Soldiers Aid society

784

Cleveland Morning Leader, 9 January 1864 (56 inches) ~ See original
p.3, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

784 - L Jan. 9:3/2, 3,4 - The great Northern Ohio Sanitary fair will open
in Cleveland on Feb. 22, and continue for two weeks. The proceeds from
this fair will be entrusted to the Soldiers' Aid society to carry on
its work. The fair will contain a ladies' bazaar, a refreshment hall,
a mechanics hall, a produce hall, a merchandise hall, a fine arts and
floral hall, a museum of relics and curiosities, and a grand audience
room for concerts, lectures, tableaux, etc. Donations will be sought
wherever things of usefulness may be found.
Following is a list of officers: Honorary Officers: His Excellency
Governor Brough, ex-Governor Tod, Mayor I. U. Masters, Maj. Gen. J. A.
Garfield, the Hon. S. P. Chase, and the Hon. B. F. Wade. - -
The executive committee consists of: T. P. Handy, chairman, H. M.
Chapin.
Mary C. Brayton, and Ellen F. Terry. secretaries. Seventeen more
officers. Twenty-one special committees have been appointed to attend
to every known phase of the fair. -
Word is coming every day from all parts of the country, especially
the South, thanking the local organization for their many kindnesses in
giving aid to soldiers at the front, and food and comfort to the wounded
and sick in the hospitals. (56)

Fairs and Expositions / Sanitary Fair

Index terms:

Brayton, Mary C.; Brough, Governor (Ohio); Chapin, H. M.; Chase, Salmon P.; Garfield, Maj. Gen. J. A.; Handy, T. P.; Masters, Mayor I. U.; Northern Ohio Sanitary fair; Soldiers Aid society; South; Terry, Ellen F.; Tod, David (ex-governor); Wade, Senator B. F.

837

Cleveland Morning Leader, 8 April 1864 (11 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.3 ~ View at ChronAm

837 - L Apr. 8:4/3 - The report of the treasurer of the Northern Ohio
Sanitary fair, shows net receipts amounting to $78,551.33. Gross re-
ceipts amounted to $101,443.69. Fifty thousand dollars of this has been
invested in U. S. securities bearing interest, to be used by the Soldiers'
Aid sºciety as their wants require. The last census of Cleveland was
43,417 inhabitants. One dollar and eighty cents is the average of every
person in Cleveland, when divided into the net receipts of the fair.
- - (11)

Fairs and Expositions / Sanitary Fair

Index terms:

Northern Ohio Sanitary fair; Soldiers Aid society

2693

Cleveland Morning Leader, 30 April 1864 (31 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.3 ~ View at ChronAm

2693 - L Apr. 30:2/3, 4 - The soldiers' Aid society report that the
purchasing ard forwarding of supplies during the last two weeks amounted
to over 2,400 bushels, also a carload of fruit, clothing, etc. Wil-
liam R. Richard, Superintendent of the Soldiers' home, reports that 44
men were received last week.
A correspondent asks why the government does not put transportation
of medical supplies into the hands of the sanitary commission, if the
latter is so independent in its movements? The commission answers:
"Nobody pretends that any outside supplementary commission can do the
work of the medical department. The commission merely strives to sup-
plement." - (31)

Wars / Civil War / Volunteer Companies and Militia

Index terms:

Richard, William R. (super intendent of soldiers home); Soldiers Aid society