Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20556, William Abbee, Conn. Continental
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Conn
Continental
Abbee, William
 Abbee Lydia
W20556
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2655
New York
William Abbee
Private
Continental 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 16th of April 1818.
Certificate of pension issued the 19th of Sept 1818 and sent to Joshua Forman Esq, Marcellus, New York

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818, 4 mo 19/30  $37.06
Semi anl all'ce ending 4th Mar 1819  $48.00
                                                          $85.06
Durkee

Onondaga, Onondaga Cein
Aug 6 '33
Continued

Notification sent Oct 30 1820
[illegible]
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State of Newyork [New York] }
Onondaga County } ss:

Azariah Hall of the Town of
Onondaga [later Syracuse] in the said County a Credible
Witness produced by William Abbe of said
Town who being by me duly sworn doth
depose that he was personally knowing
that William Abbe of said Town now here present
enlisted in Captain Reyes Company in
Durkees Regiment in the Connecticut line
some time about the first of January
1776 & served in the same until the expiration
of one year for which he enlisted - that
said Abbe's wife lived in the house of this
deponent while he was gone & he will
recollect that said Abbe returned home
about three weeks after the other
soldiers enlisted for one year in the
neighbourhood having been detained by
Sickness as he then understood -- that this
deponent was a near neighbour to & was
will acquainted with said Abbe before
his enlistment & has known him well
since ---
[signed] Azariah Hall

Sworn this 5th day of September
1818. before me
[signed] Joshua Forman
First Judge of Onondaga Com Pleas ---

State of Newyork [New York] }
Onondaga County } ss:

Joseph Coy of the Town of Marcellus
in the County of Onondaga aged Seventy Six,
being duly sworn saith that he was a
Soldier in Drukers Regiment during the
year 1776 in the Connecticut line
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that some time in the month of January
in the year 1776 about a fortnight after
this deponent joined the army at Roxbury
near Boston  This deponent recollects seeing
William Abbe in Captain Keyes Company
in said Regiment - that this deponent was
before acquainted with his father &
his brother John Abbe who belonged to said
Company & was an armourer - That this
deponent will recollect seeing said William
Abbe in serving in the said Company
from that time until the time of taking
the Hessions at Trenton in the State of
New Jersey - after which this deponent
did not see him until the Regiment
was disbanded on or about the first
of January 1777. that this deponent believes
that he was sick in consequence of the
fatigues of the expedition to Trenton & was
in the Hospital at the time the Regiment
was disbanded --- That this deponent
is satisfied he is the same William
Abbe [Abbee] now residing in the Town of
Onondaga aforesaid --- & further saith
not ---
[signed] Joseph Coye

Sworn this 5th day of
September 1818 before me
[signed] Joshua Forman
First Judge of
Onon'a Com. Pleas
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State of Newyork [New York] }
Onondaga County -- } ss:

On the fifteenth day
of April in the year 1818 before me
the subscriber First Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas in & for the said County
of Onondaga personally appears William
Abbee aged sixty years a resident in the
Town of Onondaga [later Syracuse] in said County, who
being by me first duly sworn according to
law doth on his oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the
provision made by the late Act of Congress
entitled "an Act to provide for certain
persons engaged in the land & naval
service of the United States in the Revolutionary
war" -- That the said William Abbee
enlisted in Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts
in the Company Commanded by Captain
John Keyes in Colonel John Durkees Regiment
of the Connecticut line on or about the
the first day of December in the year
Seventeen hundred & Seventy five, and
continued to serve in the same Company
in the service of the United States until
the first day of January in the year
Seventeen hundred & seventy seven,
when he was discharged from service at
Newtown in the State of Pennsylvania
opposite Trenton -- That he was engaged in taking
the Hessions at Trenton in December before his
discharge -- that his discharge is lost -- that he is
in reduced circumstances in life
and stands in need of the assistance
of his Country for his
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support and has no other evidence
now in his power of his said Services.
[signed] William Abbee

Sworn to declared }
the day & year aforesaid }
before me }
[signed] Joshua Forman
First Judge of Onon'a [Onondaga]
Com. Pleas ---

I Joshua Forman First Judge &c. as aforesaid
do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said William
Abbee did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the
preceding declaration, against the Common enemy;
and I now transmit the proceedings and Testimony
taken and had before me to the
Secretary for the department of War, pursuant
to the directions of the aforementioned
act of Congress -- Done at Onondaga this
sixteenth day of April in the year 1818.
[signed] Joshua Forman

