Past Grand Master P. T. Colding, G. Bailey, W. O. Castor, A. H. Newton,
Rev. Bean and twenty others of the State of New Jersey paid Prince Hall
Lodge, No. 10, a fraternal visit on last Wednesday. Short addresses
were delivered by those present.
Last week we left out the names of the officers elect of the Grand
Chapter: S. N. Robinson, M. E. G. P., P. L. Colding, R. D. G. H. P.,
Camden; W. H. Jackson, R. E. G. K., Bordentown; A. H. Newton, R. E. G.
S., Trenton; J. L. Derrick, R. W. G. Treasurer, Camden; W. F. Powell,
R. W. Grand Secretary, Burlington; W. H. Douglas, R. W. Dist. Dept.,
Plainfield.
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Madams Pitts, Daniels, Webb, Hack and Newton have been assiduous in
their efforts in making the fair a success.
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At a meeting of the Damascus Commandery, K. T., No. 4, Trenton, the
following officers were elected: Sir A. H. Newton, Em. Com.; Sir J.
Thornton, Gen.; John Seruby, Capt. General.
Rev. A. H. Newton, Chaplain of the Senate, Trenton, N. J.
Rev. A. H. Newton has been appointed Chaplain of the State Senate,
Trenton, N. J. Thus we creep up. This is a great honor to Rev. Newton,
as well as the race. We congratulate him.
March 29th-April 3d.
Camden, N. J., August 20, 1894.
The Adjutant-General W. S. Arcory, W. S. U.
S. A., Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: Will you please inform me of the probable number of troops
enlisted during the Civil War, those having died from wounds, being
sick in hospitals, and the number of those killed on the battlefield?
Also please advise me of the cost of the war, how many colored soldiers
enlisted, the years they enlisted, and the first battle they engaged in.
Very respectfully yours,
A. H. NEWTON.
The following was the reply to the above:
Address: “Chief of the Record and Pension Office,
War Department, Washington, D. C.”
RECORD AND PENSION OFFICE,
War Department,
Washington, August 24, 1894.
Respectfully returned to
Mr. A. H. Newton, 332 Washington St., Camden,
N. J.
Inviting attention to the accompanying printed statement showing the
number of troops furnished by the several States and Territories under
the different calls by the President, including the number of colored
troops.
According to the latest official compilation, 67,058 officers and men
were killed in action, and 292,470 died of wounds or disease during
the war.
According to a statement made by the Secretary of the Treasury on June
10, 1880, “the expenditures of the government on account of the war of
the rebellion from July 1, 1861 to June 30, 1879,” including interest
on the public debt, “aggregated $6,189,929,908.58.” The amount
expended since the latter date is not shown by any statistics filed in
this Department.
The first authorized enlistment of U. S. colored troops during the
war of the rebellion was made in the State of Louisiana in 1862. No
detailed information as to the organization and service of colored
troops can readily be furnished from data now accessible.
(one enclosure)
By authority of the Secretary of War:
F. C. AINSWORTH,
Colonel, U. S. Army, Chief of Office.
Per
The Legal Form of Apprenticeship Used in the Case of A. H. Newton.
State of North Carolina,
County of Craven,
ss:
This Indenture, made the eighteenth day of December, in the year of our
Lord 1852, between the Worshipful William S. Blackledge, Esq., Chairman
and Presiding Justice of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of
the county aforesaid, of the one part, and Jacob Gooding, of the same
county, of the other part,
Witnesseth, That the said Presiding Justice, in pursuance of an order
of said Court, doth put, place and bind, unto said Jacob Gooding, a
free boy of color, an orphan, named Alexander H. Newton, aged 17 years
16th July, 1852, with the said Jacob Gooding, to live after the manner
of an apprentice and servant until he shall attain the age of 21 years.
During which time the said apprentice his said Master shall faithfully
serve, and his lawful commands gladly obey, and not absent himself from
his Master’s service without leave, but in all things as a good and
faithful servant shall behave.
And the said Jacob Gooding doth covenant, promise and agree, with the
said Presiding Justice, that he will teach and instruct, or cause to
be taught and instructed, the said apprentice the art and mystery
of a bricklayer and mason, and constantly find and provide for the
said apprentice, during the term aforesaid, sufficient diet, washing,
lodging and apparel fitting an apprentice, and also all other things
necessary both in sickness and in health, and at the expiration of said
apprenticeship will pay to said apprentice six dollars and furnish him
with a new suit of clothes and a new Bible.
In witness whereof, the parties have hereunto set their hands and seals
the day and year aforesaid.
J. GOODING. (Seal)
WILLIAM BLACKLEDGE. (Seal)
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of
J. G. Stanly.
State of North Carolina,
County of Craven,
ss:
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the original filed in
this office.
Witness my hand and official seal this 22d day of August, 1878.
S. W. CARPENTER, C. S. C.,
Per J. B. Willis, Deputy.
(Seal Superior Court.)
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