Dearborn County Volunteer Relief Fund – Jan 1864

The following article appeared in:
Aurora Commercial – 7 Jan 1864 – Page 2, Column 3

Report of Distribution of Volunteer Relief Fund.

Donations since last report—George Mosher, $8; S. Cheek, $10—making the total amount collected up to this date, $527.70. Of that amount I have already reported $179.75. I have paid for groceries, wood, &c., as follows:

  • O. P. Cobb & Co., $30
  • S. D. Langtree, $22
  • Chambers, Stevens & Co., $25
  • Henry Wilkie, $16.20
  • John A. Platter, $4467
  • James Cole, $13.50
  • John Todd, $11.25
  • For wood, $4.75
  • Gaff, Lozier & Co., $26
  • W. E. Gibson, $16.59
  • J. Giegoldt, $46.85
  • F. Kern, $8.25
  • Jas. Holmes, $16.80
  • G. V. Denton, $3.50
  • For chickens, $4.65
  • James Statlord, $50

Total, $310.37—for all of which I hold receipts. Making the total disbursements, including the last report, $489.80; leaving in my hands $37.90 in cash. That amount would have been expended in necessary articles, but I have just received the last donation this week.

Respectfully,
A. EPSTEIN.