Thompson, Alfred - Application of Eliza Mercer of Howard County, Maryland, for compensation for the war service of her slave, Alfred Thompson, an enlistee in the 39th Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops, Company E., 1865.
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Thompson, Alfred - Application of Eliza Mercer of Howard County, Maryland, for compensation for the war service of her slave, Alfred Thompson, an enlistee in the 39th Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops, Company E., 1865.
Collection
Miscellaneous American Letters and Papers (MALP)
CIV - DAV
Civil War - Thompson, Alfred
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1865-08-30
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc MG 76
Subjects
African Americans -- History
African Americans -- Social conditions
Maryland
Slavery -- United States
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 39th (1864-1865). Company G
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
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Content: Application of Eliza Mercer of Howard County, Maryland, for compensation for the war service of her slave, Alfred Thompson, an enlistee in the 39th Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops, Company E.
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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b19971708
Archives ID: 24901
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 99c14600-c6cf-012f-e9ee-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Thompson, Alfred - Application of Eliza Mercer of Howard County, Maryland, for compensation for the war service of her slave, Alfred Thompson, an enlistee in the 39th Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops, Company E., 1865." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1865. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/99c14600-c6cf-012f-e9ee-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1865). Thompson, Alfred - Application of Eliza Mercer of Howard County, Maryland, for compensation for the war service of her slave, Alfred Thompson, an enlistee in the 39th Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops, Company E., 1865. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/99c14600-c6cf-012f-e9ee-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Thompson, Alfred - Application of Eliza Mercer of Howard County, Maryland, for compensation for the war service of her slave, Alfred Thompson, an enlistee in the 39th Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops, Company E., 1865." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/99c14600-c6cf-012f-e9ee-58d385a7bc34
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