Civil war Pension Request by Jacob Poe (Anna L and John F Nash Collection))
On 4 Apr 1881 Capt Jacob Poe penned a letter to Hon CC Townsend requesting that he be awarded a pension for his service during the Civil War. In support of his request he has enclosed with his letter a newspaper clipping from a Pittsburgh paper indicating that two pilots, Sylvester and Harry Doss, received pensions. Each Doss received a pension of $15 per month along with back pay of $7,500 (?).
The letter by Jacob Poe was written on the letterhead of his son’s livery service.
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