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Suffering Soldiers : Revolutionary War Veterans, Moral Sentiment, and Political Culture in the Early Republic
author
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Resch, John Phillips.
publisher
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University of Massachusetts Press
isbn10 | asin
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1558492321
print isbn13
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9781558492325
ebook isbn13
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9780585335575
language
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English
subject
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Veterans, Military pensions--United States--History--18th century, Military pensions--United States--History--19th century, United States.--Continental Army--Public opinion, Public opinion--United States--His
publication date
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1999
lcc
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E259.R47 1999eb
ddc
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305.9/0697/097309033
subject
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United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Veterans, Military pensions--United States--History--18th century, Military pensions--United States--History--19th century, United States.--Continental Army--Public opinion, Public opinion--United States--His
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Suffering Soldiers
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Suffering Soldiers
Revolutionary War Veterans, Moral Sentiment, and Political Culture in the Early Republic
John Resch
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This book is published with the support and cooperation of the University of Massachusetts Boston and with the assistance of a grant from the University of New Hampshire at Manchester.
Copyright 1999 by John Resch All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America LC 99-33065 ISBN 1-55849-232-1 Designed by Sally Nichols Printed and bound by Sheridan Books, Inc. Typeset in Adobe Caslon by Keystone Typesetting, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Resch, John Phillips, 1940 Suffering soldiers : Revolutionary War veterans, moral sentiment, and political culture in the early republic / John P. Resch. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 1-55849-232-1 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. United StatesHistoryRevolution, 17751783Veterans. 2. Military pensions United StatesHistory18th century. 3. Military pensionsUnited StatesHistory 19th century. 4. United States. Continental ArmyPublic opinion. 5. Public opinion United StatesHistory. 6. VeteransGovernment policyUnited StatesHistory 7. VeteransUnited StatesSocial conditions. 8. VeteransNew Hampshire PeterboroughSocial conditions. 9. New HampshireHistoryRevolution, 1775 1783Veterans, 10. Political cultureUnited StatesHistory. I. Title. E259.R47 1999 305.9'0697'097309033dc21 99-33065 CIP
British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available.
Frontispiece: Colonel James Clark of Lebanon, Connecticut, age ninety-five. At the time the lithograph was made, Clark was the oldest survivor of the Battle of Bunker Hill. Courtesy, American Antiquarian Society.
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FOR JOHN, GRIFF, AND JANE
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Contents
Preface
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Introduction
i
Chapter 1 Peterborough in the Revolutionary War
13
Chapter 2 Revolutionary War Veterans in Peterborough
47
Chapter 3 The Image of the Suffering Soldier
65
Chapter 4 Suffering Soldiers and Public Policy The 1818 Revolutionary War Pension Act
93
Chapter 5 The Pension Scandal, 1818-1820 Moral Sentiment and Public Policy on Trial
119
Chapter 6 Pension Administration, 1820-1823 Bureaucracy, Moral Sentiment, and Public Policy
146
Chapter 7 Veterans, Political Culture, and Public Policy
177
Conclusion
197
Appendix A: Text
203
Appendix B: Tables
210
Notes
233
Selected Bibliography
291
Index
309
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Preface
In 1818 Congress granted pensions to Revolutionary War veterans who had served at least nine months in the Continental Army and who were in "need of assistance from their country."1 In 1820, following a scandal that tarnished the program, Congress approved an amendment that removed all pensioners from the rolls and that required veterans to pass a means test before receiving their pensions.2 The two acts appeared to be no more than minor and obscure measures to aid impoverished soldiers. Their historical value, so it seemed, was the generation of nearly twenty thousand claims that contained untapped information about applicants' military service, wealth, and households.3 Following an exploratory study of one hundred claims, I concluded that a systematic, quantitative analysis of those records could shed new light on the young soldiers who fought in the Continental Army and would create a novel view of them as elderly, impoverished veterans. I envisioned a narrow, focused, and limited project to portray pension claimants and their households.
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