Subject: Military pay

A letter written by C. A. de la Messa to J. A. Hixon in Rome, Georgia on August 3, 1866. The letter concerns the submission of vouchers for pay in July from the Bureau of Refugees. Messa's surname suggests Sephardic Jewish origins.

Handwritten pay receipt for Ernst Weber's final pay, dated March 8, 1862, in Hunters Chapel, Virginia. The receipt is written and signed twice by Max Cohnheim. The receipt indicates the payment was processed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

A legal document, specifically a pay voucher, dated February 14, 1777, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It details payment of $36.00 to Israel Jacobs for services rendered to Valentine Peyton by Valentine Peers of the 3rd Virginia Regiment, covering the period from December 7, 1776 to February 7, 1777. Israel Jacobs is identified as a representative of Philadelphia in the Pennsylvania Legislature (1791-1793).

Pay voucher dated December 31, 1874, from Brownsville, Texas. Signed by Capt. James N. Morgan, a Buffalo Soldier, and endorsed by G.M. Raphael, who would later become Brownsville's first Jewish mayor. The voucher suggests a financial transaction between Morgan and Raphael.

A handwritten receipt, dated March 17, 1862, in Falls Church, Virginia, acknowledging the final payment to George Reynolds. The receipt is signed by S.C. Mendell, indicating a military context. The document suggests Reynolds may have reached the rank of Major.