Nunda Historical Society

Nunda Livingston Co New York

Please note that these resources are available with permission from the current Post Commander. There may be additional materials. If researchers know of other materials found at the Seager-Werner Post, please contact the Veterans Team and we will include them. Some of the resources are currently stored by the Post at the Town Building. These items are marked by a *. Go to Image 26 to see an image of the Carter Memorial Building that is the current headquarters of this Post.

Grand Army of the Republic Records (Craig Wadsworth GAR Post 417)which include

• Finance book 1883-1890 containing names of members
• Financial Record of GAR Post including names of members and dues paid 1 Jan 1891
• Financial book 1888-1896 containing names of members
• Receipt book 14 Feb 1896 to 23 Nov 1898 documenting activity of GAR Post and Commander's names
• Quartermaster Report 30 June 1897, many members names, include regiments, residence, and rank
• Application for Relief by Charles H Carpenter 104th NY 27 Jan 1897 *
• Application for Relief by Emory Cranston 8 Feb 1897 *
• Application for Relief by Mathew Upthegrove 17 Feb 1897*
• Letters from James B Frazer (Livingston County Superintendant of the Poor) to R.K. Bergan (Commander or Quartermaster of Craig Wadsworth Post) 14 March 1898 and 28 June 1898*
• Leather pouch owned by Craig Wadsworth Post Relief Committee*
• Receipt for Goods from "Chas J Swain, Dealer in Choice Family Groceries" for Coffee and Sugar 30 May 1889
• Application Forms to Join GAR Post including names, occupation, age, birth place, address, enlisted date, rank, outfit assigned to. (Excellent sources of names and information)
• Quarterly Report of GAR Corps Relief, 31 March 1906, includes names of Officers, expenses and activities of Relief Corps
• Quarterly Report of GAR Corps Relief, 30 June 1906 includes officers, expenses and activities. Mary B Richmond (Corps President), Lottie Wright (Corps Secretary, Katherine M Holmes (Corps Treasurer)

Seager Werner Post 333 Records including

• Record Book 17 Feb 1931 to 17 Feb 1935, including minutes of monthly meetings, membership list dated 1931, and some financial information
• Financial Records Book 18 June 1935 to 19 July 1945 including lots of veterans names, and records of what they spent*
• Minute Book with Membership Lists 20 August 1946 to 6 January 1958 including member ships list for 1947-48, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956. (The 47-48 list includes name serial #, enlistment and discharge dates, town, and branch of service. 1950 record includes Post record number.)
• Minutes of Meetings 15 March 1965 to 20 March 1967
• Membership List 9 Feb 1972
• Joint Veterans organization Booklet 12 February 1953 to 21 July 1955, includes meeting mintues and Joint Veterans Organization Roster

General Historical Items owned by Seager Werner Post 333

• "Soldier's Application for Relief" 1887-1888, blank
• "Journal of the 39th National Encampment at Denver Co" September 7 & 8 1905, includes general GAR information, no specific Nunda material
• "Report of the War Department," Volume 1, Part 4, 1899, general information including information of the Spanish American War
• "Memorandum for the Superintendent of the Poor in Regards to Special Fund for Relief of Indigent soldiers, sailors, and marines, and the families of those deceased" , decriptions the law regarding the payment of county founds for "indigent and suffering soldiers"
• Hymn Book, 1894, from The First Baptist Church of Nunda NY
• Record of Boys State Experience by Gary Gullo 5 Sept 1968
• Blank Application form for "Order for Relief of Indigent Veterans and their Families" sent from Jame B Frazer to RK Bergan postmarked 1898

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The Project Team would like to express our thanks to the Nunda Historical Society for allowing us to post our project pages and data on nundahistory.org.

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