The Lost Pensions: Settled Accounts of the Act of 6 April 1838
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1888265035
ISBN 13
9781888265033
Category
History--U.S., Frontier Wars
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Publication Year
1996
Publisher
Pages
374
Subject
United States -- Military records -- Pensions.
Description
"This book is a finding aid to 144 boxes of payment records found in the series entitled Settled accounts of payment of accrued pensions, found in the records of the third auditor, records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury, record Group 217, at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. They represent accounts from the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, various Indian Wars before 1860, and the Mexican War. Many of the individuals identified in this list are not found in the various pension indexes that cover the period. This volume is designed to make access to these records possible"--Introduction.
Number of Copies
1
