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Otis, Samuel A. (1740-1814) An Act providing for Payment of the Invalid Pensioners of the United States

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04855 Author/Creator: Otis, Samuel A. (1740-1814) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Printed document signed Date: 29 September 1789 Pagination: 1 p. ; 33.3 x 20.3 cm. Order a Copy

Signed by Otis as Secretary of the Senate and co-signed by John Beckley as Clerk of the House. Transfers the payments of military pensions from the state to the federal government.

Otis, Samuel Allyne, 1740-1814
Beckley, John James, 1757-1807

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