NARA M804: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files
Digitized records, Archival descriptions for United States. Access: Public API, key needed. Terms checked November 2, 2026.
Access and terms
| Slug | nara-m804 |
|---|---|
| Records | Digitized records, Archival descriptions |
| Places | United States |
| Years | 1800 to 1912 |
| Access | Public API |
| Key | Needed. The server reads NARA_API_KEY, which is not set yet. |
| Rate limit | Shares the NARA key: 10,000 queries per month per key by default, blocked until the first of the next month if exceeded. |
| robots.txt | Disallows the path for crawlers. See the notes. |
| Homepage | www.archives.gov/research/military/american-revolution/pension |
| API docs | www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api |
| Terms | www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api |
| Checked by hand | November 2, 2026 |
Notes
Microfilm publication M804, Record Group 15, National Archives Catalog NAID 300022 (as given on the National Archives American Revolution research page). The best single record for a veteran: declarations with age, birth, residence and service, and depositions by brothers and comrades. Read through the National Archives Catalog API v2 with the server's NARA key (the same key and terms as us-national-archives): search descriptions under the series NAID, then the digital objects and extracted text of a file. The terms say not to scrape the API or cache returned content, and to show that NARA does not endorse the service. robots.txt on catalog.archives.gov disallows every path, so Lineage never reads catalog web pages; the probe reads the API page on www.archives.gov. The Fold3 copy of the same files is paywalled and is a lead only (fold3 row).
Evidence read on November 2, 2026
Status: Live
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