Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43874, for James Purdy, New York
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Service |    |  Number

Continental |Purdy, James | S 43874
NY | or Purdey  |
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New York Rolls
(N. 1,657,)

James Purdy
Capt Moody
Private
New York Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 2nd of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of June 1818
and sent to Joshua Hathaway, Esq.
Rome, New York

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818.
4 months 33/30
$40.80
Date of death March 8, 1835
on Agency Bk.

{Revolutionary Claim, Act 18th March, 1818}

War 4 Years
Lande ?
Lee, Oneida Co.
Continued
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James Purdy



Joshua Hathaway
Rome N Yk
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State of New York
& County of Oneida}

At a court of Commons Pleas, being a Court of Record, held at Whitestown, in foresaid county on the eighth day of September 1820 personally appears in open court, James Purdy, aged sixty years, -Resident in Lee in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War in Col Lamb's Reg't in the Company commanded by Capt Moody in the New York line for more than nine months.  And that the date of his original declaration of said services is the 2nd day of April 1818 & the number of his pension certificate is  [blank].

And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 & that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any other manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself with the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain provisions engage in the land & Naval service of the
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United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18th day of March 1818 & that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or security contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed & by me subscribed
[signature]
James Purdy

Sworn to the 8th day of September 1820 before
by Esq? Bacon, Judge of Oneida Com Pleas

Schedule
one | Mare nearly twenty years old |
one | cow. Two small  swine |
1 | old plough have of drag teeth much worn, |
1 | old set of Dutch Harnesses |
1 | ox chain nearly worn out
1 |good  ax & 1 poor one 2 augers |
1 | half bushel measure  3 tin pans. |
2 | old hoes - 6 tin basins - 1 Bible |
3 | sheep & 4 lambs - 2 Hymnal Psalm books |
1 | small shed and one large. 1 pail. |
1 | table. 6 old chairs, 5 cups & saucers. |
6 | spoons & 6 knives & forks. |
1 | platter. 1 pot, 1 [illegible] |
6 | small hooks.  |

[signature] James Purdy

Whole amount $45.

72 acres of Land with 15 acres of improvement which was mortgaged [crossed out] (by the men from whom I bought the same) to Robert Bown for $4 per acre in 1805 & no part of the mortgage money is paid on the 72 acres, I have not means to
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pay off said mortgage, neither can I sell the land for one half the money for which said mortgage was given. I am indebted besides the above mortgage money to Jay Featheway $30. to Calvin Church $25. to Silas W Morse $12.50. to Phillip Smith $15. to Henry Smith $18. to Stephen [illegible] $444.

[signature] James Purdy

I further declare that my occupation is that of a Farmer, that by reasons of age & poor health I am not able to perform one fourth part of trhe labour which I used to perform when I was in the prime of live. And that I have an aged wife who has the Rheumatism to that degree that her hands & feet are drawn quite out of their natural shape, & is hardly able to dress herself. - And that I have a daughter Rachel, who is 15 year of age, who enjoy, but miserable health. -
I have also a son Sylvanus who is eleven years of age & in good health. These there with myself constitute my Family.

I was in the battle below the Whiteplains in the year 1777 & in the same year the battle at Terrytown & in the year 1781 I was in the battle at Johnstown in the State of New York. & was wounded in the two last mentioned Battles.

[signature] James Purdy

Sworn to the 8th day of September 1820 before Esq? Bacon, Judge of Oneida Comm Pleas
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State of New York Oneida Com Pleas being a Court of Record of the term of September 1820. 

The whole of term proceedings was had in open Court & in the opinion of the Court the total amount in Value of the property exhibited in the above schedule is forty five dollars.

