Claims of Invalids
Document 1794Secretary Knox took measures to obtain adjudication by Supreme Court on the validity of claims by invalids. The attempt was unsuccessful, as will appear in Report of Attorney General. Message delivered to House of Representatives and Senate. At stake were claims of widows and orphans.
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[Navy 11 Oct 97 H S]
The Secretary of War, respectfully
Reports to the Senate,
and House of Representatives of the United States.
That by the Act passed the last
Session of Congress, intitled an Act to regulate the
claims to invalid pensions, it was made the duty of
the Secretary at War in conjunction with the Attor
ney General, "to take such measures as might be ne
cessary to obtain an adjudication of the Supreme
Court of the United States on the validity of the
rights claimed by invalids under the act entitled
"An Act to provide for the settlement of the claims
Type
Copy of Signed Document
Description
Secretary Knox took measures to obtain adjudication by Supreme Court on the validity of claims by invalids. The attempt was unsuccessful, as will appear in Report of Attorney General. Message delivered to House of Representatives and Senate. At stake were claims of widows and orphans.
Date
02/21/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1794022100001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Knox
John Stagg
Edmund Randolph
Attorney general
widows
orphans
commissioners
pensioners
invalids
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
pension