Lot of 12 documents and letters. All belonged to Major George B. Dyer, 9th Maine Infantry and includes two partially printed documents dated May 1st, 1865 appointing Dyer as Provost Marshal in Raleigh, N.C. under the order of Major Gen. Schofield. The most important piece in this group is a letter headed ‘Headquarters Army of the Ohio’ June 30, 1865 directing Major Dyer to feed and house Colonel L. B. Northrup, South Carolina, first Commissary-General of the Confederate Government and not to confine him but give him the liberty of the town, before his being sent to Richmond. This letter is signed at the bottom by Major Gen. Jacob Dolson Cox, and others, but does not appear to be his autograph; the next most interesting item is a inked manuscript with printed heading reading ‘U.S. Military Telegram’ dated May 18, 1865 from Weldon to ‘Pro Marshall and reading: ‘Sir What is to be done about returned soldiers from the Confederate Army who go over the Country seizing private property by force of arms in defiance of the owners. Please reply R.H. Wheeler Capt. Cavalry 13th O Comy’, Richard H. Wheeler was a Capt. In Co. I, 13th Ohio Cavalry, later promoted to Major & Lt. Col.; plus an inked manuscript letter reading as follows: ‘Executive Office, Raleigh Jne 8, 1865. Maj. Dyer Pro. Mars. Dear Sir: I have been requested by James B. Shepard, Esq. to call your attention to depredations committed on his person by soldiers. Mr. Shepard a gentleman of high character and undoubted loyalty, and would not complain without cause. Will you be so good as to ride up and see him this evening about five o’clock. If you can spare the time. He desires that you see for yourself how he has been treated. You will oblige me by so doing. Very Truly Yours W.W. Holden’. This letter appears to be entirely in Holden’s hand. William Woods Holden (1818-1892) was the Governor of North Carolina at the time, appointed by President Andrew Johnson as the 38th Gov. and later elected as 40th Gov. Holden was the second governor in American history to be impeached, and the first to be removed from office; plus an inked manuscript letter asking for permission to travel to the north of the Potomac to visit ‘kindred’ from a woman named Mrs. Robert Rawson in Warrenton, N.C. She states that she went to Genl. Schofield, but he directed her to him; plus a pencil manuscript letter asking for a pass of for a woman to visit her brothers who are in the Union Army; plus a single letter sheet inviting Major Dyer to dinner with Col. Granger dated May 2nd 1865; plus There are two blank printed documents that the Provost often issued. These include an oath of amnesty prescribed by the President, stating that the signer would support and protect the Constitution of the U.S. and support all laws relating to the emancipation of slave. This document is 6.5 x 8.5 inches. The second is a blank traveler's pass from Provost Marshal Geo. B. Dyer, Maj 9th Maine Volunteers, Raleigh, N.C. and is 5 x 7.5 inches. The last two letters in this group include one written by a friend in Eastport Maine, telling Dyer that he is preparing a warm homecoming for him, dated July 31, 1865 and the last is a 3 page letter written on a single folded letter sheet in ink to Dyer by Helen L. Abbott, dated July 1865 thanking him for his kindness during her visit to Raleigh.

Most with normal folds, some removed from album with minor paste along one margin.