J.R. Bostwick, sutler. Scott's Nine Hundred United States Cavalry 25 cents sutler's scrip/trade note. Printed Baltimore: A. Hoen & Co., n.d. Serial no. 390, stamped in red. Printer's device printed in green to verso. 4 1/16 x 2 7/16 in.

An uncommon note from J.R. Bostwick, who served as the sutler for the 11th New Cavalry, known as Scott's Nine Hundred, throughout the Civil War. He is described in the regimental history, The Story of a Cavalry Regiment: "Scott's 900" Eleventh New York Cavalry:  "J.R. Bostwick was the regimental sutler from the beginning to the end. He kept a large variety of goods that soldiers require, such as gloves, blacking, polishing stuffs, thread, needles, pipes, tobacco and cigars. He was a very accommodating man, and charged good prices for his wares, but they were not exorbitant, considering the risks which he took. At Camp Relief he furnished the officers' mess and had money to lend for a fair rate of interest; he trusted the men for two dollars' worth of tickets per month, to be paid on the first pay-day, and would give a still larger credit if a man asked for it." (p. 14)

References: 

Thomas West Smith. The Story of a Cavalry Regiment: "Scott's 900" Eleventh New York Cavalry. [Chicago]: Veteran Association of the Regiment, [1897]. 

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