Civil War Union Surgeon General Warning regarding Patient Swindlers 1864

  

Civil War Union Surgeon General Warning regarding Patient Swindlers - 1864. Letter to all commanders of Union General Hospitals from the Surgeon General directing them to inform patients that Randolph & Co.

Government Solicitors are swindlers [who conduct] thieving operations. By order of the Medical Director, Wm. New York: Medical Directors Office, Department of the East, December 19, 1864. One-page Civil War letter on Department of the East Medical Directors Office stationery notifying commanders of Union General Hospitals that: The Surgeon General instructs me to inform all Medical officers. To inform their patients that the firm of Randolph and Co.

Government Solicitors, Post Office Box No 38, Washington D. Are swindlers, and to take such means as may be necessary to stop their thieving operations. It is unspecified what the fraudulent actions of Randolph and Company fraudulent involved, however contemporary records suggest that the firm may preyed in some manner upon furloughed patients at train stations while they traveled to their homes.

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