Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2469, John Condit, New Jersey
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(8-1776)

SERVICE | NUMBER
New Jersey | Condit, John | S.2469

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CONTENTS
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11,210

New Jersey
John Condit, of (blank) in the State of New Jersey, who was a private & surgeon in the (blank) commanded by Captain (blank) of the reg(iment) commanded by Col. Thomas in the New Jersey line for (blank).

Private 1/2 mo.........$1.66
Surgeon 5 1/2 mos.....110.00
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                     $111.66

His widow.
137.50
  1.66
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139.66

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 111 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of January 1833 and sent (to) Hon. L. Condict, House of Reps.

Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1832..............$167.49
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar. 1833.........55.83
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                                             $223.32

{Revolutionary claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Vinal Luce, Clerk
Book D; Vol. 4; Page 145

Let(ter sent) to L Condict, Jan. 2nd 1845
Died May 4, 1834
Agency book.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.

On this Twentieth day of August in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty two, personally appeared before me, William Williams, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex, John Condit, Esquire, Doctor of Medicine, a resident of the town of Orange in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, aged Seventy seven years on the eighth day of July last past, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.

That in the spring of the year 1776 he went out as a private in a regiment of New Jersey Militia, commanded by Col. Edward Thomas of Elizabeth Town. Before he went out he had studied medicine for about three years at Springfield with Dr. Jonathan Dayton and while with Col. Thomas's Regiment was taken out of the ranks and put upon the duties of a surgeon. That he served as surgeon in said regiment while it lay at Elizabeth Town Point and Staten Island (at which last named place the regiment lay most of the time) for about one month. It very having been a few days, more or less...
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After this deponent returned home, was examined by three principal physicians in the manner at that day practiced and obtained a regular license as a Practitioner of Medicine. After obtaining his license and in the early part of the month of June 1776 as he thinks, he received a commission from the Provincial Congress of New Jersey as surgeon to join and act with Col. Phillip Van Courtland's Regiment of New Jersey Militia, then called into the service of the United States. Deponent joined said regiment as surgeon at the City of New York the last of June or the beginning of July 1776. He well remembers being with his regiment in New York at the time news was received there of signing the Declaration of Independence. This regiment was called into what has usually been termed the five months service. Col. Philip Van Courtland commanded the regiment. David Brearly was Lieut. Col. Richard Day was Major. The Rev'd Andrew Hunter was Chaplain. The following were the captains, Morrell, Lyon, Pierson, Swan, Fenniman, Hammell and Merrinus. 

He saith that he served the whole five months with the said regiment as Regimental Surgeon. At the time of joining the five months service he lived at Springfield in the County of Essex. From New York, the place at which he joined the said regiment, marched on to Long Island. Deponent was in the Battle on Long Island...
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the place at which he joined the said regiment, marched on to Long Island. Deponent was in the Battle on Long Island...

...fought at Flatbush on the Twenty seventh or Twenty eighth of August 1776. Two or three days after the battle first mentioned, the said regiment retreated from Long Island to New York and deponent sent there the wounded as fast as possible. From New York the regiments marched to Fort Washington and laid there about two months. While at Fort Washington the enemy advanced within about ten miles of that fort and a severe last short battle took place called the Battle of the Buckwheat Field. In that action we lost several brave officers, among whom was Col. Knowlton. The British retreated from Fort Washington. The said regiment went to White Plains. Deponent was present at the action of White Plains and heard Gen'l Washington order Gen'l Putnam to
reinforce the hill with two thousand men. In the afternoon of the battle, deponent assisted in amputating five or six times and to help several others wounded. From White Plains the regiment went to North Castle and from there crossed the North River, came down [crossed out: to] the Hackensack in Bergen County to Acquackanack (Acquackanonk) in Essex County and thereby orders from Gen'l Washington, the regiment returned to Fort Leas and from there after the British crossed the North River, came on this New Jersey two miles below New Brunswick. At this time the five months service expired. Gen'l Washington requested as many of the troops to continue with him as could and deponent continued...
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...in the service until near Christmas 1776. Deponent left the army at Trenton about the time Gen'l Washington determined on crossing the Delaware (River) from Trenton to Pennsylvania. A request was made by the Gen'l Officers that the deponent and others would return home and dissuade the militia from taking protection from the British and deponent returned and did all in his power to prevent the militia from taking protection and to remain firm to the cause. That during the last named service, deponent served with a large part of the army. He knew and saw Gen'ls Washington, Putnam, Sullivan, Lord Sterling, Brig. Gen'l Herd of N. Jersey Militia, Col. Forman & Col. Martin, also of N. Jersey Militia & Col. Smallwood and Major Gist of the Maryland Troops and many others.

