Enclosed List of Invalid Pensioners
Document 1797Cover letter enclosing list of Invalid Pensioners who were reexamined by doctors and the amount of pension they would receive.
No human transcription currently available for this document.
This transcription was generated by machine using Anthropic's Claude Code (model sonnet 4.6). It may contain errors or inaccuracies. Please verify against the document image. Learn more about our generative AI methodology.
[Docket on outer wrapper: Communication / to Vice President from / Sec. of War, with a / List of Invalid Pension / Applicants. / January 18. / 1797.]
War Department 17 January 1797.
Sir
I have the honour to transmit you herewith, a list of Invalid Pension Applicants, who have been re-examined by Physicians, agreeably to a Resolve of Congress of the 10th day of April 1796.
I am with great respect &.
Sir.
your obedient Servant
James McHenry
The Vice President
of the United States
[Enclosure]
A List of Invalid Pension Applicants whose names were transmitted to the Judges of the respective districts to which they belong, and who have been re-examined by Physicians, agreeably to a Resolve of Congress of the 10th of April 1796.
Applicants Names | Rank | The State to which they belong | Ratio of Invalidity stated by Physician
Daniel [undecipherable: Mear?] | Captain | New Hampshire | two thirds
Joseph Goodridge | Private | ditto | one half
Henry Currier | Private | ditto | one third
Joseph Patterson | Private | ditto | one half
David Robbins | Private | ditto | Total
[undecipherable: Jonas?] Parks | Private | ditto | one half
Obadiah Perkins | Lieutenant | Connecticut | one fourth
Samuel B. Hempsted | Lieutenant | ditto | one half
Thaddeus Beebe | Private | ditto | three fourths
Joseph Tyler | Major | Vermont | one half
Isaac Webster | Sergeant | ditto | one half
Peter Rider | Corporal | ditto | one half
John [undecipherable: Thayer?] | Private | ditto | Total
William Scott | Major | New York | Total
John Little | Captain | ditto | half pay
Thomas Hard | Corporal | ditto | Total
Henry [undecipherable: Snagg?] | Private | ditto | Total
Continued
Samuel [undecipherable: Adams?] | Private | New York | one half
Stephen [undecipherable: Ridley?] | Private | ditto | Total
[undecipherable: Findlay?] [undecipherable: Anderson?] | Bombardier | ditto | three fourths
Godfrey [undecipherable] | Private | ditto | Total
Casper [undecipherable: Michel?] | Private | Pennsylvania | Total
Philip [undecipherable: Capson?] | Lieutenant | [undecipherable] | Total
John [undecipherable: Coats?] | Surgeon | ditto | one third
Abraham Davidson | Drummer | Virginia | three fourths
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] | Private | ditto | Total
[undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | North Carolina | half pay
Joseph [undecipherable: Manson?] | Private | ditto | Total
Joseph [undecipherable: Kingdlaney?] | Private | ditto | three fourths
[undecipherable: Stannasas?] [undecipherable: Kingdlaney?] | Private | ditto | one fourth
William [undecipherable: Sampson?] | Private | ditto | one half
Richard Richardson | Sergeant | North Carolina | Total
William [undecipherable: Lawyer?] | Private | ditto | Total
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Cover letter enclosing list of Invalid Pensioners who were reexamined by doctors and the amount of pension they would receive.
Date
01/17/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Departemnt
Collection
Document number
1797011700001
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Adams
James McHenry
invalids
pensioners
judges
doctors
physicians
Notable locations
War Department
New Hampshire
district
Connecticut
Vermont
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
North Carolina
Virginia
South Carolina


