Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 4,479, for Jacob Kline, New Jersey
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey
Kline, Jacob

NUMBER
S4479.
Carded
CONTENTS
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Ohio 7968.
Jacob Kline of Knox Co
in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Shipman of the Reg commanded by Col. Bond in the New Jersey Line for 13 months.
$43.33/100.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 43. Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the [illegible] day of April 1833 and sent to [illegible] Elliott Mt Vernon Knox Co. Ohio
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Arrears to the 20th of [illegible] 1833   86.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.      21.66
                                                          $108.32

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by [illegible] Palmer Clerk,
[illegible] Vol. 8. Page 14.

[Right side of page written sideways]: Date of [illegible]
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State of Ohio Knox County [illegible initials]
On the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before me James Graham a Justice of the peace in and for Knox County and state of Ohio, Jacob Kline a resident of the United States in the County of Knox and State aforesaid aged Seventy seven years
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 7th 1832-

I Jacob Kline was born in the State of New Jersey in the year of one thousand seven hundred and fifty five and that I entered in the service of the Militia of the State Troops of the state of New Jersey on or about the first of April one thousand seven hundred and seventy six under the command of Col. William Bond and Capt Jacob Winters and served nine months as a drafted Militia man at these different periods of service embracing three months at each time of service and marched
from Sussex County in the State of New Jersey by the way of Germantown to Elizabethtown New Jersey when the whole time of service in the Militia State Troops were rendered in the year of one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight I was drafted to go on an expedition against the Indians in the State of New York Commanded by Col William
Bond Capt Paul Shipman and Lieut Shipman and marched from the State of New Jersey through Pennsylvania by the way of Barwick
on the Susquehanna River to the state of New York and marched to Cayuga Lake in the State aforesaid and served four months in the Militia against the Indians making the whole time of
service thirteen months, during the war. After the Revolutionary war I resided in the State of New Jersey until the year of one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven at which time I removed to the State of Pennsylvania Northumberland County and resided there
until the year of one thousand eight hundred and thirty and from there removed to the state of Ohio where I present reside at this time, and relinquish all claims to a pension except the present claim
Q.    when and in what year was you born
Ans. I was born in the State of New Jersey in the year of one thousand seven hundred and fifty five
Q.    have you any Record of your age and where is it
Ans. my age is Recorded in my family Bible
Q.    where were you living when called into the service and where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live.
Ans. when I was called into the service I lived in the State of New Jersey Sussex County and since the Revolutionary war I lived in the state of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and I now live at this time in the State of Ohio Knox County
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Q. how were you called into the Service were so drafted did you Volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
Ans.  I was drafted in the Militia for each period of time of service
Q. State the names of some of the regular Officers who were with the Troops where you served such Continental and Militia Regiments
as you can recollect and the General Circumstance of your service.
Ans. Col Bond and Capt Jacob Winters are the only Officers I can recollect.  The service I performed was against the British in the
State of New Jersey and the Indians in the State of New York and served thirteen months in the Militia State Troops in New Jersey.
Q.  State the names of some persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character
and veracity and their belief of your service-
Ans. James Kline Isaac Kline and Asher Eley who is knowing .to my character.

State of Ohio Knox County [illegible initials].

[signature] Jacob Kline

Sworn to before me James Graham a Justice of the peace in and for said County the 1st day of January A.D. 1833
[signature] James Graham J.P.

State of Ohio Knox County [illegible initials]
personally appeared before me James Graham a Justice of the peace in and for said County James Kline and Isaac Kline who was duly
sworn according to Law doth say that we frequently heard Jacob Kline say that he served in the Militia State Troops of New Jersey for the Term of thirteen months against the British and Indians and we are of opinion that he served the time as he states and it was
generally believed in the State of Pennsylvania, from where he last removed that he did serve the time in the Militia as set forth which we concur in Opinion

[signature] James Kline
[signature] Isaac Kline

Sworn and subscribed to before me this 1st day of January 1833
[signature] James Graham J.P
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State of Ohio Knox County [illegible initials]
personally appeared before me James Graham a Justice of the peace in and for said County Asher Eley and was duly sworn according to
Law doth say the he first became acquainted with Jacob Kline on or about Twenty one years ago, and has been ever since conversant with
him and can say that he is a man of Truth and Veracity and his Character stands unimpeachable due faith and credit were given to all his statement as a man of Truth. There is no doubt with me that he served the time in the Militia State Troops as set forth in his declaration my belief is that his statement is entitled to credit
[signature] Asher Eley
Sworn and Subscribed to before me 1st January 1833
[signature] James Graham J.P.

This is to certify that Jacob Kline the Applicant for a Pension is and are at this time unable to attend the Court of Common Pleas to make Application for his Pension in consequence of age and bodily infirmities as I believe. The Evidence of James Kline and Isaac Kline & Asher Eley are entitled to full credit from the
character and reputation that each of them supports [crossed out: illegible]
[signature] James Grahan J.P
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The State of Ohio                          }
Knox County by [illegible initials]: }

[lightly written top right]: Jacob Kline 22600

I Alexander Elliott Clerk of the Court of Common pleas for said County do hereby certify that James Graham Esq. before whom the within affidavits were taken was at the time of taking this same and still is an acting Justice of the peace duly Commissioned & Sworn and full faith and credit is due to all his official acts as such as well in Courts of Justice as thereout.  And I further certify that the within signatures purporting to be his are genuine.  In Testimony
whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at the Clerks office in Mount Vernon this 7 day of January 1833
[signature] Alex. Elliot
Clk
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22600 7908,
Jacob Kline
Ohio