The deponent further saith that after his return from Trenton, as first stated and within three days, he was called upon and helped the wounds of John Tichenor and John Wright, men wounded in a skirmish in Orange, near Newark, with the Highlanders and from this time to the close of the war, deponent acted as a surgeon in the militia, as such were known generally & never failed to go whenever the enemy appeared or his services required. The militia in his neighborhood were often called into service and...
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known generally & never failed to go whenever the enemy appeared or his services required. The militia in his neighborhood were often called into service and...

...were in the habit as sure several of the Continental Officers and Soldiers of requiring the services of this deponent as Surgeon of the Militia, attached to Col. Van Courtland's regiment. That he never charge any officer or soldier for his services but performed the service surgeon of said regiment. He never held any officer or soldier liable to him for his services. Deponent saith that the following among many other cases that he attended, John Tichenor before stated, was wounded about Christmas 1776 badly and John Wright, before mentioned, was wounded at same time. John Tichenor has been placed on the list of invalid pensioners. These men deponent attended, Tichenor for three months and Wright for one month.

In 1777 on the 13th or 14th of September, Samuel Hensley was dangerously wounded in the battle. The ball deponent extracted & attended him about four months. This man is dead but was placed on the list of invalid pensioners. At the same time William Matthews was wounded, shot through the hip & his skull fractured. This man deponent attended for nine months and upwards and he also was placed in the list of invalid pensioners.

In 1780, Lieut. Knox, a Continental Officer (the same that commanded the "Forlorn Hope" at Stoney Point (N.Y.)) received a wound at Newark in a skirmish with the enemy. Deponent tended upon him for about twenty five days...
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...At the battle at Connecticut farms, deponent recollects John N. Baldwin was wounded in his jaw by a ball. That he attended him three months. James Joralman was also wounded at same time & deponent attended him four months, and Thomas Havens was also wounded at same time in the thick part of his thigh and deponent attended him about two months. And deponent saith there are many others upon whom he attended, not now recollected by him. That he never made any charges for his services in any of the cases before stated but was called [crossed out: in] on as surgeon and acted in that character. That in many cases, a man wounded in a skirmish would lay a long while and this deponent always attended when called on.

Deponent further saith that he was in the battle at Second River [a.k.a. Battle Belleville] in September 1777; Gen'l Winds commanded. At that battle he dressed the wounds of the wounded and continued to dress them until their friends came and took them away. That he marched to the Battle of Monmouth in June 1778 with a part of Col. Van Courtland's Regiment in going out and returning with the troops. From the Battle of Monmouth, he was absent at least a fortnight. He was at the Battles of Connecticut...
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Col. Van Courtland's Regiment in going out and returning with the troops. From the Battle of Monmouth, he was absent at least a fortnight. He was at the Battles of Connecticut...

...Farms, Elizabeth Town & Springfield when it was burnt. At the time Gen'l Knyphausen came out and lay at Elizabeth Town Point, he acted as surgeon in those actions and the charges of many of the wounded. Deponent further saith that New Jersey being the spot on which many of the Revolutionary scenes were acted, the militia were often called into active service. That he was publicly known as a Regimental Surgeon and whenever a skirmish took place with the enemy or an action fought, deponent was called upon and did attend as surgeon and that he continued to serve as surgeon to the close of the war.

The deponent saith that independent of the five months service herein stated, he served in actual attendance upon the wounded militia & Continental Officers and soldiers and in following the army as surgeon a term of time exceeding two years, for which he never changed the men, but acted in his character of surgeon. Deponent further saith that he hath lost or mislaid his commission as herein stated and cannot now find the same nor has he any documentary evidence to produce. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
s/ John Condit

Sworn to & subscribed the day year aforesaid before me.
s/ William Williams, Judge of Essex CommonPleas
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We, Asa Hillyer, a Clergyman residing at Orange in the County of Essex and Stephen D. Day of the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Dr. John Condit, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be Seventy seven years of age. That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
s/ Asa Hillyer
s/ Stephen D. Day 

Sworn & subscribed 20 Aug. 1832 before me.
s/ William Williams, Judge of Essex Common Pleas

I, William Williams, a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex, do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department. That Dr. John Condit, the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And I do certify that the said applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court. And I further certify that it appears to me that Asa Hillyer, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident at Orange and that Stephen D. Day, who has also signed the same is a resident of Orange and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.

