Certificates submitted by disabled Revolutionary War veterans claiming pensions and audited accounts of pensions 1779-1789

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Certificates submitted by disabled Revolutionary War veterans claiming pensions and audited accounts of pensions 1779-1789

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This series contains copies of documents submitted by veterans claiming pensions under various State laws. The State auditor (previously auditor general) received the originals of these documents, copied and audited them, and authorized the payment of pensions.

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New York (State). Auditor.

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During and immediately after the Revolutionary War, the U.S. Congress passed resolutions recommending that the states make provisions to pay pensions to soldiers and sailors wholly or partially disabled from earning a living by means of wounds, illness, or accidential injury sustained while in military service. Pensions were to be paid with federal funds. In 1779, New York established procedures for paying these pensions. Claimants were required to submit certificates fr...

New York (State). Auditor-General.

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