Orders for half pay, 1786-1787.

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Orders for half pay, 1786-1787.

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Resolution of Aug. 24, 1780 (U.S. Congress) allowed widows or orphaned children of officers of the Revolutionary War to collect half pay for seven years, providing the officer met the requirements of Resolution of May 15, 1778, permitting half pay for officers in the Continental Army until the end of the war. Series consists of orders, Jan. 1786-Feb. 1787, requesting half pay to be issued to survivors of members of Massachusetts regiments by state treasurer Thomas Ivers (1782-1787). Orders in this series come from survivors of the following officers: Edward Kingman (2nd Regiment), Lieutenant Turner (5th Regiment), Capt. David Patrick (7th Regiment), Lt. Ebenezer Fisk (8th Regiment) (two orders), Jonathan Woodward (9th Regiment), Capt. Samuel King (10th Regiment), Maj. Abner Cranston (13th Regiment), Joseph Fenton (13th Regiment), Maj. Joseph Morse (14th Regiment), Capt. Paul Ellis (15th Regiment), and Capt. Edmund Munro (15th Regiment)

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Massachusetts. Treasurer (1782-1787 : Ivers)

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Ivers, Thomas, 1730-1787

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United States. Continental Army

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In response to the expansion of the Continental Army the number of staff was increased and reorganized in 1776. Changes included the creation of a new unit to supplement George Washington's personal staff. This special unit, the Commander in Chief's Guard, was formed on March 12, 1776 with Captain Caleb Gibbs (formerly adjutant of the 14th Continental Regiment and appointed Aid to Major General Greene) as commander. The unit protected Washington, the army's cash, and official papers. ...

Massachusetts. Treasury Office

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Throughout the provincial period, Massachusetts towns were periodically assessed by the Treasury with taxes for the defraying of public charges and support of the government. This practice increased in importance and frequency during the Revolutionary War, as individual colonies became largely responsible for financial support of the war effort. Resolves 1777-78, c 398 (Oct. 9, 1777), dictated that all Massachusetts financial support of the war was thenceforth to be based on taxation only, with ...