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Military: American Revolutionary War

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Research Topics: American Revolution

Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service, ca. 1800 - ca. 1900
114 documents have been digitized from this series. These items include fraktur submitted with Revolutionary War Pension applications. Fraktur are highly colorful personal records that are intrinsically valuable examples of folk art and documentation in the early national period of the Pennsylvania German culture. The fraktur usually are equivalent to modern concepts of birth, marriage, and death certificates. These materials are held by the Old Military and Civil Records (Washington, DC).

Search Hint: To retrieve the 114 digitized documents:
1. Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
2. Press the Yellow search button to go to the Basic search screen.
3. Enter Revolutionary War and (fraktur or draft) in the Keywords box.
4. Select the limit results radio button for 1000.
5. Select the box marked Descriptions of Archival Materials linked to digital copies.
6. Press the Go button.
7. When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.
From the Collection:

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ARC Identifier: 300208, Title: "Illustrated family record (Fraktur) found in Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application File W3397 for Isaac Dickisson, New Jersey., ca. 1800 - ca. 1900"

Selected Documents of the Revolutionary War
2 documents have been digitized from the War Department. These materials are held by the Old Military and Civil Records (Washington, DC).

Search Hint: To retrieve the 2 digitized documents from the War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records:
1. Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
2. Press the Yellow search button to go to the Basic search screen.
3. Enter Numbered Record Books in the Keywords box.
4. Select the limit results radio button for 100.
5. Press the Go button.
6. When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link for Numbered Record Books, 1775 - 1798.
7. Scroll down to the part of the description that says Includes 2 items. Click on that link to view the hit list for all 2 items.
From the Collection:

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ARC Identifier: 300356, Title: "George Washington's General Order of March 16, 1780, granting Saint Patrick's Day as a holiday to the troops., 03/16/1780"