Revolutionary War pension index card file, 1820-1852.

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Revolutionary War pension index card file, 1820-1852.

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Series indexes names of Massachusetts Revolutionary War soldiers who received federal pensions, or whose applications were rejected, apparently compiled from the following published sources: Names of persons placed on the pension roll of the United States, under the act of the 18th of March, 1818, showing the rank and line in which each served : and made in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 20th of December, 1819 (Washington D.C. : 1820) A census of pensioners for Revolutionary or military service, with their names, ages, and places of residence (Washington, D.C. : 1841). 2 copies included with series. Report of the Secretary of the Interior, rejected or suspended applications for Revolutionary War pensions (Washington, D.C. : 1852) Series also indexes names of those receiving pensions through state legislation (i. e., through Sept. 1789), with citations given for the corresponding Massachusetts Resolves (Province Laws) by volume, page, and date. This is one of a set of record series relating to Massachusetts Revolutionary War and other early military pension and bounty payments. For a complete list see: Massachusetts Revolutionary War pension/bounty records. Additional background materials relating to such records are pending at the repository website, including list of records as noted above, lists of documents in Revolutionary War muster rolls and Eastern Lands papers, list of Massachusetts Revolutionary War pension/bounty laws, and Federal pension law timeline. There is also an onsite collection of these and other documents at the Archives reference desk.

1.6 cubic ft. (8 file card drawers)Census of pensioners 2 v.

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