Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16463, for John Mc Million, Virginia
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Service  
Va.   McMillion, John  or McMillon 
S. 16463  B.L. Wt  28535-160-55
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Georgia 16.672
John McMillion
county of  Franklin in the State of Ga.
who was was a pri in the R commanded by Captain --  of the regt. commanded by Col: Carlson in the Va.
time for 14 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia 
at the rate of 46 dollars and 66 cents per annum to 
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of Sept : 33
and send Mar
Stanford, Connersville, Ga

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833                  106.65
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar: 34          23.33
$139.98

Revolutionary Claim,}
Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by N. Rice  Clerk
Book E  Vol. 6  Page 97
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164458 At 3 March
June 11 / 52
McMillion
John McMillion
Private
Capt J Morton
Va. mil

F. G. Moss Apl. 19/56

Revolutionary War

Geo June  32-16672
Ad:16 ??? My, 26/56
BOYD
H. C. Spaulding present
F. G. Moss
Hillingsworth
Habersham Co. 
Geo.
Vol M 1. page 102
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State of Georgia}
county of Habersham}  On this sixteenth day of April A.D.
one thousand Eight hundred and fity five personally appeared before a justice of the peace within and for the Countyand state aforesaid John Mcmillion aged Ninety four years a resident of Habersham County in the stae of Georgia who being duly sworn according to law declares that he is the identical John Mcmillion who was a private in the Company Commanded by Captain Joseph Morton in the so Regiment not Recollected Infantry Commanded by Col not Recollected in the Revolutionary war and the was drafted in Pittsylvania County State of Virginia on or about (day nor month not recollected) A.D (not recollected) for the term three months and continued in actual service is said was for the term of fourteen days and long ??????? was honorably discharged at the place.  day and date not recollected. He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty claim to which he may be entitled under the act approved March 3rd 1855. He also declares that he has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress nor made any other application therefore.  His John X McMillion mark.
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No Fountain G Moff and Thomas F. Thomasson Resident of Habersham County in the state of Georgia upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledge by John Mcmillion in our presents and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that he is the identical person he represents himself to be.   Fountain G. Moss
[??????? ?? ???????, or]

The foregoing declaration and affadavit were sworn to and subscribed fore me on the day and year above written and I certify that i know the affiants to be credible person that the Claimant is the person he represnets himself to be and that I have not interest in their claim.   William H. Cash (J P)

I Peter B. Loggins clerk of the Inferior court in and for the county of Habersham in the state of Georgia, do hereby certify that William Cash Esq before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made and executed was at the date of the same ajustice of the peace in and for said County duly authorised by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgements and tthat the name thereunto subscribed is his signature and that his signature and that his signature is genuine and that I am not interested in this claim. His testimony where of I have hereunto subscribed my name and offered my official seal this 5th day of June A.D. 1855
Peter B. Loggins Clerk of C.
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Please address F. G. Moss at
Hollingsworth Habersham G.  857741

PD in both warrants
addup the same
F. G. M
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John McMillion

24677
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress 
passed June 7th 1832

State of Georgia}  LL
County of Franklin}

On this Eleventh day of March -- in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty three
personally appeared before the Justices of the Inferior court, now sitting as a court of Ordinary John McMillion a resident of Captain Smith, District in the county and state of aforesaid, aged about seventy two years, who being dully sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832

That he entered the service of the United States in Pittsylvania County in the state of Virginia as volunteer, under Captain William Dix, in the Regiment Commanded by Col. Williams, in the Fall of the year 1776 or 1777 and was marched in  Guilford County in the state of North Carolina after the Forcis - Thince into Surray County in the last mention stae from there we went home without having any engagement and thinks he was out about three months this trip  -- He again volunteered unde Capt Williams, the Regiment Commanded by Colo. Nelson, and was marched again into Guilford County after the Forcis and was gone about three months -- He again in the year 1781 Volunteered under Capt. Dix in Colo Williams Regiment and was marched into the lower part of Pittsylvania County and into Caswill County in N. Carolina, after Corwallis thince up to Guilford Court house where he was in an engagement and was wounded i in the engagement with the British Army under Cornwallis Genl Green commanded the American Army at that time. He was placed un the Command of Genl Stephens and some Regular Colo. but does not remember his name. He parted Cornwallis near Wilmington. From there he was
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discharged by Joseph Morton, but has since lost his discharge.  He was in service this time as much as 6 months. He was drafted under Capt. Williams and served a 2 months tour, in the latter part of the same year 1781 and was marched i the lower part of Virginia after Corn Wallis. He received two or three discharges but has lost them all --  Served in all fourteen months. 

