the back and dated August 11, 1863 to Hester Jackson in the amount of sixteen dollars for the family of an unnamed soldier in the 51^st Virginia Regiment.  Signed by Tho. H. Simmerman, Com. for 8 district. Countersigned on the reverse, not by Mrs. Jackson but by John Felty with two unreadable initials underneath, probably a witness.

Note that this check is not pre-printed; this was probably before they received stamps to pre-print the checks.  [ld] [ph:L]

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