Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-08-16
TO OFFICERS, SOLDIERS, sEAMEN,
&C., OF ALL WARS, THEIR WIDOWS
AND MINOR CHILDREN.
st,2 s.. nj. KNIGHT,
Attorney for Government Claimants,


Attorney for Government Claimants,
WASHINGTON, ID. c.,
G0NTlNUES 10 give prompt and personal at
| " tention to the prosecution OF Claims OF every
description against the General Government, and
particularly 10 those before the Treasury Depart
nieni Pension and Bounty Land Bureaus, Patent
and General Land Offices, and Board OF Claims.
An experience of years, and familiarity with
The means of obtaining The EARLIEST and most ia~
vorable action on Claims, with his facilities Tor the
dispatch of business, justify him IN assuring his
| Correspondents, Claimants, and the public gener.
ally that interests intrusted 10 his keeping will
not be neglected Bs alaT aas
Pension, Bounty Land, Patent, and Public
Land Laws. go Ia .3s
He has nearly ready for gratui,ous distribution
among his business Correspondents, (and those
who may become such1 a neat pamphlet contain
ing synopsis of the existing Pension, Bounty
Land, Patent and Public Land Laws, down to
the end Of the late Congress- including the
Bounty Land Act Of Sd March, 1865,
under which all who have heretofore received
less than go acres are now entitled 10 additional
land; said Act grants also l60 acres TO all Officers,
Non commissioned Officers, Chaplains, Soldiers,
Wagon-masters, Teamsters, and friendly Indians,
OF the Army, including State Troops, Volunteers,
and Militia--and all Officers. Seamen, Ordinary
Seamen, Marines, Clerks, and Landsmen, of the
Navy, not heretofore provided for, who. have
served not less than fourteen days (unless in bat
tle) at any period since l776; and to the widows
and minor children of all such persons entitled,
and deceased.
This pamphlet contains Forms of Application"
more full and complete than any elsewhere to be
found; adapted to the wants of every class of
Claimants under the Act, with copious decisions
and instructions Of the Department, and practical
suggestions TO the course to be pursued in sus
pended or rejected cases. t8
Parties not wishing to avail themselves of the
facilities afforded by this Office IN securing prompt
and personal superintendence oftheir claims at the
departments. can obtain copies of the above
pamphlet by renitting thirty cents in postage
stamps r0.c gaJ. K gaEr5..aatl u
( Inducements to Correspondents. l1t. n
Ea Correspondents who prepare and forward cases
tor management by this Agency will be dealt with
literally supplied with all necessary blanks gratis
and kept constantly advised of the changes that
from time 10 time occur in the execution of the
law. H#Ha s1SfEy t Euss
4 Ii is within the subscribers power to direct his
Correspondents TO the locality of very many per-
sons entitled under the late Act; and having OBJ
tanned several thousand Land Warrants under
former laws, he is in possession OF data that will
materially assist in securing additional bounty.
Fees, below the usual rates--and, contingent
upon the admission OF Claims. 81.
\ The highest cash prices given for Land War
rants, Revolutionary Scrip, and Illinois Land
Patents. n
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