Senate Report 1619 to Accompany a Bill Granting a Pension to Harriet Tubman Davis
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- 1899-02-07
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This Senate report includes evidence collected by the Committee on Pensions regarding the Civil War service of Harriet Tubman Davis as a nurse, cook, and spy. It also includes information on the widow's pension she was receiving based on the military service of her husband, Nelson Davis. The report recommends that Tubman's widow's pension be increased from $8 to $20 per month.
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U.S. House of Representatives. 3/4/1789
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- Center for Legislative Archives
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Accompanying Papers of the 55th Congress - Subjects
- American Civil War, 1861-1865
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- Paper
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- U.S. House of Representatives. 3/4/1789. Senate Report 1619 to Accompany a Bill Granting a Pension to Harriet Tubman Davis. 1899-02-07. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://catalog.archives.gov/id/7330232. (Accessed January 29, 2023.)
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- U.S. House of Representatives. 3/4/1789, (1899-02-07) Senate Report 1619 to Accompany a Bill Granting a Pension to Harriet Tubman Davis. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://catalog.archives.gov/id/7330232
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- U.S. House of Representatives. 3/4/1789. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://catalog.archives.gov/id/7330232>.