Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2008.260.misc.0078b |
Object Name |
Photograph |
Description |
B/W, On the left side of the photo is a photo of a man in uniform mounted to a page which is taped to a separate page which in black ink reads, "INDIAN WARS./ Cert. No. 6330". Left of the photo a name signed in black ink reads, "Ridgley". On the right side of the photo is a document, a widow's pension. Typed or written in ink reads, "INDIAN WARS. Act of July 27, 1892./ and act of June 27 1902/ ORIGINAL./ THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA./ DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,/ BUREAU OF PENSIONS./ WIDOW'S PENSION./ I Certify That, in conformity with the Law of the United States,/ approved July 27, 1892, Christine M. Monteith widow/ of Thomas Monteith, who was a Private/ of leo F. 1" Regiment Oregon Riflemen/ is entitled to pension at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence/ on the twenty seventh day of June, one thousand eight nine hundred and/ ninety five, and to continue during her widowhood./ Given at the Department of the Interior, this Fifteenth day of December, one thousand eight nine hundred/ and ninety three/ Ethan A Hitchcock/ Secretary of the Interior./ Examined and countersigned/ E. F. Ware/ Commissioner of Pensions." A stamp in black ink on the right side indicates an increase to $12 a month from 1908. |
Date |
1892-1908 |
Collection |
Potts Collection |
People |
Monteith, Christine M. Monteith, Thomas Ridgley Ware, E. F. Hitchcock, Ethan A. |