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Press And Daily Dakotaian
Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota
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Ah Sin, the first Chinese person to receive a U.S. pension, was injured in a gun explosion on the USS Hartford in a Peruvian harbor in 1884. He receives $8 monthly from May 26, 1885, with retroactive payment, via the Chinese vice consul in San Francisco.
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WASHINGTON, March 5.- Last week the name of Ah Sin was placed on the pension roll at the department at the rate of $8 per month. Ah Sin is the first Chinaman to receive a pension from the United States government. He is a resident of San Francisco, but still bears allegiance to the Celestial empire. Ah Sin enlisted in the United States navy as a landsman, less than a decade ago, and shipped on the Hartford. This war vessel went to South America, and after cruising around for several months steamed into the harbor at one of the cities on the coast of Peru.-As she was doing this, a salute was fired, during which a gun burst, and so fractured Ah Sin's left leg that he was made a cripple. This occurred on Aug. 28. 1884, and on May 26, 1885, he applied for a pension, from which day it is now based, and he is given over $250 by, the retroaction. The pension is paid in the care of the vice Chinese consul at San Francisco. Ah Sin was a faithful seaman, and the officers at the pension office are proud of the opportunity to grant the petition.
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Harbor At One Of The Cities On The Coast Of Peru; San Francisco
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Aug. 28, 1884; May 26, 1885
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Ah Sin, a Chinese sailor in the U.S. Navy, was crippled by a bursting gun during a salute on the USS Hartford in a Peruvian harbor on August 28, 1884. He applied for a pension on May 26, 1885, and became the first Chinese person to receive one, at $8 per month with retroactive payment over $250, administered through the Chinese vice consul in San Francisco.