$8 a month. It did go up later. Much later. Loreen On 10-06-01 07:34 AM, JackLangton@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 5/31/2010 10:40:34 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > loreenwl@gmail.com writes: > > I got my ggrandfather's pension file. He mustered out in fragile health > and was never able to work much after that. He died in 1887 without > applying for a pension. His widow filed for one > > > > Per the above, I have a pension copy of a widow who had to run the > pension gauntlet for years because her late husband had spelled his name > O'Brian when mustering in, and O'Brien when mustering out. I'm not sure she ever > did get it, though a legion of upstanding citizens swore in her behalf. > > Now that I think about it, does anyone know what the average pension > payment was, after all that travail? > > Jack Langton > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >