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https://informationwanted.org/files/original/78d34fe760daf786a4f0d8fef3fd549f.jp2
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Title
A name given to the resource
Times-Promoter (Hernando, MS)
Text
Newspaper advertisements
State
Washington, DC
Mississippi
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Title
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Harvey Spalding & Sons searching for Simon Smith or his heirs
Subject
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Information Wanted Ad
Description
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Harvey Spalding & Sons (Washington, DC law firm) searching for Simon Smith, Co. B, 11th U.S. Colored Infantry, or his widow or heirs
It seems that the Washington, DC law firm of Harvey Spalding & Sons placed similar ads in newspapers nationwide, soliciting business from those who might have unclaimed funds due them.
Source
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Times-Promoter (Hernando, MS)
Date
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February 23, 1906
Contributor
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Jesse Nasta
Publisher
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Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress
Relation
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Washington, DC
Coverage
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DeSoto County, MS
Scripto
Transcription
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Wanted!
Information as to the address
of Simon Smith or his widow or
heirs if he is dead. He was a colored
man and served in Co "B"
11th U.S. Colored Infantry in
the Civil war and his address was
given us DeSoto county, Miss.
Small recovery can probably be
made. Address Harvey Spalding
& Sons, Washington, D.C.
Status
Not to transcribe
Weight
dd
Civil War
inheritance
pension (Civil War)
U. S. Colored Infantry
U. S. Colored Troops
veteran