Adm for 13. Months
from 1776 Private.
$43.33/100

Alexander Elliott
Clerk
Mount Vernon
Knox County
Ohio
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus:  }).  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of [signature]: Jacob Kline Ohio
Period when the service was rendered |
Duration of the claimant's service |
Years. | Months. | Days. |
Rank of the claimant. |
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. |
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. |
Proof by which the declaration is supported. |

State troops
1st Apl 1776 drafted            }
3 mo at a time 8 hours        }
making . . . .  . | 9                  } |
Private,| [illegible] Col Bond|
77 Born in N.J. and entered these in Sussex N.J. now lives in Knox Ohio|

1760 " | 4 |
" | Col Shipman " |
Certificate of Neighbours |

before a Justice of the Peace |
too infirm to appear in Court |

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J.L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line." "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.  The Regular Troops.
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4.  Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of }     ss.
County of                              }

On this          day of            personally appeared (a) before. 
A.B. a resident (b) of           in the county of
                            and State, Territory or District
of            aged (c)           years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)          , with            and
served in the                   (e) regiment of the
                 line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
["                                                 of the Court of
                                   do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of                                      for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of                                     &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
                             and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
                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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,                                  Clerk of the Court of
                          do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of                                                  for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal                              of office, this
        day of                            &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
{To an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party.  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: ___ For ____ year __________ months, and _____________days,
days, I served as a _____________, For ___________ months and _____________ days, I served as a _______________; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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December 27, 1930

Mr. Harold D. Beatty
15 William Street
New York, New York

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
EEL

Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.4479, that Jacob Kline was born in 1755, in New Jersey, place not stated.
While a resident of Sussex County, New Jersey, he enlisted April 1, 1776, and served three tours of three months each as a private in Captain Jacob Winter's Company, Colonel William Bond's New Jersey Regiment.
He enlisted in 1778, and served four months as a private in Captain Paul Shipman's Company, Colonel William Bond's New Jersey Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 1, 1833, while a resident of Knox County, Ohio, to which state he had moved from Northumberland County,
Pennsylvania.
There are no data as to his family.
The above is the history of the only soldier named Jacob Kline who served from New Jersey, found on the Revolutionary War Records of this bureau.

Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.

[handwritten]: Date of death not [illegible]
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[handwritten]: Rev War    4479

INVALID.

File No. 4479
Jacob Kline
Pri. N.J. Line

Act: June 7, 1832
Index: - Vol. A, Page 209
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[Right-side of page-handwritten]:
1926 - May 22. Hist to Mrs. A. Van Doren
Honeyman - [illegible].

1930 - Dec 27 / Hist.  to
Harold D Beatty - [illegible]
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[all handwritten]

[top right - illegible]

[written sideways left of page]: application for pension
22600
[illegible]

Hon Lewis Cass Esq
Secretary of War
Washington City
D_C_
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[top right illegible handwritten initials]
Rev.&1812 Wars Section

May 22, 1926,

Mrs. A. Van Doren Honeyman
234 East Ninth St.,
Plainfield, N. J.

Madam,

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 4479 it appears that Jacob Kline was born in 1755 in New Jersey, place not stated.
While a resident of Sussex County, New Jersey he enlisted April 1, 1776 and served three tours of three months each as a private in Captain Jacob Winter's Company, Colonel
William Bond's New Jersey Regiment.
He enlisted in 1778 and served four months as a private in Captain Paul Shipman's Company, Colonel William Nond's New Jersey Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 1, 1833 while a resident of Knox County, Ohio to which state he had moved from Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
There is no data on file as to his family.
In order to make a proper search of the records for any
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other particular soldier named Jacob Kline, as much as possible of the following data is essential: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and the given name of widow.
Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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Ernest S. Rigdon
Harold G. Beally
Bigelow and  Beally
Counselors at a
15 William Street
New York
Cable Address "EABIG"
Telephone 
HANOVER {9607 9608 9309 9610

November 19, 1930.
Hon. E.W. Morgan,
Acting Commissioner of Pensions,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I am much obliged for your letter of the 13th inst.
in the matter of John Finley; the information contained therein
is very helpful.
Will you kindly furnish me with what information the
Revolutionary War Section records contain as to the service of
the following four members of our family:
1 Peter Nevius of Amwell, New Jersey, who was born sometime prior to 1750.
2. Jacob Kline, New Germantown, New Jersey, born 1751.
3. Jacob Redline of Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
4. Jacob Rhoades of Limerick, or New Hanover Township, Pennsylvania.
Any information that you can furnish as to these
parties will be greatly appreciated.
Very truly yours,
Harold D. Beatty
[stamp] [illegible NOV 20 1930 U.S. pensions
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[icon]
Continental Chapter
Plainfield, New Jersey
March 23, 1926.
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Will you kindly send me a copy of Jacob
Kline's Pension (Invalid No. 4479), I am informed by
Adjutant Generals Office that such pension is on file
in your office.
A Jacob Kline received a "certificate
from the Quartermaster General's Department." Will I
be able to obtain that at your office too?
Thanking you in advance for your kindness
.
I am
Very truly
Julia R Honeyman
Registrar of Continental Chapter.
Mrs. A. Van Doren Honeyman
234 East 9 Street
Plainfield, New Jersey.
[stamp] PENSION OFFICE U.S L MAR 24 1926