Description
Minute drafts of meetings ("Proceedings") and supporting papers of the Civil War Board of Relief. Meeting minute drafts organized by municipality in an accounting format. Shows the names of the representatives for the townships and boroughs, names of families of the soldiers applying for and receiving relief, and amount of relief received. Profile information about a soldier's family and a soldier's military association is sometimes entered. Correspondence between board members and families applying for aid is also present.
Note 1: Resolutions regarding the Board of Relief can also be found in Commissioners Papers: Resolutions.
Arrangement: Chronological by meeting date.
Index: None. See "Inventory" for list of holdings. Includes a surname index identified as "Info1."
Related Series: Commissioners Papers 1. RESOLUTIONS 1843…1861
Commissioners Volumes 2. MINUTES OF THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY BOARD of COMMISSIONERS (Board of Relief Civil War Minutes can be found there.)