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Widow's Case Certificate No. 6854

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This is one side of Widow's Case Certificate No. 6854 documenting actions in the application by Laura A. Drummond, widow of Benamin Drummond (the first patient admitted into the Naval Hospital,Washington City, when it opened on October 1, 1866). It shows that she was "Placed on the Pension Roll under the Act of July 14th, 1862, at $8 per month, from Sept. 8th, 1891." This is a digital copy of the original record held by the National Archives. Click here to see the other side of this form.

This is one side of Widow's Case Certificate No. 6854 documenting actions in the application by Laura A. Drummond, widow of Benamin Drummond (the first patient admitted into the Naval Hospital,Washington City, when it opened on October 1, 1866). It shows that she was Placed on the Pension Roll under the Act of July 14th, 1862, at $8 per month, from Sept. 8th, 1891. This is a digital copy of the original record held by the National Archives.

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