August 20, 1832.
s/ William Williams, Judge of Essex Common Pleas
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statement is entitled to credit.

August 20, 1832.
s/ William Williams, Judge of Essex Common Pleas...

New Jersey
Essex County//

Noath Matthews of Orange in the County of Essex, being duly sworn according to law on his oath saith that he is a son of William Matthews, who was wounded a little above the Second River [a.k.a. Battle Belleville] in the said County of Essex. He believes it was in the year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy seven (when) his father was wounded, as he has often heard from his father. While serving as a Militiaman, he was shot down by the enemy & as he lay down, one of the enemy knocked his skull in with the butte of a gun. His wound was very bad. His life was despaired of for several weeks & several pieces of the bone worked out. Dr. John Condit attended on deponent's father during his whole sickness and thinks he must have attended on deponent's father at least nine months. He thinks it was a year before his father got out. Deponent's father, for a considerable portion of the time, required daily attendance & he believes he was faithfully and diligently attended to.
s/ Noath Matthews

Sworn and subscribed before me August 20, 1832.
s/ William Williams, Judge of Essex Common Pleas
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New Jersey
Essex County//

Thomas Harrison of Parsippany in the County of Morris, of full age being duly sworn according to law on his oath saith that he lived in the Revolutionary War next door to Dr John Condit. He remembers his going out in the five months service in Col. Van Courtland's Regiment as surgeon. He saw him at Long Island with the regiment doing duty as surgeon. A few days before the battle, Dr. Condit returned near Christmas. He also saw him at Fort Washington. After Dr. Condit returned home from the five months service, he was known as the Surgeon of the Militia and deponent knows it was the practice for those that were wounded in fighting the enemy to send to Dr. Condit as the surgeon and that he was prompt to go and did attend in that character a great many persons.

Deponent [crossed out: knows (illegible)] further saith that he never heard of any other doctor within the camps of Col. Van Courtland's Regiment being called on to perform the like service. He was publicly known as the surgeon and in that capacity rendered many, and very valuable, services to the militia. Remembered Dr. Condit attended Samuel Lindsley. Deponent saw him when he was wounded, saw Dr. Condit dress the wounds & often saw the Dr. with him.

Deponent saw Dr. John Condit either at Connecticut Farms or Springfield during the...
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...action at those places. He cannot now say at which place & he may have seen him at both places. He was there as a surgeon in the militia. Deponent saw William Matthews after he was wounded & knows Dr. John Condit attended him as surgeon.
s/ Thomas Harrison 

Sworn & Subscribed before Aug. 20, 1832.
s/ William Williams, Judge of Essex Common Pleas
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New Jersey
Essex County//

Isaac Dodd of Morinfield being duly sworn according to law on his oath saith that the same day James Holman and Thomas Haven were wounded, he brought them from Springfield to Morinfield and is satisfied they were dressed and tended by Dr John Condit. Deponent did not stay to see their wounds dressed but he always understood he did attend them. Deponent was once at John Tichenor's and saw Dr. John Condit go in his house to dress his wounds. Deponent [crossed out: at that time] knew Dr. John Condit in the Revolutionary Was as surgeon in Col. Van Courtland's Regiment and was depended upon to dress the wounds and attended upon those that were wounded in fighting against the enemy.
s/ Isaac Dodd

Sworn & subscribed before me Aug. 20, 1832.
s/ William Williams, Judge of Essex Common Pleas
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New Jersey
Essex County//

John N. Baldwin of the Township of Orange in said County being duly sworn according to law on his oath saith that he was at the Battle of Connecticut Farms during the Revolutionary War in the year 1780. Deponent was a Militiaman and received a wound in that action from a ball which fractured his underjaw. Deponent was attended for said wound by Dr. John Condit for three months [crossed out: and] who dressed it almost every day. Dr. John Condit attended deponent as surgeon of Col. Van Courtland's Regiment of York County Militia. Deponent was never charged anything by Dr. John Condit for his services nor did he ever pay anything to him. He attended him in his character of surgeon in the militia.
s/ John N. Baldwin

Sworn & subscribed before me August 20, 1832.
s/ William Williams, Judge of Essex Common Pleas
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New Jersey
Essex County//

Ebenezer Smith of the Township of Morinfield in said County being duly sworn according to law on his oath saith that James Jeroleman and Thomas Havens were both wounded at the Battle at Connecticut Farms in the year 1780 in the Revolutionary War. Thomas Havens was deponent's brother-in-law. Deponent knows Dr. John Condit attended the said Jeroleman and Havens and dressed their wounds. Deponent saw him dress the wounds of Thomas Haven. Deponent lived near the said men and often saw Dr. John Condit there visiting the said mem. Deponent cannot at this time tell how long the said men lay in the hands of the doctor but it was for a considerable time. The deponent understood at that time that Dr. Condit was the surgeon of Col. Van Courtland's Regiment and attended the said men in that character.
s/ Ebenezer Smith

