"STONEWALL" JACKSON'S WIFE
» ■ Refuses a Pension. The Senate of North Carolina (U.S.A.) received a letter from Mrs. "Stonewall" Jackson recently declining to accept a pension of lOOdols. a month, provided/under a resolution introduced m that Chamber. "I most welcomingly appreciate this patriotic and loyal tribute to the name of my hero husband," she says, "but I do not feel that I would be justified m accepting it. lam informed that the laws of North Carolina limit all pensions to those who have not 500dols. of personal property, and, as I do not come under tlii3 law, I rtespeotfully request that the bill be withdrawn." Mrs. Jackson suggests that the money proposed m her behalf be appropriated for the relief of destitute widows of Confederate veterans.
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NZ Truth, Issue 92, 23 March 1907, Page 8
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125"STONEWALL" JACKSON'S WIFE NZ Truth, Issue 92, 23 March 1907, Page 8
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