CONTINENTAL CONGRESS RESOLVES TO CARE FOR VETERANS (AMERICAN

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CONTINENTAL CONGRESS RESOLVES TO CARE FOR VETERANS (AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) THOMSON, CHARLES. Printed Document Signed, as Secretary of the Continental Congress, Congressional resolution "That it be and it is hereby recommended to the several states, to make provision for officers, soldiers or seamen who have been disabled in the service of the United States, in the following manner . . ." 1 1/2 pages, tall 4to, printed on recto and verso of a single sheet; inlaid. Washington, 7 June 1785

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Among the recommendations: a complete list shall be made out; no one shall be entitled to pay unless he can produce a certificate from his commanding officer; commissioned officers wholly incapable of military duty shall be allowed a yearly pension equal to half their pay, etc.