Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39,822, for Alexander King, Delaware
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Del.
Penn.
CONTENTS
King, Alexander
NUMBER
S. 39, 822
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King, Alexander
S39832
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5,105
Pennsylvania Roll
Rev. war

Alexander King
Sergeant 4
the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

J. Hazlet [illegible Delaware, then J. Hazlet again? Penn.] Regt

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence
the 11th of April 1818-


Certificate of Pension issued the 24th of Dec. [year is obscured] 
and sent to David Stewart [illegible]
Huntingdon, Penn.

Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818 [to Nov or JW] + 21/30  37.60
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1819   48.00         
$85.60 [total]

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
[circular stamp}
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES	

About 5 years
Not [enlisted]
[Vertically written items too faint to read - Might include names from House of of Representatives & Pension Comm’r
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Pennsylvania
Huntingdon County ss.
Alexander King being duly sworn before the subscriber
an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County doth depose and say
that he enlisted in the tenth day of January 1776 at New London Cross Roads
in Chester County Pennsylvania with Captain Henry Derby in the Delaware
Regiment commanded by Colonel Hazlet for the Term of one year during
which Term deponent was in the battle of Long Island, White Plains in which he
received a slight wound in the hand from the Bayonet of a Hessian, and
continued in said Regiment thro' the Jersey's and was at the taking of the
Hessians at the Battle of Trenton. That he returned home to Chester County
aforesaid in January 1777. The term for which he enlisted, having expired. That
deponent again enlisted in Chester County aforesaid at the Cross Roads in the Spring
of 1777 with Lieutenant William Henderson in Captain Benjamin Fishbourn’s
Company 11th Pennsylvania Regiment on the Continental establishment 
 commanded by Lieutenant Colonel William Butler Com’d during the War as a
corporal and afterwards served as a Sergeant. That during the last mentioned
enlistment he was at the Battle of Brandywine and German Town. and
shortly after the Battle of Monmouth the said Regiment was detached to Schohare,
where we wintered and in the following Summer Joined General Sullivan
at the mouth of the Tioga, in his expedition against the Indians thro
the Tennessee Country, and after that expedition was over. Joined the main
Army and remained in the service until January 1781, during the latter period
 he had several severe attacks of sickness which rendered him unfit
for further service, on which account he obtained his discharge and 
 returned to his family. And deponent further saith that neither he or
any person for him ever received any donation Lands or Pension from the
United States on account of his services aforesaid, and deponent further
saith that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his
Country for support, and should he be entitled to a Pension under
any former law of Congress of the United States he doth hereby entirely
and fully release the same to the United States.
Alexd’r King

Sworn to and subscribed
this 14 day of April A.D. 1818
Before David Stewart

Huntingdon County
State of Pennsylvania
Alexander King before named being duly
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sworn before me, the Subscriber an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
for said County doth depose and say that the following is a true copy of his
discharge omitting the day of the month & the month itself being uncertain
which original discharge was sent to Philadelphia with my depreciation certificate
in order to draw some part of his depreciation money, and was lost so that
he never obtained it again, to wit

To All whom this may concern

I do certify that Alexander King, Sergeant in Captain Benjamin Fishbourne
Company 4th Pennsylvania Regiment, on account of his family and other circumstances
 not necessary to be mentioned here, is not sufficient for the service of the
United States, therefore by the authority Invested in me by Congress, I do discharge
him from said service. Given under my hand and seal this day
of Jany 1781
William Butler Lt Col Comd’r
4th Penn Regt
Alexr King

Sworn and subscribed
this 14th day of April A.D. 1818
Before
David Stewart

Huntingdon County ss
The subscriber one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for the County aforesaid in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Doth
certify to the Honourable the Secretary at War for the United States that
he hath known Alexander King some time more than fifteen years, that during
that time Alexander King hath always been considered both in private and
Public estimation of his fellow Citizens a man of truth and veracity and
it appears to the satisfaction of the subscriber that the applicant Alexander
King served in the Revolutionary war with Great Britain during the
time mentioned in his affidavit hereto attached, and that his particular
circumstances in life are truly stated.

