subject to do military duty...by reason of being a noncombatant, is exempt from all liability to military duty for the term of present draft"
. Signed by Alex. Went, Provost Marshal, and President of the Board of Enrollment; P.J. Gray, Member of Board of Enrollment, and John R. Stevens, Surgeon of Board of Enrollment.
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