1. Was born in Carwill County in the state of N. C. in 1760.
2. Has a mind of his age with some of his friends in the state of Virginia.
3.When called into service believed in Pittsylvania County in the state of Virginia and remained there until 1814 or 1815. when he moved to Stokes County in the state of N. Carolina from there he removed to his present residence, where he has lived ever since.
4. He volunteered three time and was drafted twice.
5. Has stated the names of the Regular officers in the Body of his declaration except for Genl Lee
6. Received discharges fro Capts Morton, Dix and Williams but has lost all of three
7. Is known to William Ramsey and Lewis Ballard a Preacher of the Gospel who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his having been a soldier of the Revolution -- and the said William Ramsey and Jeremiah McMillion knew declarant in the time of the Revolution.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a perriod or annuity except the present and declares that his name is no on the pension roll of any agency in any state within his knowledge or beliefs.

Sign to and subscribed in open court
the day and ear first above written
Tho Glen  C.C.O

His
John McmIllion
X
mark
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Mr. Lewis Ballard a clergyman resident in the County and that first aforesaid, and William Ramsay a resident in the neighbourhood of the said John McMillion, hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with the said John McMillion, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be about seventy two years old, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion  - and William Ramsey of the county first aforesaid and Jermiah McMillion of the county of Habersham do further certify that they were acquainted with the said John McMillion in the time of the Revolution, and that it was understood at the time that he did serve in the same and was wounded in the battle of Guilford.
Sworn  to and must inbed in open court the day and year above written

Jest  Thos King  C.C.O

Jeus Ballard
His -- William Ramsey -- mark

his -- Jeremiah McMillion --mark

and the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogators presented by the war department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states
and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Lewis Ballard who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident  in the county first aforesaid and that Welham Ramsay who has also signed the same, is a resident in said county and is a creditable person and that their statement is intitled to Credit.

jest Thos. King    C.C.O.

Thomas Farmer JGC
Lobt Eulliam   JU
Charles Igenthin  qqc

I Thomas King clerk of the court of ordinary do here by cerafy that the aforegoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of John McMillion for a pension.

In testimony where of I have herewith set my hand and seal of office this 11th day of March 1833 

tho King CCO
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24.677
John McMillion
Georgia


Admit as a Private
1.4 mos.  46.66
9 : m :

Jno R Stanford
Camesville  Geo
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
                     Pension Office,      183

Sir;
            The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ).  You will when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 

A Statement, showing the service of  John McMillion  County of Franklin Georgia

Paried when the      Duration of the           Rank of        Name and rank of            Age at present and             Proof by which 
service was             Claimants service       Claimant      the field officers              place of abode when          the declaration is  
rendered.                years/moths/days                            under whom he served   he entered the service        supported

Vol 1776 or 7               abt.  3                       pri               Capt  Dix                         72 yrs  Pittsylvania  Co       Tradehonary
                                                                                         Col Williams                            Virginia                           Evidence

Vol  ~~                           abt.  3                                           Capt. Williams
                                                                                            Col  Ablson

Vol  1781                        "    6                                              Capt Dix
                                                                                            Col  Williams
                                                                                            Gen  Stephery

draf  ~~                          "   2                                               Capt  Malbany 



I am, respectfully ,
                   your  obedient servant,
   
                                     J.   L.   EDWARDS
                                               Commissioner of Pensions
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Regulations under the act of June 7, 1832
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The state Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revoluntionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians {musicians} or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832.
State, Territory, or District of County of     }ss.
On this    day of    personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of in the count of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congredd, passed Jun 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the   (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
	The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
	1. Where and in what year were you born?
	2. Have you any record of your age, and if no, where is it?
	3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
	4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
	5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
	6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
	{ To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
	7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
	The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
	The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
	The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
	Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
	Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory. or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
	No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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	[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
	[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
	[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
	[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
	[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom be served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of this service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration, by making an affidavit in the following words:
	“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For __ year __ months, and __ days, I served as a __. For __ months and __ days, I served as a __; and for such service I claim a pension.”
	It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. [underlining by hand begins] Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. [underlining by hand ends]
	[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
	[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
	[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
	[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
	Mode of authenticating papers.
	In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
	Proof of Service.
	[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant’s entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
	[pointing hand icon] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
	[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
	[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
	[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen_
sion on file in this Bureau. John McMillion  S.F. 16463

Dates of                 Length of       Rank       OFFICERS UNDER WHOM          STATE
Enlistment on           Service                        SERVICES WERE RENDERED         
Appointment                                                 CAPTAIN              COLONEL

