Many of the soldiers who served during the Revolutionary War were given pensions from the federal government for their service. The manuscript collection at NEHGS contains a number of original receipts with the soldiers' signatures, acknowledging the receipt of their pension funds. This searchable database contains images of the receipts, including the original signatures or marks of the pensioners.

The number of records in this database is small, but if your ancestor is one of the few listed, you could find this to be an excellent source of information. You can even see an image of the original document containing your ancestor’s signature. Access to this database is restricted to members of the New England Historic Genealogical Society.

The Massachusetts Pensioners' Receipts 1829-1837 database, with images, is available at: www.newenglandancestors.org.

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