

GEOKGE S. THOMPSON, 



Late of Com. Gen.'s Office, 



Attorney for U. S. Military Claims, 



West Side of Public Square, 



Springfield, 111. 



Entrance office one door north of Banking House 

 of Messrs. N. H. Ridgely &, Co. 



Having had much experience in prosecuting claims 

 against the United States, particular attention io 

 given to Kecruiting Bills made by officers and men of 

 volunteer companies and regiments, for subsisting, 

 and, collecting, organizing and transporting troops 

 prior to muster into service ; Back Pay due Resigned 

 Officers; Back Pay due Discharged Soldiers: Pay 

 due Deceased Officers, their Widows or Heirs ; Boun- 

 ty and Pay due Heirs of Deceased Soldiers ; Pensions 

 due Deceased Soldiers' Widows and Minor Heirs ; 

 Pensions due Invalid Soldiers ; Pay for Horses lost, 

 killed or died in the United States' service; All 

 Claims growing out of the Present War. 



Pensions collected semi-annually, from the Agent 

 of the United States at Springfidd. 



Any kind of claims for service, or for property de- 

 stroyed, stores or property sold officers of the United 

 States. 



Would respectfully refer to Messrs. John Williams 

 &, Co., Bankers ; J. C. Bunn, Esq., Bunker; Capt. C. 

 B. Watson, U. S. Mustering Officer; Lieut. Geo. W. 

 Hill, U. S. Mustering Officer; Major C. S. Hemp- 

 stead, U. S. Paymaster; Capt. Ninan W. Edwards, 

 U. S. Commissary ; Captain W. H. Bailhache, U. S. 

 Quartermaster ; Col. P. Morrison, 8th U. S. Infantry, 

 Superintendent Recruiting for Regiments of Illinois, 

 Springfield, 111. Major J. G. Fonda, 12th 111. Caval- 

 ry, Commandant at Camp Butler. 



^August, 1362.tf 



EYERGEEEN SEEDLmGS. 



$5,00 

 $8,00 

 $7,00 



A very large stock of superior grown Evergreen 

 Seedlings, at less than one-half the Eastern Prices. 



PER 1,000. 

 Norway Spruce, two years old, 

 three to five inches, 



Norway Spruce, three years 

 old, six to nine inches, 



Scotch Pine, two years old, 

 three to five inches, 



Austrian Pine, two years old, $2 per 100. 

 Balsam Fir, Red Cedar, Arbartitjb, &c., Ac, 

 of large or small size, at very low rates. 



A large stock of CONCORD GRAPES, one of the 

 best varieties for the West. 



A large stock of RED DUTCH CURRANTS, the 

 best for market, two to three years old, at half the 

 »sual rates. 



STANDARD AND DWARF PEARS, of well 

 tested varieties, together with a good assortment of 

 Fruit and Ornamental Trees, &c., &. 



Send for Catalogue. ROBT. DOUGLAS. 



Waukegan, III. tf 



CLOSINQ OUT SALE 



OF THE 



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FRANKLIN GEOVE NTTRSEEY, 



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ZEE COVNTY, ILLINOIS. 



A^R. WHITNEY, 



Peopeietor. 



300,000 Apple Trees for Sale. 



ESTABLISHED IN 1843. 



The subscriber has now in orchard 18,000 Apple 

 Trees, 11,000 were in bearing the past season. The 



great amount of care now necessary to give this large 

 orchard compels me to close out my large. 



NTirsery Stock of Apple Trees, 



Which are of kinds which have proved valuable, and 

 hardy, in Northern and Central Illinois. 



I will sell go:)d selected four anil five year old 

 Apple Trees, from 3 to 12 dollars per hundred. ' 



- -vK'. 

 Three year old trees from 3 to 5 dollars per hnn*. 



dred. ^ 



Seedlings 2 to 7 years 2i to 4 dollars per hundred. 



Seedlings thre years in seed bed, 5 dollars per 

 1,000, just the Jtree to set a border around jour or- '-■■'- 

 chards. To purchasers of large quantities, 



EXTRA INDUCEMENTS '■ 



willbeofiered. i* 



OSNAMENTAL TREES AJW SHRUBS 



in like proportion as to price. '; 



Full descrijitive catalogue furnished gratis. 



Trees and plants packed in the best manner; '^ 

 Charge, cost of miterial for packing. Trees and 

 fruits delivered at the railroad station free of charge. 



All letters of inquiry will be promptly answered. # 

 Address, 



A.R.WHITNEY, : ^^: 



Franklin Grove, 

 Illinoifi. 

 February 1, 1863. Sm s -.v - J^ 



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