Fall of 1776 or 1777     3 Mos       PVT.         William Dix           Williams            Va.
             "                      3 Mos                              Williams         Wilson
                        1781     6 mos                                    Dix           Williams
                                     2 mos                              Williams


Battles engaged in,  Guilford, where he was wounded
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Pittsylvania Co  Va
Date of application for pension,  Mch. 11, 1833  His el. was al. 
Residence at date of application,  Franklin Co. Ga.
Age at date of application,  born in Caswell Co. N. C in 1760
    Remarks:
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16.463
INVALID
File No.  16.463
John McMillion
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 39
Index: - Vol. A, Page 245
   [Arrangement of 1870]

1910 July 12 Hist. to F. B. Lyon. and L. M.
1914 June 19 Hist. to Mrs. Reeves Brown, letter in S.F.
31924   Wm Reeves.
1922 Nov. 15.  Hist to Mrs Caroline Okelton thru
Hon. C. H. Brand typewritten copy of circ. 
sent addressed to her Air.
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28.535
Nko Any
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Mr. Cole says SpenDrif
her Authority.
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Washington, May 12th 1850
Hon. J. Minot, 
Cause of Pensions

Sir,  I have the honor to request that the bounty land application, of John McMillion, (a revolutionary pensioner,) under the act of 3rd. March 1855, and which was suspended, may be reexamined under the act of congress just preped to amend the act to.
The No. of John McMillions case is 164.458. He is a citizen of the State of Georgia and was pensioned under act of 7 June 1832.
Please report to me. 

Very respectfully
Yoen Obt. Sewl
H. C. Spalding
       Attys
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Carnesville, Franklin Cy. Geo
July 24, 1833

Hon. Lewis Caf

Dear Sir, I inclose to the department the amended returns of 
John McMillion
Samuel Mosely 
David Carta         Sobading a Pension

under Act of June 7, 1832

Respectfully  Yr obt Sewl
Jno. R. Franford
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State of Georgia
Franklin County     So.
   
       On this fifteenth day of July 1833,
personally appeared before me Royal Bryan
acting justice of the peace in and for said county.  John Million, who has herefore subscribed and sworn to the original declaration to which he is annexed and who being duly sworn on oath saith that he knows of no one now in life by whom he could prove his services more that what proof is attached to his original declaration. 
That from laps of memory consequent upon old age he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less that the period mentioned below and in the following grades:
 He first served for three months under Capt. Dix and Col. Wilhams. " next served for three months under Capt. Wilhams and Col Nelson.
" next served six monts under Capt. Dix and Col. Wilhams. " next served for two months under Capt. Wilhams. The times and places stated in his orginal decla-ration. 
     He served altogether he is certain fully fourteen months, as a private soldier as above, and is equally certain that he served much longer but cannot recollect the time sufficently well to claim pension for more that the fourteen months.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 15th day of July 1833.

 his   John McMillion  mark
Royal Bryan J.P.
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Georgia
Franklin County

I Thomas King clerk of the inferior court of said county do hereby certify that Royal Bryars
whose name appears to the foregoing affadavit, was at the time a magistrate as there represented and that the signature purposing to be his is genuine.               
                      In testimony whereof I have hereunto let my hand and affixed my seal of office, this 23 day of July 1833 
                
                                Tho. King  IF. C
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Record 
July 6 1910
Division

PENSION
       E
JUL 5 1910
    U.S.
OFFICE
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F.S. Lyon,
Doorkeeper,
New York.

House of Representatives U.S.
Office of Doorkeeper,
Washington, D.C.                 July 2, 1910

Hon. James L. Davenport,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
            I am desirous of ascertaining the service of certain ancestors of a friend of mine in the Revolution, and any information you  may be able to give will be greatly appreciated:

Neg -- Thomas Rucker: Lived in Madison or Culpeper Cos., Va.  Died in 1805 or previous to that year.

Neg -- John Martin White: Born June 27, 1743: married Milly ..... He was from Virginia (county unknown), and received grant of land for some kind of service in Georgia, and died in Elbert Co., Ga.

Neg -- David Jackson Hicks: Born and married in Virginia: died in Elbert Co., Ga.
Wife's name, Mary Johnson.

Suit -- S. F. 16463
John R. McMillan, sometimes spelt McMillian: 
Drew land in the Cherokee land lottery, in Georgia.

Neg -- William Edwards:  Lived in NC. and S.C. either before or just after the Revolutrion: later lived in Illinois, and went from there to Georgia. Wife's name, Susan Ayers.

Neg -- ISAAC VINCENT:  Lived in N.C., then SC., and then Georgia.

                         Very truly yours
                                      F.B. Lyon   Jul 6- 1910