Printed memorial to the U.S. Senate, presented by Michigan senator Thomas W. Palmer, urging that a pension be granted to Mrs. Adaline Couzins. Includes testimonials of James E. Yeatman, Carlos Greeley, S. Pollak, James O. Broadhead, Charles Gibson, S.M. Breckenridge, J.B. Henderson, Alvin Saunders, J.C. Keston, and A.L. Forbes. These testimonials praise Adaline Couzins’ work as a nurse during the Civil War. Memorial also discusses the contributions of John E.D. Couzins to the Union cause in Missouri. (6 pages), 1888 Mar 27

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3

Identifier: D00030

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Printed memorial to the U.S. Senate, presented by Michigan senator Thomas W. Palmer, urging that a pension be granted to Mrs. Adaline Couzins, March 27, 1888

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Couzins Family Papers contain papers relating to John E.D. Couzins’s efforts to hold Missouri in the Union during the Civil War, including letters, commissions, and a loyalty oath; papers relating to Mrs. Adaline Couzins’s work as a volunteer nurse during the Civil War, including printed memorials to the U.S. Senate, dated March 27, 1888, praising her work; papers relating to Phoebe Couzins, including articles and addresses by her; correspondence and articles regarding Couzins family history; and photocopies of newspaper clippings, many of which appear to have been copied from a family scrapbook, mostly relating to J.E.D. Couzins and Phoebe Couzins.