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Pension records reveal famed early grants and lost papers
Curiosity centers on pension files in the Munson office detailing 19th century grants. The piece lists $600 yearly pensions from 1848 for Blaine’s great grandmother, notes Lincoln, Grant, Sherman, and Davis papers, and notes wide distribution among Revolutionary widows and presidential kin. It also contrasts archival misplacements and the long, dusty backlog of Mexican War era claims.
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Munson
Blaine
Ephraim Blaine
Tole
Sarah FE
Abraham Lincoln
Frank Pierce
General Grant
William T. Sherman
Teff Davie
Grant
Tts
Detroit
Mich
R. Q. M. Fourth Infantry
Wm. T. Sherman
Robert E. Lee
United States Military Academy
West Point
General Scott
Scott
Jeff Davis
Waldo
Pierce
Waldy
Rolla
Tennessee
Georgia
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
Misnissippi
Massachusetts
South Carolina
Ohio
New York
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Pennsylvania
Polk
John Tyler
Richmond, W
James 4. Garfield
Congress
Zachary Taylor
Taylor
Cleveland