In Testimony of which I the subscriber have hereunto
set my hand and seal this 14th day of April in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
David Stewart (seal)
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Pennsylvania
Huntingdon County
 On this sixteenth day of April 1821 personally appeared in open
Court, Before the Honorable Charles Huston Esquire, President and David Stewart and Joseph
McCune Equires, his associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Huntingdon, in the fourth Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, said Court being
a Court of Record by the Laws of said Commonwealth, Alexander King, resident
in said County aged sixty nine years, who being first duly sworn according to Law
doth on his oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the provisions made
by the Acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the 1st May 1820 that he the said Alexander King enlisted for the Term of one year on (or about the tenth day of January
in the year 1776 in the State of Pennsylvania in the Company commanded by Captain
Henry Darby in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Hazlett, and Lieutenant Colonel
Bedford in the line of the State of Delaware on the Delaware Continental Establishment,
that he continued to serve in the said Corps, until the expiration of one year from
the time of his enlistment when he was discharged from the said service in
in the State of Delaware. That he again enlisted for the Term of three years, or during the
war in the year 1777, in the company commanded by Captain Benjamin Ashburne
 in the Fourth Regiment commanded by William Butter Lieutenant Colonel
Commandant in the line of the State of Pennsylvania in the Pennsylvania Continental
Establishment, that he continued to serve in the said Corps, until the year 1781 when
he was discharged from the said service in Trenton in the State of New Jersey, that
his name has been placed on the Pension List and dropt therefrom on account of
his Property.
And in pursuance of the act of the 1st May 1820 I do solemnly swear
that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and
that I have not since that time by Gift Sale or in any manner disposed of my property
or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the
provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons, engaged
in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war”
passed on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any Person in Trust for me
any Property or securities, contracts or Debts due to me nor have I any income other than what
is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
One House & Lot of Ground in Huntingdon $150.00
2 Vacant Lots, adjoining 50.00
1 Cow 8.00
1 thirty hour Clock 20.00
1 Old Desk  6.00
1 Walnut Table 2.00
1 Walnut Stand 2.00
2 Pine Tables 1.5
1 Chest 1.00
11 old Chairs 3.00
2 Small Looking Glass .50
1 Spinning Wheel 2.00
1 old [Real]  .25
1 Cupboard some [Lucandware] 4.00
2 Brass Candlesticks  .50
2 old Waiters .12 1/2
Amt carried to next page $250.87 1/2
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Amt brought from last page 250.87
2 pair Iron Andirons 2.50
7 Pictures .12 1/2
1 Churn .12 1/2
3 Buckets .50
5 Pots 4.00
1 Kettle 3.00
1 Dough Trough .25
1 Kitchen Cupboard a few plates of [Tevis] 1.50
3 Tubs 1.00
1 Griddle .75
1 Frying pan .25
1 Old Axe .25
1 Ten Plate stove (Cracked) 6.00
6 Milk Crocks 12 1/2
1 Taylor's Goods .50
4 Lapboards 12 1/2
Coffee Mill, Can & Coffee Pot .25
3 pair shears 37.1/2
Ten plate Stove obtained by me since my former return 12.00
John Malloy is indebted to me for services rendered since do 17.47 
29.47 [subtotal of above 2 lines]
17.47
301.97 ½ [Total]

I am also entitled to, and receive a Pension from the State of Pennsylvania of
Forty eight Dollars a year, for my services in the Pennsylvania Line during the
Revolutionary War
Some small debts are due to me in my old Books, which I do not expect I
shall ever receive, as they are out of my power to collect.
That since the exhibition of my first Schedule the only change that has
been made in my Property is that I have disposed of one Cow valued at $8.00
which I exchanged for a Beef for the use of my Family;
I am indebted to the Persons hereafter named Viz.
To John Whittaker 7.22
William S. Williams 14.37 1/2
Benjamin Elliot Esq. 15.00
Patrick Given Esq 21.50
Heirs of William Henderson Esq decd 4.44
Samuel Steel Esq 30.00
David Newingham Esq. 2.00
John McNamara 3.00
Peter Swoope 25.00
Peter Swoope Jr. 3.00
David Reed 11.00
Henry Miller 30.00
Garber & Davis 30.00
William Kern Jun’r 1.00
137.53 ½ [total]

The above is a List of my debts remaining unpaid, which were returned in my
former Schedule and which I am yet unable to pay.
Since my former return I have become indebted to the Persons below named, 
the several sums as hereafter stated which debts, I do solemnly declare were
not contracted with any view or intention of bringing myself within the
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Amount Brot from last page $197.53 ½

