Can anyone help with this document?

[allegiant120]

Can anyone shed some light on what this may have been for? Im terrible at reading this style of writing. Thanks

 

[MS2623]

from the best that my husband and I can tell it looks to be a receipt from the state of New York

 

[Bonny Blue Flag]

It appears to read:

Office of the Assistant Treasurer U.S.
New York, Aug 30, 1862

Sir,

I have received your
favor (?) of this 28th instant enclosing
Maj. C.T. Larmd (?)'s ck no 4, (unk symbol) for $8.000
(Eight thousand Dollars)

which amount has been placed to the credit of your disbursing account
on the books of this office.

Very respectfully yours,

John J. Cisco

Assistant Treasurer

Maj. John Coon RM (?)
Cleveland
Ohio

8888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888

The reverse side of this note:

1862

John J. Cisco

Asst. Tr. US

(unk) (unk) (unk)

(unk) of 8,000

Aug 30.

888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888

Any help in filling in the unknowns will be welcome.

--BBF

 

[Lubliner]

'Unknown' to me is how Ohio might have owed $8000 dollars to Major Larmd (?) unless it was for issuance of uniforms or weapons for a company raised in that State. 'Unk' is hitting the pig squarely on the head; what else unless for a boat?
Lubliner.

 

[Reconstructed Rebel]

I'm showing a lot of ignorance here as to how the system may have worked, but is there any chance this is a paymaster having funds deposited in his "dispersing account" he could then withdraw to pay the troops?

 

[DaveBrt]

Quartermaster Major John Coon, in Cleveland, has sent an $8,00 check (No. 473) to John J. Cisco, Assistant US Treasurer, in New York. The money was to be applied to Maj. Coon's disbursing account. This account could have been for anything that the Maj. Larnd(?) had paid for with government funds and he was reimbursed the government.

To find out any more details, you need to know what positions Maj Coon and Maj Larnd had held in the previous year or so.

 

[allegiant120]

Thanks guys! Cant find much on Maj Larnd.

 

[Reconstructed Rebel]

Thanks guys! Cant find much on Maj Larnd.

There is a Henery Larnid listed in the Veteran Reserve Corp - but we are looking for a C T not a Henery (sic)

 

[Bonny Blue Flag]

I believe this is our guy....

Source:
Case Western Reserve
University Est 1826

Encyclopedia of Cleveland History

COON, JOHN (28 July 1822 - 24 Sept. 1908) was an attorney, businessman, city official, newspaper publisher, and a leading politician in the local Whig and early Republican Parties.
Born in Ballston Spa, New York to Mathew and Albacinda (Lyon), Coon's family moved to Cleveland in 1832. He served as an apprentice to Cleveland jeweler, N.E. Crittenden, and graduated from Yale University in 1847. Returning to Cleveland, Coon was elected City Clerk in 1847. He studied law with the firm of Andrews & Foot and was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1848.
Coon worked as a clerk for Secretary of the Interior, Thomas Ewing, from 1848-1850. As superintendent he oversaw the opening of the U.S. Marine Hospital, Cleveland, in 1852. In 1853 Coon became joint owner and publisher of The Cleveland Herald. He served as City Solicitor from 1855-1857.
Coon interrupted his law practice to become Paymaster, Army of the Cumberland, during the Civil War.

In 1868 Coon was an incorporator of The Cleveland Railway Motor Co. In 1874 he was president of the Broadway & Newburgh Street Railroad Co.

Coon was a leading figure in local politics, first in the Whig party, and later the Republican party, serving as a delegate to the county convention in 1855, and chairing the Republican county executive committee in 1860.

Coon was an original member of THE ARK and a trustee of the Cleveland Library Association.

Coon married Martha Ann Elisabeth Howe of Worcester, Mass. They had two sons, George and John, Jr. Coon died in Lyons, Michigan and is buried in Highland Park Cemetery.

--BBF

 

[Seduzal]

An awesome article and the research was amazing work. Thanks for sharing this awesome article.

 

[lupaglupa]

I believe this is our guy....

Source:
Case Western Reserve
University Est 1826

Encyclopedia of Cleveland History

COON, JOHN (28 July 1822 - 24 Sept. 1908) was an attorney, businessman, city official, newspaper publisher, and a leading politician in the local Whig and early Republican Parties.
Born in Ballston Spa, New York to Mathew and Albacinda (Lyon), Coon's family moved to Cleveland in 1832. He served as an apprentice to Cleveland jeweler, N.E. Crittenden, and graduated from Yale University in 1847. Returning to Cleveland, Coon was elected City Clerk in 1847. He studied law with the firm of Andrews & Foot and was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1848.
Coon worked as a clerk for Secretary of the Interior, Thomas Ewing, from 1848-1850. As superintendent he oversaw the opening of the U.S. Marine Hospital, Cleveland, in 1852. In 1853 Coon became joint owner and publisher of The Cleveland Herald. He served as City Solicitor from 1855-1857.
Coon interrupted his law practice to become Paymaster, Army of the Cumberland, during the Civil War.

In 1868 Coon was an incorporator of The Cleveland Railway Motor Co. In 1874 he was president of the Broadway & Newburgh Street Railroad Co.

Coon was a leading figure in local politics, first in the Whig party, and later the Republican party, serving as a delegate to the county convention in 1855, and chairing the Republican county executive committee in 1860.

Coon was an original member of THE ARK and a trustee of the Cleveland Library Association.

Coon married Martha Ann Elisabeth Howe of Worcester, Mass. They had two sons, George and John, Jr. Coon died in Lyons, Michigan and is buried in Highland Park Cemetery.

--BBF

Great detective work!