Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.

Description

1. xi, 200 pages; 23 cm

Summary

1. "Two catastrophic fires in 1800, one in the War Department, the other in the Treasury Department, destroyed the earliest Revolutionary War pension application records. These records consisted primarily of claims for relief based on death or disability suffered during the War. As a result of the destruction of these early records, pension application papers on file at the National Archives do not begin before the year 1800...".

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. (copy in NYGB E 255 C52)

Alternative title

1. Pension lists

Subject

1. United States
2. Military pensions
3. Soldiers
4. History
5. Registers (Lists)
6. United States > Military records > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Pensions
7. American Revolution (1775-1783)
8. 1775-1783
9. Military pensions > United States > Revolution, 1775-1783
10. United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Registers
11. Soldiers > United States > Registers

Genre/Form

1. History.
2. Registers (Lists)

Contents

1. "Nevertheless, certain pension records pre-dating the critical year 1800 survive in the form of Congressional reports, and these reports would appear to be the earliest Revolutionary War pension records extant... The original claims were submitted to the War Department in accordance with legislation adopted in 1792 and were subsequently collated and presented to Congress as reports, by reason of which the essential information in the claims has survived. Within each of the nine reports the claims are arranged by state, giving, generally, name, rank, regiment, description and circumstances of wounds incurred, extant of disability, and information regarding pension, place of residence, and physical fitness" -- Introd.

Call number

1. E255

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source (note)

1. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society;

Author

1. Clark, Murtie June.

Title

1. The pension lists of 1792-1795 : with other Revolutionary War pension records / compiled by Murtie June Clark.

Imprint

1. [Baltimore, Md.] : Genealogical Pub. Co., ©1991.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source

1. Gift; New York Genealogical and Biographical Society; 2008. (copy in NYGB E 255 C52)

Chronological term

1. 1775-1783

Added author

1. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.

Other form:

1. Online version: Clark, Murtie June. Pension lists of 1792-1795. [Baltimore, Md.] : Genealogical Pub. Co., ©1991 (OCoLC)669320511

LCCN

1. 91073507

ISBN

1. 0806313188
2. 9780806313184

Research call number

1. *R-USLHG E255 C53 1991
2. NYGB E 255 C52