Harris A Bloodgood Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Oneida, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the 
Schedule thereunto annexed, are true copies from the record of the said Court and I also 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 Forty Five Dollars. The testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on the eighth day of September 1820.
Harris A Bloodgood {illegible]
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State of New York & County of Oneida }ss

James Purdy of the town of Lee in the County & State aforesaid on the second day of April 1818 came before me Joshua Hathaway one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in the aforesaid County and being duly sworn did declare & say that he entered into the service of the United States as a private in the year 1777 and served under Capt. Richard Sacket in the Regiment then commanded by Col. Luddington for the term of three months, at the Whiteplains & that in January 1778 he enlisted into the year service, and served in Col. Luddinton's Regt. until the August following at Said Whiteplains when he, on the 6th day of August 1778 enlisted at a Matross ?into Capt Moody's Company in the 2nd New York Artillery Regiment commanded by Col. John Lamb,  for the term of during the (then) War, & that he served faithfully until the close of the war when he received his Discharge signed by Gen. Washington on the ninth day of June 1783. Of which the annexed is a true copy, the Original of which, (after it was registered by James Bradford, Adjutant) was delivered
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to [illegible] who purchased the land to which he as a private was entitled. he further saith that an acknowledgment or rather or memorandum that it was a true copy was then made by Chas. Lockwood one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Westchester, which copy with the acknowledgment is hereunto annexed, & the Deponant further maketh Oath that the same is a true copy of the Original signed as aforesaid by Gen. Washington. And that he is & has been ever since he received his said Discharge a resident citizen of the United States, that he is in reduced circumstances, that he is not the owner of any real estate & a very [illegible - trifle?] of personal property.

[signature]James Purdy

Sworn& subscribed
this 2nd day of April 
1818 before me
J. Hatheway

State of New York}
& County of Oneida}

Bill Smith & Stephen Hubbard

Being duly sworn depose & say they each of them were personally acquainted with James Purdy and have been for a number of years that well know he is to be person named in the above affidavit & know that he is reduced circumstances.

Bill Smith
Stephen Hubbard

Sworn to & Subscribed
this 2 day of April 1818
before me J. Hatheway
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James Purdy

application to be placed on Pension List

Hon T.H. Hubbard
Hamilton
Madison
N.Y.
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By his Excellency 
George Washington Esquire
General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America

These are to Certify that the bearer hereof
James Purdy Matross, in the 2nd or New York 
Artillery Regiment having faithfully served these United States from the 6th August 1778 until the present Period and being enlisted for the War only is herby discharged from the American Army,

Given at Head Quarters the ninth day of June 1783.

G. Washington
Signed
By his Excellency's [illegible]
J. Trumbill, {illegible}

Registered in the Books of the Regiment
James Bradford Adjutant

The above named James Purdy has been honored with the Badge of Meritt, for three years faithful Service.

Signed John Lamb Col.
[illegible]

The above is a true copy.
Eben Lockwood, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for  the state of New York County of Westchester [illegible]
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I James Purdy wish to be placed on the Pension List of the United States as a private of the Revolutionary Army & that I may  receive my Pension in the District of the State of New York
[signature]James Purdy
Megt? J Hathaway

I certify that it appears to my satisfaction that James Purdy the above applicant served in the Revolutionary War against the Common enemy & that Bill Smith & Stephen Hubbard are credible witnesses.  Dated at Rome State of New York 
April 2 1818

Joshua Hatheway one of the Judges of Oneida Com Pleas

To the Secretary of the Department of War U.S.
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from to Joshua Hathaway Rome N York
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October 1, 1936
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JAMES PURDY
S.43874
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. Anthony E. Bott
1317 Pennsylvania Avenue
East Saint Louis, Illinois

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of James Purdy, born March 6, 1760 in Barre, Vermont, also, the War of 1812 record of Oliver Purdy, who was born 1786 and served from New York.

There is no claim for pension on file based upon the service in the War of 1812 of an Oliver Purdy, under any spelling of the name.  Such a claim is the source of data furnished by this office in regard to soldiers of the War of 1812.

You are furnished herein the record of James Purdy, the only soldier of that name found in the Revolutionary War records of this office. The data therein were obtained from the papers on file in claim for pension S. 43874 based upon his service in the Revolution.

The date and place of birth and names of the parents of James Purdy are not shown.

James Purdy or Purdey enlisted in 1777, place not stated, served three months as private in Captain Richard Sackett's company, Colonel Luddington's New York regiment, and was in a battle below White Plains. He enlisted in January, 1778, served as a private until August, 
 1778 in Colonel Luddington's New York Regiment, and on August 6, 1778, enlisted as  matross in Captain Moodie's company, Colonel John Lamb's 2nd Regiment of Artillery, was in the battles of Tarrytown and Johnstown and was wounded in both battles.  He was discharged June 9, 1785, by General George Washington, and honored with a badge of merit for three years' faithful service.

