Later Life
Shays was later granted a pension by the federal government for the 5 years he served in the Continental Army without pay. Shays lived the last few years of his life in poverty, a heavy drinker. He supported himself on his pension, and by working a small parcel of land. He died at age 78 in Sparta, New York.
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