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  2. United States House Committee on Revolutionary Pensions

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    In 1867, the committee assumed the role of administering to pension issues related to the War of 1812 to reduce the workload of the Committee on Invalid Pensions. The committee on Revolutionary Pensions was subsequently dissolved in 1880 following the creation of the Committee on Pensions. [1]

  3. Pension Act - Wikipedia

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    The 1832 Pension Act, formally titled "An Act supplementary to the "Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution.", 4 Stat. 529 (1832) was passed June 7, 1832 by the 22nd United States Congress as a final supplementary pension act for Revolutionary War veterans.

  4. United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions - Wikipedia

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    The United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions is a former committee of the United States House of Representatives from 1831 to 1946. The committee was created on January 10, 1831, with jurisdiction over matters relating to pensions for disabled veterans. Originally, the jurisdiction of the committee included pensions from the War of 1812.

  5. Dinah John - Wikipedia

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    Arthur C. Parker estimated that just 15 native women from New York played roles in the War of 1812, mostly as cooks. [13] Four were granted pensions for their service as cooks, but John was unable to prove that she had served, [2] although several sources contradict this and list her as one of several Iroquois women to be granted pensions for their service.

  6. United States Senate Committee on Pensions - Wikipedia

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    In 1789, the federal government started paying for some pensions as well. [2] In 1818, the federal government under President James Madison passed a large pension bill for veterans of the Revolutionary War at his urging. The bill didn't require applicants to provide evidence of poverty or disability to be granted benefits, unlike previous programs.

  7. War of 1812 - Wikipedia

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    The war in Europe against the French Empire under Napoleon ensured that the British did not consider the War of 1812 against the United States as more than a sideshow. [281] Britain's blockade of French trade had worked and the Royal Navy was the world's dominant nautical power (and remained so for another century).

  8. Social history of soldiers and veterans in the United States

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    Civil War Leadership and Mexican War Experience (UP of Mississippi, 2007) online; Glasson, William Henry. History of military pension legislation in the United States (Columbia UP, 1900) online. Glasson, William H. "The State Military Pension System of Tennessee." The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 18.3 (1901 ...

  9. Veteran Corps of Artillery - Wikipedia

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    The Military Society of the War of 1812 was formed 03 January 1826 by officers of the War of 1812 to press for pensions and bounty land legislation. The Military Society of the War of 1812 and the Veteran Corps of Artillery of the State of New York on 08 January 1848 merged as a sole organization.