America's first veterans and the Revolutionary War pensions
By: Emily J. Teipe.
Series: Studies in American history ;; v. 42; Studies in American history (Lewiston, N.Y.) ;; v. 42.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Lewiston, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
Subjects: Veterans -- Government policy -- United States -- History.; Veterans -- United States -- Social conditions.; Military pensions -- United States -- History.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Veterans.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-239) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: I. "Paying our Deliverers": The Revolutionary War Pensions; title: II. "A Burthen on the Charity of their Country": Revolutionary Veteran Advocates and Advocate Groups; title: III. "I am Wholly Destitute of Property": the Life Course of Male Veterans of the Revolutionary War; title: IV. "Then Came the Old Devil Women": Female Revolutionary Soldiers, Veterans and Pensioners; title: V. Standing Just Behind the Tents: Revolutionary War Widows as Pensioners; title: Conclusion: "In the Odious Light of a Pension".