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Gazette Of The United States
New York, New York County, New York
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Numerous lame and impoverished Revolutionary War veterans, including soldiers and seamen, applied for pensions at the current U.S. Circuit Courts term, evoking sympathy. The court granted Old Commodore Manly a lifelong half-pay pension of $20 per month and $200 in arrears for his past services.
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Whoever has attended the Circuit Courts of the United States the present term, must have been affected at the many objects who presented themselves as candidates for pensions.—To see the lame and emaciated war-worn Soldier—the decrepit and almost naked seaman—the best years of whose life had been spent in the service of his country—humbly supplicating the scanty morsel to save him from perishing, was a sight which affected every benevolent and generous heart present: while the emotions of the soul were agitated with the recital of
Most disastrous chances,
" Of moving accidents by flood and field,
" Of hair-breadth 'scapes, in th' imminent deadly breach,
" Of being taken by the inhuman foe,
" And sold to slavery—and of redemption thence."
But the attention of the Hon. Judges was commensurate with the necessities of the wretched who applied—and we are happy to announce, among other successful applicants, the name of Old Commodore Manly—whose intrepid valour, and timely services, were celebrated by his countrymen, in the " times which tried men's souls." He has obtained a pension of half pay for life [$20 dols. per month] and arrearages of 200 dollars.
Columbian Centinel.
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United States
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The Present Term
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old commodore manly obtained a pension of half pay for life [$20 dols. per month] and arrearages of 200 dollars.
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Numerous war-worn soldiers and seamen presented themselves as candidates for pensions at the Circuit Courts of the United States the present term, humbly supplicating aid. The Hon. Judges attended to their necessities, granting success to several applicants including Old Commodore Manly for his intrepid valour and timely services in the times which tried men's souls.