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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 11 STAT. · August 16, 1856 · Chapter CV

Chapter CV. for the Relief of Betsey Whipple

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Chap. CV.— An Act for the Relief of Betsey Whipple.August 16, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatBetsey Whipple to be placed on the pension roll at $66 per year, from June 28, 1853, during widowhood. the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Betsey Whipple, widow of Stephen Whipple, late a pensioner of the United States, upon the roll of pensioners, and pay to her annually, during her widow-hood, the sum of ninety-six dollars, to commence on the twenty-eighth day of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-three.
Approved, August 16, 1856. Chapter CVI: for the Relief of Levi C. Harris. 11 Stat. 464 1856-08-16 Chapter CVI Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-11 34 1 private
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