Petition of Mary Hibborn
Document 1797Mary Hibborn's petition for land promised to soldiers who served in the late war until its termination is denied because her husband, Francis Cranberry, served and died long before the war ended.
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Document Signed
Description
Mary Hibborn's petition for land promised to soldiers who served in the late war until its termination is denied because her husband, Francis Cranberry, served and died long before the war ended.
Date
01/27/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Repository
Document number
1797012700001
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Notable persons
James McHenry
[United States Senate]
Mary Hibborn
Francis Cranberry
widow to said Cranberry
soldiers who should engage to serve
representatives of those slain by the enemy, or who died in consequence of wounds inflicted by them
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
records of the Department of War
land promised by the Act of Congress
Resolution of Congress of the 16th and 18th of September 1776
benefit of the provisions
bounty
land