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“Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War and Later Navy Veterans (Navy Widows' Certificates), 1861-1910,” digital images, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : accessed 4 March 2008); Kate Nickerson, widow of Charles Nickerson (seaman, USS Monticello), certificate #7017, p. 11; imaged from Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War and Later Navy Veterans (Navy Widows' Certificates), 1861-1910, M1279 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives).

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“Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War and Later Navy Veterans (Navy Widows' Certificates), 1861-1910,” digital images, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : [date image viewed]); [pensioner’s name, widow of sailor’s name (company, regiment)] certificate [number]; imaged from Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War and Later Navy Veterans (Navy Widows' Certificates), 1861-1910, M1279 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives).

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The records shown here are scanned from the National Archives microfilm publication, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War and Later Navy Veterans, ('Navy Widows' Certificates'), 1861-1910, M1279. The original records are located in Record Group 15, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 – 2001 in the National Archives.

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