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Aurora Commercial – 17 Dec 1863 – Page 3, Column 2
AURORA, Dec. 9, 1863.
Mr. Editor:–The following is a list of the donations received last Saturday, for the relief of soldiers’ families:
[See newspaper for amount donated.]
- Morton Andrews
- Richard Williams
- S. S. Clark
- Capt. J. Thompson (proceeds of the ball)
- A. Epstein
- John Moffatt
- August Schulze
- Joshua A. Perry
- John Hall
- J. Olser
- C. Cheed
- S. Nicholdson
- T. Thompson
- I. Q. Hayes
- Wm. Edmundson
- Robert Blasdel
- Asa Hubbartt
- Eli McAdams
- Thos. Burgh
- Wm. Burgh
- Levi R. Morrill
- James M. Hayes
- Mrs. Hayes
- Matthias Haring
- Sanford Eldridge
- Dorsy Pierce
- G V Denton
- Henry Walker
- Alexander Lansbury
- Isaac Campbell
- Samuel Langtree
- John A. Platter
- T. M. Gibson
- John A. Conwell
- Mrs. Stark
- Cynthia Griffin
- E. H. Bassett
- Harman Mously
- Adam Ritter
- Philip Erle
- Wm Houser
- S. P. Hill & Co.
- F. Kern
- George Squibb
- Henry Wilky
- John Wenzell
- F. A. York
- A. Tuthill
- M. Kempf
- E. D. Haynes
- George Griffin
- Chambers, Stevens, & Co.
- John N. Milburn
- N. Dyke
- Lorin Stratton
- Joseph Meyer
- T. Owens
- J. Glass
- S. Hattenbach
- Harmon Pick
- Wm. Green
- Henry Basley
- John F. Meneger
- Adolph Schulze
- Wm. R. Miller
- Samuel Trester
- Peter Kastner
- Frank Moran
- George Siemantel
- Newton Watts
- J. J. Bachman
- John A. Wymond
- Marcus Levi
- John Cameron
- J. Cell
- Gaff, Lozier & Co.
- Charles Bienkamp
- Wm. Webber
- E. F. Sibley
- O. P. Cobb & Co.
- Thos. Pattison
- John Hamilton
- George Taylor
- Charles Bauer
- Joseph Ziegelbaur
- Robert Mattock
- Rev. A. W. Freeman
- B N McHenry
- John Maloney
- W E Gibson
- Wm Liebe
- Dr. R C Bond
- J Dews & Co.
Making in all collected up to this time, $459.40
- A. D. Hopping, 1 load wood
- Thomas Hubbart, 1 load wood
- Eli McAdams, 1/2 bbl flour
- Simon Humfeldt, 1 load wood
- Wm. Cunningham, 1 bbl. flour
- Jesse Younker, 5 bushel potatoes
- Wm. Curtis, 1 load wood
- Thos. Curtis, 1 load wood
- Mrs. A. S. Winkley, 25 lbs meat
The amount paid out is as follows:
- O. P. Cobb & Co, $25.00
- Samuel Langtree, $21.00
- John A. Platter, $17.50
- Wood from farmers, $33.50
- Gaff, Lozier & Co., $47.20
- Chambers, Stevens, & Co., $20.00
- Bernhard Schipert, for wine furnished the ball, $7.20
- John Todd, for 136 lbs beef, $5.36
- E. F. Sibley, for printing, $3.00
Total, $179.76