Assorted records

The New York State Soldiers' Depot, at the directive of Governor Horatio Seymour, was established by Special Orders No. 151 issued by the Adjutant-General on March 31, 1863.

Originally styled the New York State Soldiers' Home, the depot was to be "a place of rest and relief for the sick and wounded, furloughed and discharged soldiers belonging to the state of New York who shall have been, now are, or may hereafter be engaged in the United States service while being transported to and from their homes..."

This series consists of a variety of records including correspondence, descriptive rolls for individual soldiers, receipts for claims, inventories of the depot's kitchen and dining room, discharge papers, receipts for official records received from the Adjutant-General's Office, certificates of enlistment, matron's reports, list of depot expenditures, receipts for work performed at the depot, and furloughs.

The records contained in this series have little or no relationship to one another and it is unclear why they were originally bundled together. It may be that the records were forwarded to Albany after the depot was closed. The presence of discharge papers and furloughs may be explained by the fact that each soldier was strongly recommended to place all official records and other items of worth on deposit with the proper official at the depot. These were then returned to the soldier upon completion of his stay. It may be that these records, for some reason, were never returned to the soldier and instead remained at the depot until they were eventually forwarded to Albany.

Series A4108, Proceedings and Reports of the Board of Managers, contains additional records of the New York State Soldiers' Depot.

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