Provisions of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to provide for certain persons 
 engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war”
but through absolute necessity, and inability to defray the current expenses of
my Family Viz
To
Samuel Steel 11.17
Peter Swoope 10.13
Garber & Davis 11.64 
James Simpson 20.25
Charles Raymond 25.10
Thomas Fisher 27.05
Robert Allison Esq 3.00
Wray Maize 2.40
John McConnel 20.00
Henry Miller 10.66
$ 338. 93 ½

The declarant further avers that he is by trade a Taylor, but that owing to his advanced age, 
the failure of his eye sight and other infirmities he is unable by his occupation to
obtain a livelihood for himself and family, and that he is seldom employed in the line
of his occupation. That his family consists of himself and his wife Nancy who is aged xx
seventy one years, and from her advanced age is able to contribute but little towards their support.
 Alexander King

Sworn to and declared in open Court
this 14th day of April 1824

Cor.D R Porter Proty


Huntingdon County Set

Peter Swoope & John Beatty, being duly sworn in open
Court, did depose and say that they are well acquainted with Alexander King the
above named Declarant, his circumstance & property, and that they have viewed
and estimated the latter to be worth three Hundred and one Dollars and
ninety seven and an half Cents, which in their opinion is the utmost extent
of the value of the same, his Bed and Bedding excepted.
Peter Swoope
John Beatty
Sworn and Subscribed in open Court
the 16th day of April 1824
Cor.D R Porter Proty
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Pennsylvania
Huntingdon County Sct

I David R. Porter Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears
to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Alexander King did
serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration,
against the common enemy, for the Term of one year under one
engagement, and the Term of three years or during the war under
another engagement, on the Continental establishment. I also certify
that the foregoing oath and the Schedule hereto annexed are truly
Copied from the Records of the said Court; and I do further certify
that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in
value of the Property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Three
Hundred and one Dollars, and ninety seven and an half Cents,
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand, and
affixed the Seal of the said Court on this 16th day
of April A.D. 1824
D R Porter Prothy
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December 15, 11933
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ALEXANDER KING
S. 39822, Rev. War
*********
MAHLON FULTON
W. O.  18778, War of 1812
********
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. Wesley E. Price
871 - 7th Avenue
New York City

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter
of December 4, in which you
request the Revolutionary War record
of Alexander King and the
War of 1812 record of Mahlon Fulton, both of whom received pensions
on account of their service.
The records of both soldiers are furnished herewith.


Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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December 19, 1933
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Mrs. Wesley E. Price
871-7th Avenue
New York City

Alexander King-S.39822
BA-J/AWF

Dear Madam:
The data found herein were obtained from the
papers on file in pension claim, S. 39822, based
upon the Revolutionary War service of Alexander King.
The date and place of this soldier's birth
are not shown in the claim, nor are the names of his parents stated.
While a resident of Chester County, Pennsylvania, Alexander King enlisted at New London Cross Roads, Pennsylvania, January 10, 1776 and served one year in Captain Henry Darby's company in Colonel Haslet's Delaware regiment, and was in the battles of
Long Island, White Plains, where he received a baronet wound in the hand, and battle of Trenton. He enlisted in the spring of 1777 and served as corporal and sergeant
in Captains William Henderson's and Benjamin
Fishburn's companies, Colonel William Butler's Fourth Pennsylvania regiment, was in the battles of Brandywine
and Germantown, was in Sullivan's Expedition
against the Indians, and was discharged in January,1781.
He was allowed pension on his application executed, April 14, 1818, then a resident of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. He was also pensioned by the state of Pennsylvania, for his services in the War
of the Revolution.
In 1820, Alexander King was sixty-six years of
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age, and his wife, Nancy, was sixty-eight years old.  There is no reference to their children. 
Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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[center column]
39822
INVALID.
Revy
File No. 39892
Alexander King
Serg Rev War

Act: 18th March 18
Index: --Vol.[ 3 or 5] Page 275

(Arrangement of 1870.)


