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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06313.04.126 |
| From Archive Folder | Aaron Hobart Collection |
| Title | Zacheus Bartlett to Aaron Hobart discussing bounty land for American Revolution veterans |
| Date | 1 January 1822 |
| Author | Bartlett, Zacheus (fl. 1821-1822) |
| Recipient | Hobart, Aaron |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Discusses bounty land for veterans of the American Revolution. Requests that Hobart obtain and send the warrant issued for Jonathan Bartlett's bounty, which had been approved but not issued. Also asks Hobart, if he can, to send the names of "1200 Massachusetts men who had not obtained that [Revolutionary War] bounty [land]." |
| Subjects | American Statesmen Politics Government and Civics Congress Revolutionary War Continental Army Military History Soldier's Pay Pension Land Transaction |
| People | Bartlett, Zacheus (fl. 1821-1822) Hobart, Aaron (1787-1858) Bartlett, Jonathan (fl. 1822) |
| Place written | Plymouth, Massachusetts |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | There were two Zacheus Bartletts living in Plymouth, Massachusetts when this letter was written, one who lived from 1762-1835, and his nephew, who lived from 1793-1862. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |