Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1058-200, John Hamilton, Md.
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Md.  [star] Hamilton, John  B.L.Wt.1058-200.Lt.
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Md. Hamilton, John  B.L.Wt. 1058_200_Lieut
Issued Sept 1, 1789. 
No papers
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See correspondence in case John Agnew Hamilton, W.9478
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Bethesda Route 6 Box 235
Washington, D.C.
June 13, 1932
[typed] Stamp Enclosed
[encircled word] Stamp 
(returned)

Commissioner of Pensions

Sir:-
Did the United States pension John A. Hamilton [surname underlined], a captain in the Second Maryland Regiment, war of the Revolution?
[next word underlined] Or, did it pension his widow(?) Margaret Hamilton, of Baltimore, on 25th February, 1824?
[next word underlined] Or, was the grant to the widow made by the State of Maryland?
The authority is found in Brumbaugh's [next 2 words underlined] Maryland Records; Kilty's Laws. Vol. II p. 350.
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It reads:-
"No. 134, p. 172
"Treasurer to pay to Margaret Hamilton of Baltimore, the half pay of a captain, as further remuneration for her husband Captain John A. Hamilton's service during the revolutionary war."
(N.B. This does not describe her as his widow!)
Should it prove to be a U.S. Pension, the information I desired, is:-
Was he the same Captain John Hamilton who lost his life in a duel at Weehawken Heights, N.J. about 1813 or '14; reputedly at the hands of a
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Lieutenant Thomas Price of the Maryland Line?
Does the name of Thomas Price appear in the papers? 
Did Captain Hamilton receive a grant of bounty land in Ohio?
Where was his military service rendered?
Date and place of death?
Since my principal urges haste upon me, it would help if I might (with convenience to yourself) be given an early reply. 
Very respectfully,
Laura Nichols Graham
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June 20, 1932
John Hamilton-B.L.Wt.#1058-200
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BA-J/EEL Ans

Laura Nichols Graham
Route 6, Box 235
Bethesda, Maryland

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information relative to John A. Hamilton, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

It appears from the records of this office that Warrant No. 1058 for two hundred acres of bounty land was issued September 1, 1789, on account of the services of John Hamilton, lieutenant in the Maryland Line, War of the Revolution. 

There are no further data relative to his service and none whatever relative to his family due to the destruction of papers in such claims when the War Office was burned in 1800. 

[this entire paragraph X'd out] The above named John Hamilton is the only soldier of that name who served in the Maryland Troops as a commissioned officer found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator. 
[hand-written on right margin] add: It is not shown that he ser[ved] in the War of 1812.
[handwritten on left margin] See John Agnew Hamilton - the record the person requested, and which was furnished her on Sept. 14, 1932
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October 17, 1932
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BA-J/EEL
John Agnew Hamilton-W.9478
John Hamilton-B.L.Wt.#1058-200

Laura Nichols Graham
Box 225, Route #6
Bethesda, Maryland

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in regard to the correct date of death of John Agnew Hamilton, Revolutionary War soldier, whose history was furnished you on September 15, 1932, and further request that the record of Lieutenant John Hamilton be furnished you as the former record miscarried.

The papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.9478, have been re-examined and it has been found that the date of death is written, "John Agnew Hamilton died in the fall of the year eighteen hundred and three"; it appears, also, plainly in figures, "1803".

For information in regard to the location of the bounty land that was granted on account of the services of Captain John Agnew Hamilton, you should address the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, Washington, D.C., citing the following data: Bounty Land Warrant Number 1047-300, issued May 25, 1789, on account of the services of John Agnew Hamilton, captain, Maryland Line, War of the Revolution. 

The record of Lieutenant John Hamilton is given below:

It appears from the records of this office that the Warrant Number 1058 for two hundred acres of bounty land was issued September 1, 1789, on account of the services of John Hamilton, lieutenant in the Maryland, War of the Revolution. 

There are no further data relative to his service and none whatever to his family due to the destruction of papers in such claims when the War Office was burned in 1800. 

It is not shown that he served in the War of 1812.
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In regard to requests for Revolutionary and 1812 War data, such requests may be made in the same letter. 
Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.

[hand-written] Letter in case
John Agnew Hamilton-W9478