[left column contains lines that are actually a continuation of the right column. I have connected them below.]
Nov 20/95. Hist. to Edward H. King
212 No. 5" St. Camden N.J. MEL

June 2 ‘96 [S]old
[pound or perused] to 
Mrs W C Bartol
Lewisburg Pa. LMZ

1915 May 22. Hist to
Chas. S. Baldwin [cents sign]

1919 Nov. 15. Hist. to 
Jack M. Willoughby [cents sign]

1926 Sept. 18 - Hist to
Frank S. Orr AWF

1928 Sept. 14 Hist.
H. M. Steely on AWF

1930 Mch 3. Mrs. L.E. Hines
 add’l cost of photos. [illegible]

[illegible] Transc’d  to John Day
W 17694 MMWF
 
1930 Apr. 7 Photos mailed to
Mrs. Lewis C. Theiss: See John
Day W 17694.9 DY

1993 - Dec. 19 Hist. to 
Mrs. Wesley E. Price MWF
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[right column]
Alexander King Sergeant
Pennsylvania
Service 5 years to 1781.
1st Schedule dated 15 Augt 1826
1 house & lot $150.00
2 vacant lots $50.00
2 Cows $16.00
1 Clock $20.00
& long list of small articles
consisting of household &
Kitchen furniture  44.50
[total]  $280.50

Receives a State
pension of yearly $48.00
States no debts against him
Claimant aged 66,  by trade
tailor, but unable to pursue it,
by reason of age and failure
of eye sight- Wife aged 68
able to do very little.
Application made to be restored
and rejected 25 Feb. 1822.
2nd application (made compatible
to the regulations and not
May 1820) only exhibit the following
debts viz. (over)

[left column]
To John Whittaker 7.22
William S. Williams 14.37 1/2
Benjamin Elliot 15.00
Patrick Given 21.50
Heirs of William Henderson decd 4.44
Samuel Steel 30.00
David Newingham Esq. 2.00
John McNamara 3.00
Peter Swoope 25.00
Peter Swoope Jr. 3.00
David Reed 11.00
Henry Miller 30.00
Garber & Davis 30.00
William Kern Jun’r 6.50
222.53 ½ [total]

all of which debts he omitted
to state in his first schedule,
they being due at the date the
 of

see letters to Hon. J. Brown H.R.
Feb. 20. 1824 & & H.R. 12th
[search] 1824
[crossed out- ‘State Pensioners can in no
 case receive U. S. Pensions’}

 Cannot be restored on acc’t of State
Pension, See Letter to John H. Henderson,
Huntingdon,  Pa. April 30th 1823

John A. Henderson
Huntingdon, Pa.
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Pennsylvania
Alexander King, Sergeant
served 4 years to 1781.
1st schedule, dated 15th Augt 1820.
 contains 1 house & lot  $150.00
2 vacant lots 50.00
2 Cows & 1 Clock 36.00
various articles of furniture 44.50
280.50 [subtotal]
Receives a State pension $48.00
Claimant states no debts against himself.
Schedule under act March 1823
dated 16 April 1824, contains house
and lot $150.00
2 vacant lots 50.00
1 cow & 1 clock 28.00 
various articles of furniture 73.00 
$300.00 [total]
Receives, yearly, a State pension of $48.00
The only decrease in his property
is 1 cow used as beef in his family.
Claimant states that he owes $ [illegible]
and gives a list of his creditors [with]
the amounts due them respectively.
Claimant aged 69 - by trade a
Taylor, but from loss of eye sight
and other infirmities he is unable
to obtain a livelihood by it. [Wife]
aged 71 - able to do very little

Com. 16 Apl. 1824
Restored 6 May 1824 &
sent to
Hon J. Brown
H. R.
Mar 19.
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[illegible initials]
 
K
Camden NJ
Nov 1895
Mr H W Loughin
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
Kindly send me record
of Alexander King of Huntingdon, Pa.
Revolutionary pensioner in 1825
Sergeant in Fourth Penna Infantry
Col. Lambert Cadwallader
Major Thomas Church
Also of
his wife if she were a pensioner
and oblige.
Yours truly
Edward H King
212 North 5th St  
Camden, N.J.
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BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY AT LEWISBURG, PA.
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
WILLIAM C. BARTOL, PROFESSOR.

Lewisburg, Union Co., Pa. May 27th 1896

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C. 

My dear Sir, 
A pension was granted
 to Alexander King, my Great Grandfather, he served in the
4th Pa.regiment [R. or N.] Revolutionary War. Can you give me any
information respecting him from the pension records, 

I especially want to know, of the records point out the fact
that he lived in Huntingdon, Pa. at the time he was
 receiving his pension money from the government.
And any information you can give respecting him
will be of value to me and thankfully received.

