[Letter from Albert Sydney Burleson to Dr. Joseph Pound, February 22, 1907]

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Letter from Albert Sydney Burleson to Dr. Joseph Pound detailing instructions on how to apply and be provided an increase in pensions from $12 to $16 as per his service in the Mexican American War. There is an enclosed document that shows the actual act of Congress that was passed to gain this increase; in part the act reads: "any person who served ninety days or more...during the late civil war or sixty days in the war with Mexico...be entitled to receive a pension as follows..." There is a three-tiered pension setup, those who are sixty two years or older … continued below

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[2] p. ; 26 cm. + 1 enclosure (24 x 15 cm.)

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Burleson, Albert Sydney February 22, 1907.

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Built in 1854, the Homestead was home to one of the founding families of Dripping Springs near Austin. Occupied by the Pound family until 1983, it was the first school house, church, and medical office. The reconstructed home and its decorative artifacts represent life in Central Texas around the year 1910.

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Letter from Albert Sydney Burleson to Dr. Joseph Pound detailing instructions on how to apply and be provided an increase in pensions from $12 to $16 as per his service in the Mexican American War. There is an enclosed document that shows the actual act of Congress that was passed to gain this increase; in part the act reads: "any person who served ninety days or more...during the late civil war or sixty days in the war with Mexico...be entitled to receive a pension as follows..." There is a three-tiered pension setup, those who are sixty two years or older gets $12, seventy years get $16, and seventy five or older get $20.

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[2] p. ; 26 cm. + 1 enclosure (24 x 15 cm.)

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Burleson, Albert Sydney. [Letter from Albert Sydney Burleson to Dr. Joseph Pound, February 22, 1907], letter, February 22, 1907; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth743067/: accessed May 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dr. Pound Historical Farmstead.

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