Barton, Clara

Roll of Missing Men.-No.5. To Returned Soldiers and Others. Washington D.C. , 1 January 1867. Large folio broadside (24 x 27 1/4 in.; 615 x 695 mm); some minor repairs to fold tears, Ex-Essex Institute blind stamp. Brown cloth folding case, Black morocco spine edged in red morocco, brown morocco lettering pieces.



 

Missing Soldiers Roll.  The text of the broadside  begins with an open letter from Barton stating: "This Roll, like the preceding, contains only the  names of persons whose friends have written to me for information, and about whom, up to this date, I have learned nothing definite. Please examine it and  if you know what became of anyone here named, or have facts of interest to his friends, communicate them to me by letter . . . I have to thank friends everywhere, & especially returning soldiers for the large amount of information sent me."

For four years after the war, Barton superintended a search for missing soldiers under the authority of the government. Roll No. 5 constitutes the last in the series of five such broadsides issued by Barton. The Roll is accompanied by a printed circular letter [January 1867] with a secretarial signature of Barton on stationery of the "Office of Correspondence with the friends of the Missing Men of the United States Army" enclosed with "rolls of missing men number 5."