Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [BLANK], Michael Welsch, Penn Res. & Probably Troops Of Penn.
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Service |                                   | Number
             |  Welsch, Michael      |   Dis ----
             |                                  |    no papers
             |  Penn res. & Probably troops of Penn. |
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Rev. War Section.

July 17, 1916.

Mrs. Ella G. Shields
1132 Sunnyside Ave.
Chicago, Ills.

Madam:

In reply to your letter of the 6" instant, you are advised
that in the Report of the Secretary of War in relation to the 
pension establishment of the U. S., which was printed in 1835; on
the list of invalid pensioners of the Philadelphia, Penn. Agency,
whose residence could not be ascertained on account of the destruction
of the War Department in 1801 and 1814; one Michael
Welsch, a Sergeant in the Revolutionary Army, is recordedsasaa
pensioner at the rate of $60 per annum under the Act of June 7, 
1785.
Your attention is invited to The Pennsylvania Archives, 5" 
series, volume 4, page 538, for data in regard to a Revolutionary 
War pensioner Michael Welsh and to page 497 of same volume 
which states that the pension application is on file in the Division 
of Public Records of the Penn. State Library.
This Bureau has no means of ascertaining whether these reports 
pertain to one or more persons, as the papers in possession 
of the U. S. were burned in the years above mentioned.
Very Respectfully,
GM Saltzgaber [signature]
Commissioner.
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LADIES' FURNISHINGS.  |                                        |  ALL KINDS OF ORDERS TAKEN.
RAINCOATS TO ORDER. |                                        |  SHOPPING
                                       | MRS. ELLA G. SHIELDS     |
                                       | 1132 SUNNYSIDE AVE.    |
                                       | CHICAGO                         |
                                       | July 6th, 1916.                  |

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:--

I am very anxious to secure a little information in regard
to an Ancestor named Michael Welsh who served in the Revolutionary War
from Penn.

I cannot give his service. The Penn. Archives, Vol.23, page
497, Series 3 says he drew a pension but that the Records were destroyed
and they can give no further information.

If the records in Washington haveever been destroyed I have
never heard of it and presume they refer to the State records.

I would very greatly appreciate this if you can send me a 
service record with the facts of his service.

EGS       Yours Truly,
Ella G. Shields [signature]
Pension Attorney