Knoxville Agency's Receipt of Suspension Order
This printed receipt form documents the U.S. Pension Agency at Knoxville, Tennessee formally acknowledging, on August 30, 1893, the Bureau's order of August 19 (the letter transcribed on page 25) to suspend payment on Elias Roberts' Certificate No. 17403. Pension Agent Wm. Rule confirmed that Roberts had last been paid $8 through August 4, 1893. The Bureau's Finance Division, Pension Section, stamped the receipt as received on September 4, 1893 — directly corroborating and dating the suspension already documented in the drop decision on page 24.
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RECEIPT OF ORDER TO SUSPEND, RESUME, OR TERMINATE.
U. S. Pension Agency,
Knoxville, Tenn.
AUG 30 1893 (printed date stamp filling the form's blank date line)
The COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C.
SIR:
I hereby acknowledge the receipt of your order of Aug. 19, 1893 in the case of Elias Roberts, Mex War, Certificate No. 17403, (formerly on (blank) rolls) directing that payment of pension be suspended.
Last paid at $8 to 4 Aug, 1893.
Very respectfully,
Wm. Rule,
Pension Agent.
(oval stamp, lower right: "Finance Division / SEP 4 1893 / Pension Section")
