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Board of Relief Correspondence

MLA citation style
Chester County Board of Relief. Board Of Relief Correspondence. no date. 1861.
APA citation style
Chester County Board of Relief,. (1861). Board of Relief Correspondence. Retrieved from https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A150627
Chicago citation style
Chester County Board of Relief. “Board Of Relief Correspondence”, Chester County History Center - Chester County Archives and Record Services - Chester County Board of Relief, 1861. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A150627.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.

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Title

Board of Relief Correspondence

Subject

Board of Relief
Civil War
Social Welfare
Poverty
Child Welfare
Correspondence

Description

The Chester County Board of Relief was set up by the Pennsylvania General Assembly’s Act of May 15, 1861, entitled "An Act to Create a Loan and to Provide for Arming the State" to aid local families of Civil War soldiers. Funded by state appropriations, its members included the County Commissioners and Court of Common Pleas Associate Judges. Township boards of relief were set up individually without legal precedent when townships felt the County Board did not meet the need for aid. Townships could petition the County Board to assist their local families, but the county did not always agree to help which motivated the township boards to aid families without county assistance. This series contains a small collection of miscellaneous correspondence between the members of the various township boards. Of particular interest is a small collection of letters submitted by wives of soldiers, either directly to the Board or through their representatives, describing their untenable circumstances in an attempt to receive aid or additional support. For an index to this collection please see the following link: https://www.chesco.org/1702/Board-of-Relief-1861-1865

Creator

Chester County Board of Relief

Date

1861-1865

Location Covered

Chester County (Pa.)

Type

Text

Original Format

Correspondence

Digital Format

application/pdf

Identifier

RG1000.025

Language

eng

Rights

Rights assessment is your responsibility. This material is made available for noncommercial, educational, scholarly, and/or charitable purposes. For other uses or for more information please contact the Chester County Archives and Record Services, 601 Westtown Road, Suite 080, West Chester, PA 19380.

Contact

Chester County Archives, ccarchives@chesco.org

Contributing Institution

Chester County Archives and Record Services

Sponsorship

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.