Subject: Disability

Three (3) partly-printed, single-page quarto documents, dated late February and March 1863, from the Union "Headquarters Convalescent Camp. Between Fairfax Seminary and Long Bridge, Va." These documents represent the final statements for Privates Charles Drum, Peter Kiely, and John Kelly of Co. C, 6th New Jersey Volunteers, discharged for disability. Each document is signed in type by Lieutenant Colonel Samuel McKelvy. Printed by Philip & Solomon, a prominent Jewish printing firm in Washington, D.C. This is described by the donor as a rare example of this type of hospital form.

This document is a two-page license application, folded from a single sheet, for Samuel Cyrus Hart to peddle domestic and foreign goods from a horse and wagon in 1849. Hart's application notes that he is disabled and unable to perform physical labor, necessitating the need for a peddler's license. The license fee was $300.00. The application was endorsed by Hart & Isaac Hugus. The document's description notes that no reference to Hart's name was found in the available data, it is assumed that he was Jewish.