In 1805, the soldier was residing in Western, Oneida County, New York.
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James Purdy was allowed pension on his application executed April 2, 1818, while a resident of Lee, Oneida County, New York.

In 1820, the soldier was aged sixty years, living in Lee, New York, and stated the following constituted his family: an aged wife, name and age not given, daughter, Rachel, aged fifteen years, and son Sylvanus aged eleven years. There are no further family data on file.

In 1822, the soldier was living in Rome, Oneida County, New York.  He died March 8, 1835.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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1932 - Feb 3 - Hist to Mrs. Carl H Dimon - MLB

1936, Oct 1 - Hist to Mrs. Anthony E. Bott - MLB


43874
INVALID
Revy
File no. 43874
James Purdy
Prv Rev War

Act: 18 March 18
Index: - Vol. 8, page 406

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Note: Right side of page is cut off


State of New York,
Clerk's Office, Oneida County
County of Oneida

To all to who these Present shall come, Greetings know ye, that I Eliasaph Dorchester, Clerk of the County of Oneida, having inspected the records in the Clerk's office of said County do find these registered in Book B of Mortgages, page 234, a certain Mortgage in the words and figures following to wit:
"Richard Brown and Ann his wife, Philip Kelland and Rebecca his wife on the thirty first day of January in the year 1805 for securing the payment of the sum of Eight hundred and twenty two dollars with the interest that shall accrue there upon according to the tenor of fourcertain Bonds bearing date aforesaid, Have mortgaged unto Robert Bowne of the same place, City of New Y ... All that certain piece or parcel of land known by lot number nine in Outhou... Patent situated in the town of Western County of Oneida and State of New York and is bounded as follows: Beginning at the North West corner of lot number Seven in said Patent at a Spruce Tree cornered and inked 7.9 and runs thence as  the trees are marked North one degree fifteen minutes West forty one chains and have twen links to a stake fifteen links west from a small rock maple tree cornered and marked 9.11. Thence North Eighty eight degrees East forty nine chains and sixty eight links to a two pronged Birch Tree cornered and marked 9.10.11.12. Thence South two degrees East forty one chains and ten links to the North East corner of number 7 at a Hemlock tree cornered and marked 7.8.9.10. Thence South eighty eight degrees West fifty chains and twenty five links to the place of Beginning containing Two hundred and five and a half acres of land.  Acknowledged before Thomas Cooper a Master [illgible] the 4th February 1805 by the Mortgagors made know by oath of Simon Bellamy."
Registered the twenty third day of March 1805 at three oclock. P.M.  Francis A Bloodgood.

All which I have caused to be exemplified and the seal of said County to be [illegible{ affixed.
Witness my hand this twenty fourth day July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one.

Eliasaph Dorchester, Clerk
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State of New York,
Clerk's Office, Oneida County
County of Oneida

To all to who these Present shall come, Greeting.  Know ye, that I Eliasaph Dorchester, Clerk of the County of Oneida, having inspected the records in the Clerk's office of said County do find these registered in Book B of Mortgages, page 234, a certain Mortgage in the words and figures following to wit:
"Richard Brown and Ann his wife, Philip Kelland and Rebecca his wife on the thirty first day of January in the year 1805 for securing the payment of the sum of Eight hundred and twenty two dollars with the interest that shall accrue there upon according to the tenor of fourcertain Bonds bearing date aforesaid, Have mortgaged unto Robert Bowne of the same place, City of New York . All that certain piece or parcel of land known by lot number nine in Outhoudts. Patent situated in the town of Western County of Oneida and State of New York and is bounded as follows: Beginning at the North West corner of lot number Seven in said Patent at a Spruce Tree cornered and inked 7.9 and runs thence as the trees are marked North one degree fifteen minutes West forty one chains and have twenty links to a stake fifteen links west from a small rock maple tree cornered and marked 9.11. Thence North Eighty eight degrees East forty nine chains and sixty eight links to a two pronged Birch Tree cornered and marked 9.10.11.12. Thence South two degrees East forty one chains and ten links to the North East corner of number 7 at a Hemlock tree cornered and marked 7.8.9.10. Thence South eighty eight degrees West fifty chains and twenty five links to the place of Beginning containing Two hundred and five and a half acres of land. Acknowledged before Thomas Cooper a Master [illgible] the 4th February 1805 by the Mortgagors made know by oath of Simon Bellamy."
Registered the twenty third day of March 1805 at three oclock. P.M. Francis A Bloodgood.

