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revolutionary war pensions  

Definition

  • Historians estimate that between 200,000 and 250,000 men served in the Revolutionary War in all branches of military service. In the years following the war, however, men who had been soldiers or noncommissioned officers received little public recognition of their service. [Source: Encyclopedia of War & American Society; Revolutionary War Pensions]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-SF7925QB-P

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