Item #59213 Three publications related to military bounty lands for veterans of the War of 1812, (1) "An Act to provide for designating, surveying, and granting the Military Bounty Lands,"

Three publications related to military bounty lands for veterans of the War of 1812, (1) "An Act to provide for designating, surveying, and granting the Military Bounty Lands,"

(Washington, DC: War Department, nd [1816-1818?]. 4to, 2-pages, blank integral leaf), with a section outlining provisions for granting land bounties and a paragraph, signed by Nathaniel Cutting, a clerk in the War Department, in 1818, granting "Mr. Samuel Jackson" a bounty, and with the name "Thos. N. Vinson" added in pencil, not found in American Imprints or on OCLC, (2) "To the Officers of the Late War, the Second of Independence, the Following Proceedings Had in Reference to an Application to Congress, for Lands in Remuneration for Arduous Service … (NY: Printed by William Grattan, 1826; 12mo, 26 pp., fore-edges chipped, not affecting text; American Imprints 24182, 13 copies located on OCLC), and (3) ["To the Officers of the Late War"], ([NY: Printed by William A. Mercein, 1833]; 12mo, [3]-11, lacking printed front self-wrapper, with title page information; American Imprints OCLC locate five copies). Washington, DC, and NY, ca. 1816-1833. First editions. The warrant for 160 acres of land issued to Samuel Jackson in 1818 reflected his service as a private in the company commanded by Captain Jno. R. Bell, of a Regiment of United States light artillery. Records of the U.S. War Bounty Land Warrants for this patent show the power of attorney was held by a Thomas N. Vinson, Edgartown, Duke Cy., Massachusetts. The War Department's Bounty Lands for War of 1812 veterans initially did not include commissioned officers. Two of the pieces in this group relate to officers’ petitions and appeals that they be afforded the same considerations as the rest of the soldiers. The petitions submitted to Congress by the officers (and noted with emphasis in the margin by a previous owner) addressed the issue: "If the soldiers of the late war, and the heirs of volunteers who were killed, or died, had claims on the bounty of the Nation, why have not the officers whose skill and industry, by daily toil and sleepless nights, brought them into the field, and drilled them to efficiency, or those who ministered to their wants, or watched over their health, claims equally strong?" Despite forceful appeals, it was not until 1850 that officers received bounty lands for their service. Noting the missing printed front wrapper from the third item, a very good lot otherwise. (7238). Item #59213

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