Very respectfully yours
Mrs. W. C. Bartol.
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One envelope with 2 ct stamp enclosed W.A.G.
Stmpd. Env. retd - W
Ok - RWS

No envelope - No address
Reply to Presd’t at Nashville

Returned unclaimed [cents sign]

Sons of the Revolution
TENNESSEE SOCIETY May 19, 1915.

U. S. Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:-

An applicant for membership in the Tennessee Society
Sons of the Revolution, claims descent from Alex. King a resident
and property holder of Huntingdon, Pa. who enlisted under Capt.
Henry Darby, in the Delaware Regiment by Col. Haslett, this
Regiment known as the “Delaware Blues". He also claims that Alex.
King took part in the battles of Long Island, White Plains and
Trenton. He afterwards re-enlisted in Capt. Benj. Fishburn's
company of the Fourth Penn. Regiment, commanded by Col. Wm. Butler
remaining in the service until 1781 when he was honorably discharged.

For proof of the above statement, the applicant refers
to the U. S. Bureau of Pensions, which in 1818 allowed Alex. King
a pension for five years actual service as Corporal and Sergeant
in the Revolutionary War.
Would you please do us the favor to corroborate the
above from your records, and greatly oblige,
Yours very truly, 
 Charles S. Baldwin - Presdt.
Selden Wilson - Sec.
522 West Church St.
Knoxville, Tenn
Address obtained from
Col. Geo. Richards U. S. Marine Corps
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Form No. 713
RELATING TO ROAD IN
COUNTY OF
TOWNSHIP OF
APPL No.
ROUTE No.

PENNSYLVANIA
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
HARRISBURG, PA.

J. DENNY O'NEIL - STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER
JOSEPH W. HUNTER - FIRST DEPUTY STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER
GEORGE H. BILES - SECOND DEPUTY STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER
WILLIAM D. UHLER - CHIEF ENGINEER
HOWARD W. FRY - CHIEF CLERK
WILLIAM R. MAIN, C. P. A. - AUDITOR

Huntingdon, Pa.
November 3rd, 1919.

War Department,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen: --
Will you kindly give me the
war record of Alexander King who enlisted
Jan. 10, 1776 at New London Cross Roads,
Chester County, Penna.
Thanking you in advance for
this information, I remain,
Very truly yours,
Jack M. Willoughly

[circular stamp]
U S PENSION OFFICE
NOV 4 1919
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Form No. 713
RELATING TO ROAD IN
COUNTY OF
TOWNSHIP OF
APPL No.
ROUTE No.

PENNSYLVANIA
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
HARRISBURG, PA.

J. DENNY O'NEIL - STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER
JOSEPH W. HUNTER - FIRST DEPUTY STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER
GEORGE H. BILES - SECOND DEPUTY STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER
WILLIAM D. UHLER - CHIEF ENGINEER
HOWARD W. FRY - CHIEF CLERK
WILLIAM R. MAIN, C. P. A. - AUDITOR

Huntingdon, Pa.
November 3rd, 1919.

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen: --
Would thank you very kindly
to give me the information contained in
application for pension made by Alexander
King of Huntingdon, Pa., in 1818.
Will you kindly hand the enclosed
letter to the proper Department. I have made
application for membership in the Pennsylvania
Society of Sons of the Revolution and this
information is requested by the Society,
Thanking you in advance, I remain,
Very truly yours,
Jack M. Willoughly

[circular stamp]
U S PENSION OFFICE
NOV 4 1919
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Dell Roy, Ohio
July 28, 1926

Mr. Winfield Scott, Commissioner
Bureau of Pensions,
Department of Interior,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:


Can you give me any information of
ALEXANDER KING
who was discharged in January 1781
at about 72 years of age,
Probably enlisted from Huntingdon County Penna.,
In Captain Fishbourn's Company
Very truly yours,
Frank L. Orr [signature]
Frank L. Orr.

Box 181
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Alexander King
S. File 39822
Del & Penn
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To all whom this may Concern
I do certify that Alex King Sergt in Capt Benjamin
Fishburn's Company 4th Pennsylvania Regt on account of
ly and other circumstances not necessary to be
mentionec here is not sufficient for the service of the
United States. Therefore by the authority vested in me
by Congress I do discharge him from said service.
Given under my hand and seal this day of Jany 1781
William Butler Lt. Col Cmd'r [illegible] Penna. Regt.