Special Message
12/20/1885
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There is no suggestion that the widow has died or remarried.
I do not suppose it was intended that a double pension should be allowed.
If the beneficiary can justly claim a pension dating from her application to the Pension Bureau in 1890, the benefits accruing to her theref...
If such proof is supplied, she would be entitled to a pension dating from July 14, 1890, which would be much more advantageous than the reli...