Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 422-300, John Gale, Md.
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Md.   Gale, John   B.L.Wt. 422-300
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1916 Mch 4. history to Mrs. Morse.
A. Hafley.
Letter in BL.Wt. 1414-450 Murray

No. 422
Capt John Gale
Maryland Line

Wt. of ____ & Bileo to Jn.
Teackle Esq.  22 May 1888

This warrant was ____ in
consequence of the original
warrant having been lost a
loss of warranty written
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War Department
25 May 1808
_____
_____ favor of the 19th

[next part is crossed out]
_____ favor of the 19th ____ has been received
The arrangement of officers to companies has not yet
been so far completed as to enable me to discern
with certainty _____ will be yet _____ john Thomas Janey
Stuart William admintia
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.Maryland, ___
I John Gale do swear that some time in or about the year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Nine I received a land warrant, enclosed in a letter from Mr. George Gale then a member of Congress from this State for the lands which I was entitled to for my services as an officer in the Maryland line, during the revolutionary war.  That by some means the said warrant has been lost or mislaid without my having ever received any compensation whatever for the same.  That, to the best of my recollection, I enclosed the said warrant in a letter directed to the aforesaid Mr. George Gale soon after receiving it, with a request that he would have it located and patented for me, if any opportunity within his reach should occur.  That Mr. George Gale aforesaid has informed me, that he has no recollection of ever having received my letter containing said warrant, and that he has made repeated searches among his papers, at my request, without being able to discover any trace of either.
Lu orn T.  Feby 19 1808   John Gale
Before Ch____ Lurro_y
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State of Maryland
Somerset County to wit I hereby certify unto all whom it doth or may concern that Charles Farrow Esquire before whom the within Affidavit appears to have been taken and whose signature appears thereto was at the time of taking & signing the same as Justice of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and Qualified
In testimony whereof
I have hereto set my
hand and affixed the seal of my office
this 19th day of
February Anno Dom
1808    Wm Do__ GER
Somerset Co
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Rev. War Section.
__1341

March 4, 1914

Mrs. A. Hafley,
Cornell Apartments,
First and Hawthorn Street,
San Diego California,

Madam:
In response to your letter ____ February, 8 1913, you are advised that Bounty Land Warrant No. 141 for 400 acres was issued April 1, 1791 on account of the service of John Murray lieutenant Colonel Pennsylvania line, Revolutionary War.

There is no further information concerning him on file owing to the destruction of papers when the War Office was burned in 1800.

The name of his wife is not known.

Bounty Land Warrant No. 141 for 400 acres was issued April 1, 1791 on account of the service of Francis Murray Major Pennsylvania Line, Revolutionary War.

There is no further information concerning him on file owing to the destruction of papers when the War Office was burned in 1800.

The name of his wife is not known.
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Bounty Land Warrant No.44_ for 300 acres was issued May 22, 1808 on account of the service of John Gale, Captain Maryland Line, Revolutionary War.

He was a resident of Princess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland in 1808.  The name of his wife is not stated nor is there any further data on file as to his services or family.

[Next paragraph is unreadable]

Very Respectfully,

Acting Commissioner
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Maryland Somerset County
[scribbles]

Know all men by their presents, that we John Gale & Littleton Dennis Teackle each of the State County afd had sworn to United States of America in the sum of Two Thousand Dollars to keep and to sustain United States to which payment, are bind ourselves _____, our ___   Every ____, jointly and severally, by these _____ with ____ ___  this 19 Aug 1808.

Wherewith above named John Gale did receive in the ____ ___ ___Seventeen hundred & eighty nine for his services as Captain in the Maryland line serving the Revolutionary War  the Military Land Warrant, which he allegedly is lost, had applied or is about to receive another warrant for the same purpose, Now the condition of the above
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obligation is such that in case the said John Gale shall for ever hereafter ___ ____ the United States ___ ____ then this obligation shall be null and void otherwise, valid ____.

______ ______       John Gale
________ this       L.D. Teackle
________
Samuel Teackle

_______ ____ 22 March 1808
Maryland
Somerset County

Personally _____ ___ we the _____, the above named Samuel Teackle, made oath ____ ___ ______
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[Gen.?] Gale

John Teackle Esq.
George Town
Maryland

[Gen.?] Gale
letters
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[Princep Ann?] Feb 19th 1808

Dear [Liz?]

Having left Annapolis on the last
day of Dec I had the pleasure of receiving your 
two esteemed favours of the 3rd and 6 from the 
hands of Gen'l Winder and agreeably to your request
[have communicated?] to him the information respecting 
his [anilatary lands?] - I now enclose the bond
of indemnity and deposition respecting my lost
military warrant, which I hope may move 
satisfactory; should it however be otherwise,
I will thank you to apply for and forward
me official forms - you will add very 
much to the obligation already conferred if you 
will make enquiry and inform me what such 
land is worth, and whether it will not be better
for me to sell the warrant than be at the trouble
& expense of having located myself with [lost?]
[compliments?] to the ladies of your family I am with
great regard Your obed. serv.             John Gale
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34
John Teackle Esqr.
George Town
Maryland
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[Princep Ann?] March 12th 1808

Dear [Liz?]

Your esteemed favour of the 5th [Dec?]
covering my bond to the United States, I receiv'd two or
three days ago. I now return the bond with the
requested certificate and hope all difficulties as to the
[renewal?] of my land warrant will now be removed,
and you freed from further trouble in attending to what
must appear to you of so little value - I shall
however almost regret the completement of this [bemuch?]
if I shall thereby, be depriv'd of your correspondence;
for besides the obligation I feel for your exertions
in it, I consider myself much indebted for the intelligence
contain'd in your letters - I will therefore encourage
the hope that you will occasionally drop me a line
containing your opinion of measures and ^ our prospects
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in the present critical state of our foreign relations, as information received from such a source affords infinitely more satisfaction than that derived from news papers - If as you think Mr Rose's powers are limitted I presume it will be a long time before the result of the negotiation can be known, and yet I cannot discover any advantage it can be to England to procrastinate, as she is now prepared, and our liability to injury at sea daily lessening, I shall be extremely sorry, if like children, we go to loggerheads merely about forms -
I shall feel considerable regret should your predictions of the consequences of the unfortunate duel, alluded to by you, prove true - as I had begun to take much interest in the speeches of Mr Gardenia & whose ideas struck me as generally correct but I think in the speech which produced the duel he was too severe- In our endeavours to change the opinions of others it can never be good policy to irritate and wound their feelings, it has rather the effect of rivalling more
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firmly their adherence to error
I am with great regard
Your Obed. Serv.
John Gale