Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1226-1100, for Benjamin Lincoln, Massachusetts
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(3-1776)
Service
Mass.
Lincoln, Benjamin
Number
B.L.Wt. 1226-1100 Major General
Issued Oct. 26. 1789
No papers
Conents
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410 Iowa Avenue,
Iowa City, Iowa,
March 23, 1916

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Please send me information concerning the following men in the Revolutionary Wars, or direct me to sources which I may consult. 

Captain Luke Hitchcock
Captain Ebenezer Hitchcock
Reverend [unintelligible] Hitchcock D.D.
Dr. [unintelligible] Hitchcock, surgeons mate,
Colonel John Bailey,
Major General Benjamin Lincoln.
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Thank you very much,
yours truly,
Mary Eliza Hitchcock,
Iowa City, Iowa.
410 Iowa Avenue.
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2426 Nineteenth Street, n.w.,
Washington, D.C.
April 18, 1932.

Honorable Commissioner of Pensions,
Interior Department Building,
Washington, D.C.

Attn: Librarian.

Dear Sir:

During the War of the Revolution my ancestor, General Benjamin Lincoln, served in various capacities very close to General Washington. If possible, I should like to learn the exact capacities, places and dates in which he served.

Also in a brief biography of my ancestor, James Otis, I read the statement that while his mind was clouded he ran away from his home where he had been confined on account of his mental condition and fought with the American troops at Bunker Hill.

Would it be possible to verify this? Anything you can do to help me will be very greatly appreciated.

Very respectfully,
James O. Porter.

JOP: MIM
Received Apr 19 1932
Receipt Section
Pension Files Sub-Division

Pension Service Library
April 19 1932
No. 1
Veterans Administration
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Received
Sep 13 1939
Mail Sub-Div
Reader No. 19
Vets Adm

Oakfield, n.y.
Sept. 11-1939.

Veternas Administration
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Can you give me the full name of general Lincoln, who fought brilliantly at King's Mt? Do your pension records give any other details such as father's name or brother's name or children, name or his age and the place he was from? Where was he born?

Sincerely yours
Mrs. N. G. Anewalt
27 Oak St
Oakfield, N.Y.
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October 9, 1939

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BENAJMIN LINCOLN
B.L. Wt. 1226-1100
BA-J/MMHF:MLB

Mrs. N.C. Anewalt
27 Oak Street
Oakfield, New York

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to General Lincoln who served in the Revolutionary War.

The Revolutionary War records of this office show that Warrant No. 1226, for eleven hundred acres of bounty land, was issued October 26, 1789, for service of Benjamin Lincoln, of Massachusetts, as Major General, War of the Revolution.

There are no statements on file which were made by the applicant for this land, because of the destruction of papers in such early claims for bounty land when the War Office was burned in 1800, hence, there are no further data on file in regard to this officer.

It is suggested that the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, might furnish you further information, also The Adjutant General, War Department, this city.

If you desire information relative to the location of the land granted for service of Benjamin Lincoln, you should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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April 25, 1932

BA-J/EEL
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Benjamin Lincoln
Wt.#1226-1100-1789.

Mr. James G. Porter
2426-19th Street
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter of April 18, addressed to the Honorable Commissioner of Pensions, attention of the Librarian, which has been referred to this office for reply in regard to James Otis and General Benjamin Lincoln, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

It appears from the records of this office that Warrant Number 1226 for 1100 acres of bounty land was issued October 26, 1789, on account of the services of Benjamin Lincoln, [insert] of Mass., Major General, Massachusetts Troops (crossed out), War of the Revolution.

There are no further data on file 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.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator

[insert] of Mass.,
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Mary Eliza Hitchcock,
410 Iowa Avenue,
Iowa City, Iowa.

Madam:

In response to your letter dated the twenty-third ultimo, you are advised that Warrant No. 1226, for 1100 acres of bounty land, issued October 26, 1789, on account of the services of Benjamin Lincoln, as Major General of Massachusetts Troops, in the Revolutionary War, and Warrant No. 88, for 500 acres of bounty land, issued April 8, 1797, to Marlbry Turner, Assignee, on account of the services of John Bailey, as Colonel of Massachusetts Troops, in the Revolutionary War.

There are no papers on file relative to said claims, the same having been destroyed when the War Office was burned in 1880.

Very respectfully, 
G. M. Saltzgaber
Commissioner.