All which I have caused to be exemplified and the seal of said County to be [illegible{ affixed.
Witness my hand this twenty fourth day July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one.

Eliasaph Dorchester, Clerk
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County of New York
& County of Oneida}

Robert L. Perry of Lee in said
County who to me is well known
and came before me Joshua Hathaway
one of the Judges of the Court of Common
pleas in & for said County, & did solemnly
Sincerely & truly declare & affirm, that
he has been well acquainted with the
Land mentioned in the annexed
Exemplification from the year
1812, that he has been agent for
the Mortgagee Robert Bowne &
continued to act as agent for the said
Robert until the day of his death. 
& that he now reside in the neighbor
hood of the land mentioned in said
Mortgage, & that the Lands in that
Vicinity which are equal in quality
& situation with those mentioned in
said Mortgage are now selling for
two Dollars & fifty cents per acre
and that James Purdy who occupies
the Land mentioned in said Mortgage
or 7 acres thereof
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is now holden to pay for said land at the rate of four Dollars per acre with interest in the same from the 31st Jan 1805, & that in the Opinion of the Deponent said land could not at this time be sold for more than one third part of the purchase money & the interest therin. That the said James is a very poor man, that he is a aged & infirm. & cannot do more than two days work each week. & that he is liable to be turned off the premise at any time & that he is & has been permitted to live on the land merely by the indulgence  of the owners without any expectation of receivingufrom him any compensation thereas for serveral years past.

Robert L. Perry

Affirmation to the truth of the forgoing made before me the 27 day of July 1821.
J. Hathaway.
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Seal - Rome NY
Hon J. Hathaway D.M.

The Hon'ble John C Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington


Rec'd 18 March 1822
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Six
Rome N.Y. March 8 1822

In 1818 James Purdy obtained Pension of a soldier of the Revolutionary War.  Application was made in 1820 under the New Law.  In July 1821 I received a letter from the War Department requiring an exemplification of the Mortgate mentioned in the papers which accompanied his application.  In August following the exemplification was forwarded with the affidavite of Judge Wright & W Perry showing that the Mortage was worse than nothing & that Purday was a poor man. He is now anxious to learn the fate of his application. In his behalf I ask inforation.  I am respectfully your humble Srvt,

Joshua Hathaway

The Honr'ble John C Calhoun, 
Secretary of War
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From J Hathaway

Excess 1/4 oz
20
J.L. Edwards, Esq'r
War Department Pension Office
Washington
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Six
Rome N.Y. August 21, 1821
Your letter of the 9th July last was duly received.  I would have been answered before this time had not Judge Wright been absent. In the case of Ja. Purday, A copy of the Mortgage is inclosed, agreeable to your instructions. I have added two affidavits given by Men of high standing in society, for the purpose of showing that Mr Purdy is a poor man, & that the Mortgage itself involves him beyond all homes of relief. Should it be necessary to prove that I hold the office of Judge before in closed affidavit can be received.  I will thank you to inform me of the same. I will forward a certificate to that effect.  Am respectfully your obt' Servant.

Joshua Hathaway

JL Edwards Esqr.
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State of New York
& County of Oneida }

Benjamin Wright Esq Chief Engineer on the Erie Canal, being duly Sworn Deposeth & Saith, that he has been a Surveyor in the Western part of the state of New York for nearly thirty years & has acted as Agent for a considerable number of Non resident land holders & amongst the rest has been &  now is Agent for the heirs of Robert Bowne, the Mortgagee named in the exemplification hereunto annexed, and is acquainted with that part of the Land  therein described. Now in the occupation of James Purdy, & is confident that the Land would not sell for anything like the money due on said Mortgage & that the said James is reputed to be a poor Man.