16. Connection A

William Abbee
Not on Rolls DN

[court seal]

See remarks
in the case
of Paul Hay
War Dep &
Pens. Office
26th May 1818

Admitted

I Joshua Forman First Judge &c. as aforesaid
do further certify that it appears to my satisfaction
that the said William Abbee is in reduced
circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his
Country for support and that I am personally
acquainted with Azariah Hall & Joseph Coy whose
testimony is hereto annexed & that they are
in my opinion credible witnesses -- In Witness
whereof I have hereto set my hand this
5th day of September 1818. ---
[signed] Joshua Forman
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William Abbee
2655
20 March 1814
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State of New-York, }
Onondaga County } ss:

On the  Second  day of  September  1820, personally appeared in open
court in the court of common pleas in and for the county of Onondaga, being a court of record proceeding
according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping
a record of their proceedings,  William Abbee  aged  Sixty two
years, resident in  Onondaga  in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law,
doth on his  Oath  declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: -- in
Col John Durgees Regt Connecticut line Capt John Keyes Company
from which he was Discharged as will appear by affidavits now on
file at Washington on which is founded my pension Certificate [illegible]
2655 applied for 16th April 1818 ---

and 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.

Landed property I have none
personall property
1 Cow 2 Hogs 5 Sheep 20 hens & chickens ___ $27 00
1 Table & chairs good 1 old table 6 old Chairs 5 50
1 pot 2 Bake Kittles 1 old Kittle 1 Spider ___ 3 50
6 tea cups & 6 Saucers 6 Knives & forks ___ 62
5 inn Spoons 3 teaspoons iron ___ 25
1 tea pot 4 good plates 2 Broken plates ___ 50
1 milk Cup 1 Sugar Bowl 1 Salt Salter ___ 25
1 [illegible] 1 Jacknife 1 tobbacco box ___ 37
2 pieces of chain 1 plough iron 9 rakes ___ 3 25
1 broken tea Kittle 1 pitchfork ___ 50
3 Acres of Corn growing
20 Bushels of peas ___ 20 00
Garden same [illegible] __ 2 00
I have owing to me about ___ 5 00
I owe about 10 or twelve Dollars
I have a wife sixty two years old 1 Daughter Isabel 22 1 Daughter Lidia 20 1 grand child Eunice Abbe
-- female in health and one Son Nathan 33 years old sickley and one [illegible] all of which I provide for and
support besides my self who have not Done a days work this 12 years past on account of infirmity
[signed] William Abbe

Sworn in open Court this 2 September 1820
[signed] J. O. Wattles Judge
of Onon Com Pleas

I, Truman Adams, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in
and for the county of Onondaga, do hereby certify that the foregoing  Oath  and the schedule
thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record 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  Sixty Eight  dollars and  Seventy five  cents. & owes twelve
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this
Twenty first  day of  September  1820.
[signed] Truman Adams
Clerk of the court for the County of Onondaga.
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State of New York }
Onondaga County } ss.

On this twenty-third day of
October in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred
and thirty-eight personally appeared before the undersigned
one of the Judges of the Common Pleas Court in and for the
County of Onondaga, Lydia Abbee a resident of the Town
of Onondaga in the County of Onondaga & State of New-York
aged Eighty-one years, who being duly sworn according to Law
doth on her oath make the following declaration in order
to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of
Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "An act granting half
pay and Pensions to certain Widows"

That she is the Widow of William Abbee who was a
Private in the Revolutionary Army, and that according to the
best of her knowledge and belief her husband the late William
Abbee deceased entered the service of the American Revolution
as a volunteer in the month of April in the year Seventeen
hundred & seventy-five. At this period he resided in Mansfield
Windham County State of Connecticut was absent about one
month & returned home, soon after (should think it was in the month
of June) 1775 he enlisted for the term of six or seven months (is not
certain which) had heard her husband say that he served under
Lieutenant Dana in Colonel Storrs Regiment, in the month of November
or December following previous to his leaving the service he
again enlisted for the term of One Year & served under Captain
John Kies in Colonel Durgees Regiment of Infantry and continued
in the service for the full term of his enlistment. Marched
through New York was stationed at different places in the neighborhood
of New York, was engaged in the Battle of Trenton in
the year Seventeen hundred & seventy-six, that she the claimant
has no documentary Evidence in support of her claim.

