Object ID	2006.0008.155
Accession#	2006.0008
Object Name	Charter
Title	Grand Army of the Republic Charter
Description	Original charter issued to the Waterman Post of the G.A.R. in Peninsula, Ohio in February 27, 1888. From the Waterman-Bishop collection, a local family in Peninsula. See Notes.
Date	February 27, 1888
Search Terms	G.A.R. Hall Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Union Army Waterman Charters
Collection	Robert L. Hunker G.A.R. Collection
People	Hunker, Robert L. Waterman, George L.
Subjects	Charters Military organizations
Catalog date	03/28/2006
Catalog type	History
Collector	Robert L. Hunker
Count	1
Credit line	Robert L. Hunker
Dimensions	W-21.75 L-28.125 inches
Home Location	G.A.R. Hall Museum
Material	Paper/Ink
Notes	Grand Army of the Republic To all unto whom these Presents come, Greeting: Know Ye, That reposing full trust and confidence in the fidelity and patriotism of Comrades (names inscribed, no longer legible) I do hereby in Conformity with the Rules and Regulations of the Grand Army of the Republic, and by virtue of the power and authority in me vested, constitute them and their associates and successors a Post of the Grand Army of the Republic to be known as George L. Waterman Post No. Two hundred and seventy-two, Department of Ohio. And I hereby authorize and empower them to perform all acts necessary to conduct said organization in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the Grand Army of the Republic. Dated at the Head Quarters of the Department of Ohio, of the Grand Army of the Republic at Springfield on the 27th day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and Eighty eight and of our Independence the One hundred and twelfth. It is signed by the Department Commander and James E. Stewart, the Assistant Adjutant General.
Owned	Waterman-Bishop Family
Provenance	From the collection of the Waterman-Bishop family of Peninsula, Ohio.
Recfrom	Hunker G.A.R. Collection
Site	G.A.R. Hall Museum
Site #	31