Sworn & subscribed before me Aug. 20, 1832.
s/ William Williams, Judge of Essex Common Pleas
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New Jersey
Essex County//

I, Elias Van Arsdale, Junior Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Essex, do hereby certify that William Williams, before whom the annexed declaration of John Condit, upon his application for a pension & proceedings relative thereto, were made & done at the time of doing the same was and still is one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Essex & resident therein, duly commissioned & sworn and that I am acquainted with his handwriting. And that the signatures "William Williams" to the declaration of the said [crossed out: Condit] John Condit & also to the certificate of Asa Hillyer Stephen D. Day & also to his certificate as Judge of said Court & also to the several affidavits of Noah Matthews, Thomas Harrison, Isaac Dodd, John N. Baldwin & Ebenezer Smith are the genuine signatures of the said William Williams and that full faith & credit is due & may be given to his official acts.

In testimony whereof I have to hereunto set my Hand & Seal of Office this Twenty first day of August A.D. Eighteen Hundred and Thirty two.
s/ E. Van Arsdale, Jr. Clerk
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New Jersey
[illegible] County//

Personally appeared before me, Stephen D. Day, one (of the) Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Essex, Recompence Stanberg, who being duly
sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he was Orderly Sergeant in the company commanded by Capt. Swan in the five months service in the year 1776 belonging to the East Jersey Regiment commanded by Col. Van Courtland, Lieut. Col. Bradley and Major Dey and that Doctor John Condit of Orange in the County Essex acted as surgeon of said regiment and attended this deponent as such and extracted a ball from his upper thigh when this deponent was wounded in the Battle on Long Island the 28 day of August 1776.
s/ Recompence Stanberg

Sworn and subscribed before me this 18 day Aug. 1832.
s/ Stephen D. Day
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New Jersey
County of Essex //

I, Elias Van Arsdale, Junior Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Essex aforesaid, do hereby certify that Stephen D. Day, Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavit was taken was at the time of taking the said affidavit & now is one of the Justices of the Peace for said County residing therein, duly commissioned & sworn and authorized to take the same. That I am acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and verily believe the forgoing signature "Stephen D. Day" is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Newark in the County aforementioned the Twenty first day of August A.D. Eighteen Hundred and Thirty two.
s/ E. Van Arsdale, Jr. Clerk
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[illegible] New Jersey
[illegible] County
Borough of Elizabeth//

Personally appeared before me, Aaron Woodruff, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the said Borough, the Rev'd Thomas Morrell, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he was a captain of a company of men raised for five months in the year 1776 belonging to the East Jersey Regiment to be commanded by Col. Van Cortland, but as Col. Van Cortland never joined was actually commanded by Lieut. Col Bradly and Major Dey. And that Doctor John Condit of Orange in the County aforesaid was appointed the surgeon of the said regiment by the Provincial Congress of New Jersey af(oresai)d as and was known by this deponent to officiate as such as he attended him when unwell and dressed one of the wounds he received in the Battle of Long Island on the 28th of August 1776.
s/ Thomas Morrell

Sworn to & subscribed before me this 17th day of August A.D. 1832.
s/ A(aro)n Woodruff, Recorder
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State of New Jersey
Borough of Elizabeth//

I, Francis B. Chetwood, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the Borough aforesaid, the same being a Court of Record in the County of Essex and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Aaron Woodruff, Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavit was taken was at the time of taking the same and now is the Recorder of the Borough aforesaid and one of the Judges of the said Court of Common Pleas of the said Borough residing therein duly commissioned and sworn and authorized to take affidavits. That I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Recorder and verily believe the foregoing signature "Aaron Woodruff" is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Elizabeth Town in the Borough aforesaid the Twenty second day of August A.D. Eighteen Hundred & Thirty Two.
s/ F.B. Chetwood, Clerk
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In reply to your request of (blank), received (blank) for a statement of the military history of John Condit, M.D., a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his [crossed out: (or his widow's)] application for pension on file in this Bureau.  S.2,469

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. (CAPTAIN/COLONEL) | STATE.
Spring 1776 | 1 mo. | Private & Surgeon | (blank) | Edward Thomas | N.J.
June 1776 to Christmas 1776 | (blank) | Surgeon | (blank)  | Philip Van Cortland | (blank)
Soon after above to end of war. | (blank) | Surgeon | (blank)  | Philip Van Cortland | (blank)

Battles engaged in, Long Island, White Plains, Second River, Monmouth, Elizabeth Town, Connecticut Farms & Springfield when it was burned.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Springfield, Essex County, New Jersey.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 20, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Orange, Essex Co., New Jersey
Age at date of application, Born July 8, 1755. Place not stated.
Remarks: Dr. Condit was also a United States Senator and died May 4, 1844. The names of his widow & children are not on file.

Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1832
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Dec. '76
June 23, 1780

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July 10, 1919.

Hon. G.M. Saltzgaber,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D.C.

My Dear Sir:

I am engaged in writing the history of Orange in the Revolutionary War and find it quite impossible to secure the military record of Dr. John Condit, who was a Surgeon in Colonel Philip Van Courtlandt's Regiment, Essex County, N.J., militia. He was granted a pension on January 15, 1833, for, I believe $11.00 per month.

Will you kindly send me his record? It will be greatly appreciated and will greatly assist in completing the record of one who performed a very great service for his country.

Thanking you in advance for any courtesy extended.

I am, Yours very truly,
s/ David Pierson
Historian N.J Society, S.A.R.
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2469

Rev(olutionary) War

INVALID.

File No. 2469
John Condit
Pri(vate) Rev(olutionary) War

Act: June 7th 1832

Index: -; Vol. A; Page 73

{Arrangement of 1870.}

1919 Jun. 21 - Hist(ory sent) to David L. Pierson. ¢
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N. Jersey

Pension case of Doctor John Condit.

Law of 1832
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Col. James L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir,

I would ask your reconsideration of [duplicate: of] the pension claim of Doctor John Condit, formerly of the Senate of the U.S., now deceased.

The ground of this request is that the allowance per month to surgeons for revolutionary service was less than what has since that time been ascertained to be due & which has actually been paid. I presume I need not refer to cases in which an addition has been made. But if you deem it proper & necessary, I would respectfully refer to the case of Abigail Johnes of N. Jersey, a widow of Doctor Timothy Johnes [illegible].

I make this application at request of the heirs of Doctor Condit, who left one unfortunate son & who by the consent of all others would have the benefit of the addition if granted.

The precise time of Doctor Condit's death I cannot now tell. But it will appear by the documents filed here by the Pay Agent at Trenton. If you require proof from him, I will forward it. His executor is Silas Condit of Newark, a representative here from N.J. in 1832-3.

Very respectfully your obe(dient) ser(vant),
s/ Lewis Condict
Washington, 23rd Nov. 1844.
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Morris Town N.J., Jan. 22nd 1845

Sir,

Yours of the 2nd relating to the case of John Condit, being directed to "Morris Town, N. York" went to the St. Lawrence & was returned here a day or two since. It is admitted that he was entitled to $139.16 pr annum, & upw(ard) but at rate of $111.66. The facts requiring proof relating to his death, the widow & children will be made out & forwarded to the office.

If my recollection is right, I believe he was a surgeon in Col. Van Cortland's Reg't, whether of State Troops of militia I do not remember, having no
memoranda of the case. His family have always been dissatisfied respecting the pension allowed for his service. Knowing that nearly the whole of his time during the war was devoted in attendance upon sick & wounded soldiers & attendance with his regiment in the field.

As a satisfaction to his family may I ask as a favor. A brief of his service alleged the testimony in the case, the period allowed, the [illegible] per mo., grade &c.

At that time I supposed the yearly pay of a surgeon to be $480 & if allowed for 6 mos. only, would be $120. Of late I presume the annual pay for a surgeon is $600, equal to $150 for 6 mos. Perhaps he served at first in some inferior grade but I have no doubt but that as surgeon he actually performed a Regimented Surgeon duty whenever Van Courtland's Reg't was in the field, altho' (although) the testimony may have fallen short in that respect.

Very respectfully your obe(dient) ser(vant),
s/ Lewis Condict

Col. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

P.S. In reference to widows of 5 yrs. whose pensions were continued for 1 year & again for 4 years from March '44, what forms will be requisite after an appropriation to authorize paym(en)ts at the agency? Then enclose me a copy &c.
s/ L.C.
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Application of Dr. John Condit for a Pension under act of June 7, 1832.

Hon. L. Condict, H.R.
Dec.

1/2 mo. P(rivate).........$1.66
5 1/2 mos. Surg(eon).....110.00
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                        $116.66
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William Pennington, Esq.
Newark
Essex County