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CIVIL WAR - COOPER VOLUNTEER REFRESHMENT SALOON – GRAPHIC PAY VOUCHER
 1863 8 ¼ x3 ¼ partly printed sutler vouchers, June 5, 1862, Ornate red, white & blue receipts with imprinted: "Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Salon" over unfurled U.S. 34 star flag. Portions handwritten. 
The Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon opened  in 1861 in Philadelphia , and was a volunteer relief agency that provided meals, hospital care, and facilities for washing, sleeping, and writing to over 400,000 military personnel, refugees, and freedmen during the Civil War. The saloon was directed by a committee & sustained by volunteer donations. Several other "refreshment saloons" would open soon after. 
Blank on the reverse, nice condition with bright inks. faded handwriting. CW 777 85.
 

CIVIL WAR - COOPER VOLUNTEER REFRESHMENT SALOON – GRAPHIC PAY VOUCHER

SKU: cw 777
$85.00Price
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