A Manual of Pensions, Bounty, and Pay: Containing the Laws, Forms and Regulations Relating to Pensions, Bounty Land, Bounty Money, Pay, Claims for Horses and Other Property Destroyed, Etc., Etc.; with the Opinions of the Attorneys-general, and the Official Regulations and Decisions Pertaining to These Subjects |
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... quasi right , to be provided for by his countrymen , for whose sake he has 1 1 Decision of Secretary Stuart , Oct. 29 , 1850 . IN GENERAL . risked and suffered , and become incapable Of the Classes of Pensions INVALID PENSIONS.
... quasi right , to be provided for by his countrymen , for whose sake he has 1 1 Decision of Secretary Stuart , Oct. 29 , 1850 . IN GENERAL . risked and suffered , and become incapable Of the Classes of Pensions INVALID PENSIONS.
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... Secretary Ewing , July 18 , 1849. The widow of a person who served as steward , but appeared upon the ship's books as one of the crew , and amenable to martial law is entitled to a pension . Opinion of Attorney - General Butler , Nov ...
... Secretary Ewing , July 18 , 1849. The widow of a person who served as steward , but appeared upon the ship's books as one of the crew , and amenable to martial law is entitled to a pension . Opinion of Attorney - General Butler , Nov ...
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... Secretary Ewing , April 10 , 1849 . Death by drowning , in the line of duty in the naval service , entitles the widow of deceased to a pension . Secretary Ewing , Feb. 19 , 1850. Disa- bility of a soldier incurred in the line of his ...
... Secretary Ewing , April 10 , 1849 . Death by drowning , in the line of duty in the naval service , entitles the widow of deceased to a pension . Secretary Ewing , Feb. 19 , 1850. Disa- bility of a soldier incurred in the line of his ...
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... Secretary for the War Department shall proceed upon the testimony which has been transmitted to him by any claimant before the passage of this act , in the same manner as though this act had never passed . 1 An act approved April 24 ...
... Secretary for the War Department shall proceed upon the testimony which has been transmitted to him by any claimant before the passage of this act , in the same manner as though this act had never passed . 1 An act approved April 24 ...
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... Secretary for the Department of War . In accordance with the provisions of this law a large number of lists containing the names of persons entitled to pensions were transmitted by the District Judges to the Secretary of War , and by ...
... Secretary for the Department of War . In accordance with the provisions of this law a large number of lists containing the names of persons entitled to pensions were transmitted by the District Judges to the Secretary of War , and by ...
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Page 124 - Jersey, aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
Page 321 - States, and that such application is made for his or her exclusive use and benefit, and that said entry is made for the purpose of actual settlement and cultivation, and not either directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person...
Page 57 - ... places, and property which have been seized from the Union; and in every event the utmost care will be observed, consistently with the objects aforesaid, to avoid any devastation, any destruction of or interference with property, or any disturbance of peaceful citizens of any part of the country; and I hereby command the persons composing the combinations aforesaid, to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes, within twenty days from this date.
Page 107 - Act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War...
Page 56 - Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings...
Page 320 - That any person who is the head of a family, or who has arrived at the 'age of twenty-one years, and is a citizen of the United States, or who shall have filed his declaration of intention to become such...
Page 66 - ... upon the mustering of his company or regiment into the service of the United States. And all provisions of law relating to volunteers enlisted in the service of the United States for three years, or during the war...
Page 219 - States, and leave a widow, or, If no widow, a child or children under sixteen years of age, such widow, or, if no widow, such child or children shall be entitled to and receive half the monthly pay...
Page 56 - The details for this object will be immediately communicated to the State authorities through the War Department. I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate, and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and existence of our national Union, and the perpetuity of popular government, and to redress wrongs already long enough endured.
Page 222 - Service, or at any time, in consequence of wounds received in service, and shall leave a widow, or if no widow, a child, or children, under sixteen years of age ; such widow, or if no widow, such child, or children, shall be entitled to receive half the monthly pay...