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Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications^[1]

Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files" (NARA M804) cover about 80,000 pension and bounty land warrant application files. Most are dated between 1800 and 1900.^[2] See the official NARA pamphlet explaining these records in detail at M804.pdf.

Pension legislation during the Revolutionary War was designed to encourage enlistment and acceptance of commissions and to prevent desertion and resignation. After iKe \var, pensions became a form of reward for services rendered. Both during an-.i jtter the Revolution, the States as well as the U.S. Government awarded pensio1' based on participation in the conflict. The records reproduced in this microfilm publication pertain only to pensions granted or paid pursuant to public and private acts of the U.S. Government. Public acts, under which the majority of such pensions were authorized, encompassed large classes of veterans or their dependents who met common eligibility requirements. Private acts concerned specific individuals whose special services or circumstances merited consideration, but who could not be awarded pensions under existing public acts. ^[3]

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