Military pensions -- United States -- Revolution, 1775-1783
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Christopher Brady certificate
00-2009-91-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2009-91-0
Scope and Contents
A certificate about the Revolutionary War service of Christopher Brady, residing in Cheshire (Conn.). The certificate is written by William Munson, formerly a Captain in General Moses Hazen's Regiment. Brady's name may also be written Prady in the muster rolls.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1823 Feb 20
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Deming, Perkins, and Quincy families papers
1950-01-0
Collection
Identifier: 1950-01-0
Scope and Contents
The Deming, Perkins, and Quincy Families Papers document members of several prominent families who lived in the town of Litchfield, Conn. In the late eighteenth century, the patriarchs of each family earned wealth through their activities as merchants, traders, and investors, enabling them and many of the members of the next generations to live lives free from financial concern, if not outright luxury. The papers consist largely of correspondence, and also include collections of financial...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1762-1950; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1921
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Seth Seeley military pension
00-2010-27-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-27-0
Scope and Contents
A two part document: first, J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, in a statement given at the war office on 1819 Oct 23, certifies that Seth Seeley was a private in the army of the revolution and is inscribed on the List Roll of New York and is entitled to a pension of $8.00 per month. The second part of the document is dated 8 May 1820 and sworn before Joshua Ferris, Justice of the Peace in Delaware County, NY, that Seth Seelye is entitled to a pension due to his service in Capt. David Bushnell's...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1819-1823
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Tallmadge, Benjamin to John Webb, 1828 June 09
2026-31-0
Item
Identifier: 2026-31-0
Scope and Contents
A June 9, 1828 letter (2026-31-0) from Benjamin Tallmadge to Major John Webb of West Canaan, Connecticut concerning pensions for members of the Revolutionary army. Tallmadge specifically writes to Webb concerning the commission allowed to a Colonel Ogden and others who advocated on their behalf before Congress. He later talks about lobbying the Secretary of the Treasury to avoid placing officers in the Revolutionary army on the same pay establishment as the infantry. Also included is a typed...
Dates:
1828 June 09