She further declared that she was married to the said
William Abbee on the fifth day of June in the year Seventeen
hundred & Seventy-seven and that her husband the aforesaid William
Abbee died on the Sixth day of August in the year ---
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One Thousand Eight hundred and thirty-three. That she was
not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the
Marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen
hundred and ninety-four at the time above stated

Furthermore that her husband the late William Abbee
was a Pensioner under the Act of Congress of 1818 and drew a
Pension which was continued to him up to the time of his death
[signed] Lydia her X mark Abbee

Signed in presence of
Curtis Moses
Oliver R Strong

Sworn to and subscribed on
the day above written before me
[signed] Oliver R Strong a Judge Onondaga
Common Pleas

State of New-York }
Onondaga County } ss.

I Oliver R. Strong one of the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the
County aforesaid, before whom the foregoing declaration was
made & deposition taken, do certify that the above named Lydia
Abbee is unable to Appear in Court by reason of bodily
infirmity being almost entirely blind & partially deaf. --

Furthermore that I have been acquainted with the said Lydia
for the space of thirty years last past, that she is considered
as a person of Respectability whose statements are entitled
to the fullest Credit.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this
23rd day of October 1838
[signed] Oliver R Strong a Judge
of Onondaga Common Pleas
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State of Newyork [New York] }
Onondaga County; ss }
 
Ephraim Hall of the town and
County of Onondaga & State of New York
being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was
acquainted with William Albee late of Onondaga
aforesaid deceased that his first acquaintance with
said Abbee was as early as the year Seventeen hundred
& Seventy five that this deponent and said Abbee then
resided in the town of Mansfield & County of
Windham in the State of Connecticut that said
Abbee about the year seventeen hundred & Seventy
Seven was married to Lydia Hall of the said
Town of Mansfield as this deponent was informed and
verily believes that he was well acquainted with
the parties previous to their marriage and afterwards
lived in the same house with them in Connecticut
and has lived a neighbour to said Abbee & wife for
more than forty years in the State of New York previous to the death of said
Abbee during the whole of said time they lived
together as man and wife and were so received
and accepted by their respectable neighbors and
that he knew from general report and from seeing him
associated with Soldiers that and surely believes that
he said Abbee was an enlisted soldier of the Revolutionary
army and that since his death his widow
Lydia Abbee has never married that said
Abbee died in August in the year 1833 and
further deponent saith not
[signed] Ephraim Hall

Subscribed and Sworn before me
this 23d day of October 1838
[signed] Oliver R Strong a Judge of Onondaga
Common Pleas

State of New York }
Onondaga County ss }

Hannah Hall of the town County & State aforesaid
being duly Sworn deposeth and saith that she has heard
read the affidavit of Ephraim Hall as above Subscribed & sworn
to by him that she is acquainted with the facts & circumstances as stated
and Set fourth by said Ephraim Hall and that the same are true
and further saith not
[signed] Hannah Hall

Subscribed & Sworn this 23 day of October 1838
before me [signed] Oliver R Strong Judge of Onon'a Com Pleas
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I certify that I have been acquainted for more than
Thirty years with Ephraim Hall and Hannah Hall
the persons who are the subscribers to the within affidavits
and that during the whole of that time they
both have maintained good and respectable
Characters  Given under my hand at Onondaga
this 23d day of October 1838
[signed] Oliver R Stone a Judge
of Onondaga Com'n Pleas

Onondaga County }
Clerks office }

I Elijah Rhoades Clerk of
the County aforesaid
and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said
County do hereby certify that Oliver R Strong
who signed the above certificate and before
whom the preceeding affidavits were taken
was at the date thereof a Judge of the Court
above mentioned, and authorized by law
to take such affidavits and further that
I am acquainted with the hand writing of
said Judge and that his signature thereto is
genuine

[court seal]
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the Seal of the Court
aforesaid the 13th day of November
1838 [signed] E Rhoades Clerk
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3290

State of Connecticut }
County of Tolland } ss.
Town of Mansfield }

I Frederick F. Hanks Town Clerk in
and for the town of Mansfield County & State aforesaid do certify
that the following is a true copy of the Record of the Marriage
of William Abbee with the exception of the date which is expresed
on the Record in fair legible figures as follows

"William Abbe & Lydia Hall, daughter to Tho's [Thomas] Hall
were joined in marriage June" fifth seventeen hundred
and seventy seven "June 5th A.D. 1777"
Attest Frederick F Hanks Town Clerk

I Frederick F. Hanks above named depose & say that
I hold the office of Town Clerk in the County, town & State
aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the
Records of said Town with the exception above named
as certified by me [signed] Frederick F. Hanks

State of Connecticut, County of Tolland ss
Mansfield Probate District, November 12th 1838.

