Civil War-dated partly-printed DS, signed “C. A. Arthur, Brig. Genl. & AA QMG, S.N.Y.,” one page, 8.5 x 14, January 13, 1862. Receipt issued to W. H. N. Smith for "275 Pair Blue Cloth Pants @$4 12/100" amounting to a sum of $1,133. Signed at the conclusion by Arthur, and countersigned by the recipient. In very good to fine condition, with complete separation along two folds repaired on the reverse with archival tape. At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Arthur was commissioned as a brigadier general and assigned to the New York state militia's quartermaster department. He would be promoted to quartermaster general of the New York Militia on July 27, 1862, remaining in that post until January 1, 1863.
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