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Book/Printed Material Illustrated Family Record (Fraktur) Found in Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application File W3079, for Philip Frey, Pennsylvania.

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Title

  • Illustrated Family Record (Fraktur) Found in Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application File W3079, for Philip Frey, Pennsylvania.

Summary

  • During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress passed laws promising pensions or grants of government-owned land to officers and soldiers who served in the war, as well as to the survivors of those killed. This illustrated family record in the German Fraktur script, hand-colored with large birds, is a birth and baptismal document submitted as part of the application for a pension by Anna Margaretha Kolb, wife of Revolutionary War veteran Philip Frey. From Pennsylvania, Frey served between April 1776 and January 1778. He fought in the battles at Long Island, White Plains, and Germantown, and was discharged at Valley Forge. Beginning in March 1839, Anna received a month, based upon her husband's service. German was still the primary language spoken by many people in 18th- and 19th-century Pennsylvania.

Names

  • Kolb, Anna Margaretha, born 1761 Associated Name.
  • Krebs, Freidrich, flourished 1780-1815 Artist.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1780 to 1815]

Headings

  • -  United States of America--Pennsylvania
  • -  1761 to 1839
  • -  Baptismal certificates
  • -  Birth certificates
  • -  Fraktur art
  • -  Pensions
  • -  United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 document (1 page with colored decorations).
  • -  Original resource at: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
  • -  Content in German.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667577

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Kolb, Anna Margaretha, Born 1761 Associated Name, and Freidrich Krebs. Illustrated Family Record Fraktur Found in Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application File W, for Philip Frey, Pennsylvania. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1815, 1780] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667577/.

APA citation style:

Kolb, A. M. & Krebs, F. (1780) Illustrated Family Record Fraktur Found in Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application File W, for Philip Frey, Pennsylvania. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1815] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667577/.

MLA citation style:

Kolb, Anna Margaretha, Born 1761 Associated Name, and Freidrich Krebs. Illustrated Family Record Fraktur Found in Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application File W, for Philip Frey, Pennsylvania. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1815, 1780] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667577/>.