Sworn to and subscribed before me John Fitch, Judge
of Probate for the District of Mansfield in the County of Tolland
and State of Connecticut, the day and year above
written _ _ I further certify, that, the Deponent
is Town Clerk of the Town of Mansfield in said
Probate District.  That he is a credible person
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and his statement is entitled to full credit.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand officially and caused
the seal of said Court to be hereunto
affixed ---
[court seal]
[signed] John Fitch Judge of Probate

Attest. Edmund Freeman Clerk of Probate

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R[illegible]  Nov 1

2567
New York   Albany
Lydia Abbee
widow of Wm Abbee
who was a Private
in the Conn line for 12 months

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars ---- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of Novr. 1843 and sent to
Curtis Moses
Marcellus N. York

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1.   Page 100.
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In reply to your request of
for a statement of the military history of William Abbee a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
W. file 20556
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF SERVICE
April 1775  1 mo.
June 1775  6 mos
Dec. 11, 1775 to Jan. 1, 1777
disch at Newtown, Pa.

RANK
Pri.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN. Lt. Dana
Capt. John Keyes

COLONEL. Storrs Comm book p.53
John Durkee

STATE.
Conn.

Battles engaged in, Taking of Hessians at Trenton
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Mansfield, Windham Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, Apl 15, 1818.
Residence at date of application, Onondaga, N.Y.
Age at date of application, 60 years
Remarks: he mar Mansfield, June 5, 1777. Lydia Hall dau of Thos. Hall. Sol. died Aug 6, 1833, this wid. Lydia Abbee was alld. [allowed] pension on her appln. exec Oct. 23, 1838 while about 80 yrs of age & a res. of Onondaga.

Children referred to in 1820 - 
Nathan 33
Isabel 22
Lydia 20
and gr. child Eunice Abbee.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

6--2856
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1913 Mch. 10.  History to Mrs. L. N. Nichols [cent symbol]
1919 Mch. 18.to Mrs. S. H. Bevins [cent symbol]
1928 July 12 Photos to E. V. Martin - 
date See Wm. Aaron W. 10 287  A. D. Y.

1930 June 20, Mrs. Chas. W. Coleman adv. pen. allowed and account of service of Wm. Abbee.  See correspondence in clm of Geo. Clark S2868  M. C. S.

Rvy 
WIDOW & c.

File No.  20.556
Lydia Abbee
wid of 
William Abbee
Priv Rev. War

Act Mrch 3d /43
Index: Vol. A, Page 482
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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credited but not recd
NEW  YORK 2227

Lydia Albee 
widow of William Abbee desd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 6 th August 1833 of Onondaga of the State of N. York who was a private in the Co commanded by Captain Dann of the regt commanded by Col Storre in County line for 12 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany, N. Y. at the rate of 40 dollars   Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of April 1839, and sent to Hon. W. Taylor
Marcelius, New York

Arrears to the 4th of March 1839 $120.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept '39 20.00

$140.00
Act July 7 1838
Recorded by D.McCurdy, Clerk
Book A Vol. 2 Page 66

Let to Hon. W. Taylor Apl 16, '39
Let to Curtis Moses
21 Oct. 1843
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$40 per ann

Curtis Moses
Marcellus, New York
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State of New York }
Onondaga County } ss.

On this 17th day of June in the
Year 1843 personally appeared before me Curtis Moses
a Commissioner of Deeds in and for the County aforesaid
Lydia Abbee a resident of the town of Onondaga
in the County of Onondaga aged Eighty-five years
who being first duly sworn according to law doth on
her oath make the following declaration, in order
to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the
Act of Congress passed the 3 day of March 1843
granting pensions to Widows of persons who served
during the Revolutionary War.

