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[JEFFERSON, Thomas]. UNITED STATES, First Congress. Printed broadside boldly signed ("Th:Jefferson") as Secretary of State, comprising An Act for the Relief of disabled Soldier and Seamen lately in the Service of the United States. [New York: Childs & Swaine, 1790]. Folio, 2pp., small slip of paper affixed over an ink spot to left of signature, with some show-through on p.1, otherwise very good. Shipton and Mooney 46042. RARE
PROVIDING FOR DISABLED VETERANS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. The Revolutionary War left thousands of wounded veterans in its wake, and most of the states enacted legislation intended to compensate those who had sacrificed. The new Federal government under the Constitution took over military pensions in an act of September 29, 1789. Inevitably, though, there were deserving individuals whose cases--for technical reasons only--fell outside the provisions of the law. These individuals were frequently the beneficiaries of petitions for relief and enactments such as the present, which confirms pensions for some dozen named individuals. Two were "made prisoners in Canada, and forcibly detained in captivity among the Indians." The legislation entitles them and their fellow soldiers and sailors to the usual pension, to back pay in some cases, and arrears of their pensions.
PROVIDING FOR DISABLED VETERANS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. The Revolutionary War left thousands of wounded veterans in its wake, and most of the states enacted legislation intended to compensate those who had sacrificed. The new Federal government under the Constitution took over military pensions in an act of September 29, 1789. Inevitably, though, there were deserving individuals whose cases--for technical reasons only--fell outside the provisions of the law. These individuals were frequently the beneficiaries of petitions for relief and enactments such as the present, which confirms pensions for some dozen named individuals. Two were "made prisoners in Canada, and forcibly detained in captivity among the Indians." The legislation entitles them and their fellow soldiers and sailors to the usual pension, to back pay in some cases, and arrears of their pensions.