- unitid
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{"value"=>"295661", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1862-1865", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1862/1865"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1862
- date_inclusive_end
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1865
- keydate
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1862
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"IV. Canvassing and Supply Department"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"14 boxes"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>The Canvassing and Supply Department opened in October 1864 and was based in Philadelphia at 1307 Chestnut Street. Although housed in the same building as the Philadelphia Agency and the Women's Pennsylvania Branch, the Department operated independently from them; it reported to the associate secretary in the Central Office at Washington.</p> <p>Led by superintendent Dr. Joseph Parrish (1818-1891), the Department organized canvassing agents who would visit all state branches and auxiliaries in the East, hold meetings, distribute literature, and provide information on supplies most needed. Publication of the revamped Sanitary Bulletin was also transferred to the Canvassing and Supply Department. In addition, the Department appears to have been in charge of printing blank forms and ledgers for the USSC.</p> <p>Other personnel included the Rev. John A. Anderson (1834-1892) as canvasser and later, registrar, and C.M. Rathbun as clerk; the Department also included over twenty canvassers, many of them clergymen.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Canvassing and Supply Department Archives, 1862-1865, document the department’s canvassing and publication activities and include letters received and reports from canvassers, material published in the Sanitary Bulletin, and copies of letters sent by Parrish and Anderson. Also present is a diary kept by departmental personnel, a Pennsylvania county directory, copies of USSC’s Standing Committee minutes, and financial records.</p>"}
- date_start
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1862
- date_end
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1865