That she is the widow of William Abbee who
was a Private in Colonel Durgees Regiment of the
Revolutionary Army. That she received a Pension of
Forty dollars per annum under the act of July
7, 1838. She further declares that she is still a widow.
[signed] Lydia her X mark Abbee
Signed in presence of
Curtis Moses
Hiram Fellows

Sworn to and subscribed on the
day and year above written before me
[signed] Curtis Moses
Commissioner of Deeds

I certify that the above named Lydia Abbee subscribed
to the above declaration by making her (+) mark and
further that she is incompetent to write her name by reason
of Blindness.
[signed] Curtis Moses
Commissioner of Deeds

I certify that Lydia Abbee the declarent is personally
known to me and that she has drawn a Pension
under the Act of July 7, 1838
[signed] Curtis Moses
Commissioner of Deeds

State of New York, }
Onondaga County, } ss:
Clerks Office, }

I certify that Curtis Moses, Esquire before whom
the foregoing declaration was sworn to, was
at the date of the same a Commissioner
of Deeds in and for said County, and as such
duly authorized to administer Oaths and
take affidavits, that I am well acquainted
with his hand writing & verily
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[court seal]
believe that the signature to the Jurat
of the said Declaration is genuine,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the Court of Common Pleas of
said County at Syracuse this 22nd
day of June A.D. 1843.
[signed] Chas. T. Hicks Clerk.
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Marcellus  Oct. 26. 1843

Dear Sir

I herewith again forward you the declarations of Sarah Van Mater, Lois Baker, Ca[illegible]ity Stearns and Lydia Abbee.  The widows identified agreeable to your minted circular.  Please Excuse my former inattention

Very respectfully
Your Obt. Servant
Curtis Moses 

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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[postage, cancelled] 37 1/2
[postmark] MARCELLUS N.Y. NOV 18

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

3290
N.Y. Nov 23
7 July 1838

Admit of husband is
[illegible]
Admitted
Private 12 months

Hon W. Taylor
Manlius
New York
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Marcellus Nov 17th 1838
Dear Sir
I herewith forward you Lydia Abbee's Declaration together with such evidence of her claim as she is at present able to procure.
You will perceive that she sets forth in her declaration that her husband the late William Abbee was a pensioner. I would therefore refer you to the evidence in your department upon which he was pensioned.
Most respectfully Yours,
Curtis Mosez
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
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[postage] Free
[stamped] FREE
[postmark] MARCELLUS N.Y. MAR 26

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

NY Apl 1.

3290 Lydia Abbey [Abbee] Nov 23 adm'd
adm'd act 1838,
N 2-227
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Marcellus Onondaga County N. Y. March 26, 1839
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir
Some time in the month of November
last I forwarded to your
Department the Declaration together with other documents in support of the claim of Lydia Abbey of Onondaga, Widow of the late William Abbey, and shortly after I sent the declaration of Lois Baker of Marcellus, Widow of the late Lewis Baker, both applicants for pensions under the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled under the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows."
The good old Revolutionary Matrons are anxious to learn something in relation to the success of their claims. I therefore take the liberty of writing you in their behalf. Please advise me of the situation of their respective cases
Most respectively yours,
Curtis Moses
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Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
Is there anything in the records
of the Pension Bureau regarding
these
Revolutionary soldiers: -
William Abbe - Conn., Lexington Alarm
27 days W20556
Thomas Abbe - Conn., Lexington Alarm,
6 days
Also in 1777 &c., Also Mass. 1780.
Richard Abbe - Conn., Lexington Alarm, 6 days,
also in 1778, 1780, 1781 &c. W17197
James Abbe, Mass., Hollister, 1775, 1780, &c.

Yours very truly,
Josephine G. Nichols
1915 Daly Ave., N. Y. City
(Mrs. L. N. Nichols)
February 21, 1910
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U. S. PENSION OFFICE.
D
FEB 27 1913
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Recd. Dec.
M
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C. 
I would like information concerning an ancestor of mine who, I have reason to believe served in the Revolutionary War. His name was William Abbey (Abby2) and I think he lived in New York State.
Any information concerning him will be very acceptable.
Thanking you for the information I am,
Yours truly,
Mrs. S. H. Bevins
Hawkeye Iowa
Can you suggest any other place where I might receive information
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Pension Office
Mar 10 1919
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Submit in duplicate 1-681 
Phone brance 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No 24866-B
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
Department of the Interior, Washington
Chief, Division of Publications
Room G 137  July 5, 1928
Bureau ordering  Pension Deliver to Room No. 5033
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EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job... photostatic copy of 1 page from Rev. War pension claim, of William Abbee, W. 20556
No. of copies 1 of each
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For further information see M. M. H. Finch
Room No. 5033 Phone No. 541
Approved 
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M. M. H. Finch
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