Widow's Claim, Department of the Interior, Betsey E. Colby, June 20, 1863

Authors

Files

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Description

This document states the pension Betsey E. Colby, the widow of Charles G. Colby, will receive due to her husband's service as a Private in the United States Military. The pension she'll receive is eight dollars a month for the duration of her life unless she remarries. The claim is dated June 13, 1864 and signed by the Secretary of the Interior, John Palmer Usher and co-signed by Joseph Barnett, Commissioner of Pensions. The document number is 24398.

Publication Date

6-13-1864

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Time Period

1860-1869

Subjects

Legal documents

Geographic Location

Illinois

Object Type

text

Format (original)

document

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

FVW-MANU-B1F78

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Original Manuscript Collection, Series 3: Abraham Lincoln Legal Documents, 1837-1859, Box 1, Folder 78

Repository

The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana Repository

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Recommended Citation

Widow's Claim, Department of the Interior, Betsey E. Colby, June 20, 1863, Original Manuscript Collection, Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.