Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
H. R. 4.
(Report No. 4.)

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11 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United State of America in Congress
assembled, That the Secretary of War is hereby required
to issue a pension certificate to Mary Brown, of Clarks-
burgh, in the State of Massachusetts, ⋄ Bowlin to amend by B. to H. R. 4. Massachusetts, aged seventy seven ^four^ years and was born before the close of the revolution and—widow. ⋄widow of Jacob
Brown, senior, a revolutionary pensioner, deceased, ^(ând
step-mother of Major Jacob Brown, late of the United
States army,^)^ granting to her a pension at the rate of
twenty êight^ dollars per month, commencing on the first day of
January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, and
continuing during her natural life.

⋄H. R. 4. M^cClernand amend, by Amdt. D. ⋄

⋄Strike out of from âfter^ the word “deceased” înclusive^ in the 6^th line, to the word “Army” inclusive in the 8^th line, and strike out also the word “twenty’ in the 9^th line, and insert “eight”.⋄

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THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
H. R. 4.
(Report No. 4.)
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
December 20, 1847.
Read a first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Mr. Daniel P. King, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill:
A BILL
For the relief of Mary Brown, widow of Jacob Brown.

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11 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United State of America in Congress
assembled, That the Secretary of War is hereby required
to issue a pension certificate to Mary Brown, of Clarks-
burgh, in the State of Massachusetts, widow of Jacob
Brown, senior, a revolutionary pensioner, deceased, ^(ând
step-mother of Major Jacob Brown, late of the United
States army,^)^ granting to her a pension at the rate of
twenty êight^ dollars per month, commencing on the first day of
January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, and
continuing during her natural life.

⋄H. R. 4. M^cClernand amend, by Amdt. D. ⋄

⋄Strike out of from âfter^ the word “deceased” înclusive^ in the 6^th line, to the word “Army” inclusive in the 8^th line, and strike out also the word “twenty’ in the 9^th line, and insert “eight”.⋄

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H R Nô4

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For the relief of Mary Brown widow of Jacob Brown

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H R. Pass. Jan. 29^d 1848

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Report
Jan 29 Passed with amend^ts