Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 33098, for John Merritt, Massachusetts
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JOHN FINNIGAN, NEW YORK.
R. E. PAINE, HOUSTON, TEXAS.
John Finnigan & Company
HIDES, WOOL, ETC.
FRANK W BROWN, MANAGER EL PASO BRANCH.

NEW YORK CITY:
Office, 61 Beckman Street, Cor Gold Street.
HOUSTON, TEXAS:
Office, Oppose Grand Central Depot.
El Paso, Texas, Oct. 29 1902
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir-
Could you kindly furnish
me any information regarding the pension
record of my great grandfather Capt John
Merritt of Marblehead Mass. who was a
Captain in Colonel John Glovers regiment
during the Revolutionary War.
I have the following from some of the
official records of the State of Massachusetts
(But which particular records they are firm I
do not know.0
John Merritt rank - Captain
Annual allowance $240
Amount received $46.66
Placed on pension Roll May 16. 1818
Commencement of Pension April 18. 1818
Age at the time 80 years
He died June 28. 1818
Thanking you for any information I remain Respectfully Yours
Mrs. Frank W. Brown 
P.O. Box 141
El Paso, Texas.