Certificates of land bounties granted to Revolutionary War soldiers, 1801-1828 (bulk 1805-1814).

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Certificates of land bounties granted to Revolutionary War soldiers, 1801-1828 (bulk 1805-1814).

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Massachusetts passed a bounty law in 1801 (Resolves 1800, c 139, Mar. 5, 1801) granting payment of $20 or 200 acres to anyone having served in the Continental Army for 3 years or the duration of the war. See also: Applications for Revolutionary War bounties, 1801-1835 ((M-Ar)2568X); Massachusetts. Treasury Office. Warrants drawn on the Treasury for bounties for Revolutionary War soldiers, 1801-1807 ((M-Ar)2570X) 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.

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