商品簡介
Presents petitions to the U.S. government from veterans of the Revolutionary War, their survivors or assignees, and civilians with war-related claims against the government. Petitions are divided into categories according to the nature of the claim: compensation for civilian service, money and supplies, property damaged or destroyed by the British and Continental armies, commutation, compensation for military service, dependent survivors of deceased soldiers, hospital department, invalid pensions, navy, settlement of accounts, and general documents. The editors' introductions, to the volume itself, each section, and each individual document, place the petitions in historical context. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
作者簡介
Charlene Bangs Bickford is director and coeditor of The Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, 1789-1791. Kenneth R. Bowling serves as coeditor of the DHFFC. William C. diGiacomantonio is assistant editor of the DHFFC.
