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Application Number

A03961

Last Name

MERCHANT

First Name

Ben Franklin

Service Unit

Georgia

Wife's Maiden Name

Swilley

Wife's First Name

Mary

Application County

Calhoun County (Fla.)

Year

1913

Title

MERCHANT, Ben Franklin

Subject

Military pensions

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-14359

Veterans -- Confederate States of America

Creator

State Board of Pensions

Source

State Archives of Florida, Series S587

Date

1913

Format

application forms

Language

eng-US

Type

Text

Identifier

a03961

Coverage

Late 19th-Century Florida (1877-1900)

Florida Boom and Progressive Era (1900-1926)

Application Number

A03961

First Name

Ben Franklin

Last Name

MERCHANT

Service Unit

Georgia

Wife's First Name

Mary

Wife's Maiden Name

Swilley

County

Calhoun County (Fla.)

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State Board of Pensions. MERCHANT, Ben Franklin. 1913. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/180402>, accessed 27 August 2026.

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State Board of Pensions. MERCHANT, Ben Franklin. 1913. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/180402>

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Florida Memory is a digital outreach program providing free online access to select archival records from collections housed in the State Library and Archives of Florida. Florida Memory digitizes materials that illuminate the state's history and culture.

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Florida Memory is funded under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Florida's LSTA program is administered by the Department of State's Division of Library and Information Services.

For FY2026-27, the percentage of total costs for the Florida Memory program financed with federal money is 66%; the federal dollar amount to be spent on the program is $1,027,650. This program does not receive any non-governmental funding.

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