Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 1937-500, for Heman Swift, Connecticut
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Conn.

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Swift, Heman

NUMBER
B. L. Wt. 1937-500 [notation] Col. & later Brevet Brig. Genl. according to Hartman[?]

CONTENTS
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Conn.

Swift Heman.

B. L. Wt. 1937-500 Col.
Issued Oct. 7, 1789
No papers.
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April 1, 1932
BA-J/MLB
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HEMAN SWIFT
B. L. Wt. 1937-500

Margaret A. Blaufuss
2424 Templeton Street
Omaha, Nebraska

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of recent date, requesting the record of Herman Swift, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension or bounty land made to the United States, based upon the military service of soldiers in that war.
A careful search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the services of a Colonel Herman Swift.
The Revolutionary War records do, however, show that Warrant # 1937, for 500 acres of bounty land, was issued October 7, 1789 on account of the service of Heman Swift, Colonel of the Connecticut Line, War of the Revolution.
There are no further data on file in regard to this soldier, and no information relative to his family, because of the destruction of papers in such early claims for bounty land when the War Office was burned in 1800.
For information in regard to the military rolls, you should apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city.

Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

Febr. 25th, 1932.

Pension Bureau,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:
I would like to have a record of Col. Herman Swift's activities, in the staff of Washington of Continental Army.
Please advise me to whom his pension was paid. Any other information will be appreciated.
Also where may I find the document, which is the roll call of the First Cornwall soldiers of the Continental Army.

Sincerely,
[signature] Margaret A. Blaufuss
Margaret A. Blaufuss.
2424 Templeton St.

[stamp] RECEIVED FEB 27 1932
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