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THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
H. R. 101.
(Report No. 112.)
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
January 19, 1848.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Mr. Donnell, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill:
A BILL
For the relief of Esther Russell.
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14 		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That the Secretary of War be directed to in-
crease the pension of Esther Russell, widow of Philip M.
Russell, a surgeon’s mate in the army of the Revolution,
to such sum as would have been allowed her husband for a
service of two years as surgeon’s mate during the war of
the Revolution, by virtue of an act passed the seventh day
of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, entitled “An act
supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving
officers and soldiers of the Revolution;” said pension, so
increased, to commence from the fourth day of January,
eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and to continue for and
during her natural life.
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H R No 101
For the relief of Esther Russell

Printed Document, 2 page(s), RG 233, Entry 362: Records of the United States House of Representatives, Thirtieth Congress, 1847-1849, Records of Legislative Proceedings, Bills and Resolutions Originating in the House, 1847-1849, NAB ,