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50th Congress, First Session Report # 573
March 14, 1888
Mr. Blair from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following:
Report to accompany Bill S. 2346
The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jennie Hart Mullany, praying for an increase in pension, have examined the same, and report:
The applicant Jennie Hart Mullany is the widow of Rear Admiral J.R.M. Mullany, who died October 6, 1887, she is now drawing a pension of $30 under general law, and askes that it now be increased to $50 a month.
Her husband entered the Navy as a midshipman, January 7, 1832, and continued in active service in the various grades to which he was duly promoted until October 29, 1879, when he was retired as rear-admiral, having reached the age of sixty-two years.
More to Come. --Old B-Runner
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