Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [BLANK], Abiel Weaver, R.I. Res.
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Service
?
                                      Number
Weaver, Abiel              Disability pension 
                                      no papers   
                                      

R.I.  rev
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Rev. War Section

November 4, 1912.

Mr. L. E. Weaver,
165Alexander Street,
Rochester, N. Y. 

Sir:

In response to you letter dated the 29” and received the 30” ultimo, you are advised that in Vol. I. “List of Pensioners” reported by the Secretary of War in 1835, under the head of Invalid pensioners of Providence County, Rhode Island, is found Abiel Weaver, Private, pensioned at $48. per annum, from March 4, 1789, under the Act of June 7, 1785.
there is no further information concerning him and there are no papers on file in this Bureau, the same were probably destroyed with many others, when [when is crossed out] in the burning of the War Office [was burned by the British in ____ 1814. Is crossed out also]

Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

1917 May 17– To Miss Ella F. Elliot,
59 Oxford St. Somerville, Mass.
Her letter in W. 22570 James Weaver.
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[this communication is on a letter head as follows]

C. Walter Smith, President.     Established 1826
George Perkins, Vice President 
Lucius E. Weaver, Treasury.
Alfred M. Mossier, Secy

SMITH, PERKINS & COMPANY,
(Incorporated)
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE GROCERS.

Rochester, N. Y. October 29th 1912

Pension Bureau
Washington D C

Dear Sirs

Please give me the record of Abial Weaver [note spelling of first name] in the Revolutionary War. I think he enlisted from Rhode Island or Vermont and that his claim for pension was based on injury to his eyes.
I hope the record will show where he lived in the later years of his life.

Cordially yours 
L.E. Weaver
165 Alexander St
Rochester N Y
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Bounty Land Warrant Record Card*

Name   Weaver, Abiel      Grade    Private
Line.     Rhode Island 

Warrant Number 3589
Acreage.               100
Issued.                   Dec. 31, 1789

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* The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of “Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800” which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be. Found in General Land Office records in the national Archives.