Ben Wright

Sworn & subscribed this 25th day of August 1821 before me.
J Hathaway
Judge of the Court of Com. Pleas in Said County
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Hon'b J.C. Calhoun
Sec'y at War
Washington


Seal: Rome NY May 10
M Edwards
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Hon'bl J. C. Calhoun
Sir: 
I  have many months since complied with the requests & furnished the proof to the peace office required in my case as a Revolutionary pensioner, & have waited in poverty, want & anxiety, two years nearly, & as yet am not informed whether I am to have relief or not, & I am led to believe that the papers in my case have by accident been mislaid in the pension office. I therefore, an indigent old soldier, do solent from the Hon. the secretary, to consider my case, & grant me relief.
with respect your servant
James Purdy
Rome, Oneida Co
N.Y. May 8. 18 [illegible]
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Rome, N.Y.
Jan 25 / 32

U.S. Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:
I am seeking information regarding my ancestor whom I am Tracing for D.A.R papers.  I have records except those directly pertaining to James Purdy. I know that he
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was of English descent, came from New Bedford, Mass. Probably enlisted there, was a drum major in the Revolutionary war and that he received a pension. He evidently was in the seige of Fort Stanwix which is now Rome and my home and D.A.R. Chapter.
At the close of the war he returned to New Bedford and married
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Rachel Webb and soon after moved to West Branch, New York. They had ten children.  My great grandmother Elizabeth Purdy Williams, was
eldest and was born May 2, 1785.

I have not [not is underlined] the dates of births, deaths, or marriage of James Purdy or his wife Rachel Webbvor his record of service.  I would greatly appreciate it if you
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would furnish me with said dates and state authority for service giving me the name of volume and page claiming such service.

ery gratefully yours
Carl H.) Katherine J. Simon
411 Turin St.
Rome, N.Y.

[round time & date stamp]
RECEIVED [arrow point to 11]
JAN 27 1932
RECEIPT SECTION
PENSION FILES SUB-PENSION
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February 18, 1932

BA-J/ MLB

Mrs. Carl H. Simon
411 Turin Street
Rome, New York

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter of January 25, relative to James Purdy, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 43874, of James Purdy or Purdey, based upon his military service in that war. They do not contain any dates of birth, death or marriage of the soldier or of his family.

James Purdy or Purdey enlisted in 1777, served three months as a private in Captain Richard Sackett's company, Colonel
Luddington's New York regiment and was in a battle below White Plains. He enlisted in January, 1778, served as private until August, 1778, in Colonel Luddington's New York regiment, and on August 6, 1778, enlisted as matross in Captain Moodie's company, Colonel John Lamb's 2" Regiment of Artillery, was in the battles of Tarrytown and Johnstown and was wounded in both battles. He was discharged June 9, 1783, by General George Washington, and honored with a badge of merit for three years faithful service.

In 1805 he was living in Western, Oneida County, New York.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 2, 1818, while living in Lee, Oneida County, New York.

In 1820 soldier was aged sixty years, living in Lee, New York, and stated that the following constituted his family: -- an aged wife, name and age not given; daughter, Rachel, aged fifteen years, and son, Sylvanus, aged eleven years. There are no further family data on file.
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In 1820 soldier was living in Rome, Oneida County, New York.

He died March 8, 1835.

The foregoing history is that of the only soldier named James Purdy or Purdey, found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Vert truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

[handwritten on left side of page]
Date of death on Agency Book
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Mrs. Anthony E. Bott - 1317 Pennsylvania Avenue - East St. Louis, Illinois

September 14, 1935

Dept. of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs: -

Will you please see if on have any Revolutionary War record of James Purdy [Purdy is underlined] Born March 6 - 1760 in Barr, Vt.? [only is written in next to Vt. in pencil]
.
Will you please see if their is at war record in WAR OF 1812 [1812 is underlined in pencil] for Oliver Purdy [name is underlined in pencil with a checkmark above Oliver] born 1785. From the state of N. Y.  [no pen searched by AWL - AWL is underlined, written in pencil]

Yours very sincerely,
Ethlyn W. Bott [signature]
Mrs. Anthony E. Bott.

[round received stamp]
RECEIVED [arrow pointing to 11:45]
SEPT 17 1935
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS. ADM
RE 26

[handwritten in pencil bottom left corner]
1820
60 [underlined]
1760