Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,829, for Ebenezer Lee, Connecticut
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(3─1776)
SERVICE    
Conn
New Jersey

Lee, Ebenezer

NUMBER  
S. 42,829

CONTENTS
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New York 15765  R 
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Ebenezer Lee, 
of Broome Co. in the State of New York 
who was a private in the regiment commanded by 
Colonel Saml B. Webb of the Connect't 
line, for the term of the rev war ... Served 
9 months, 15 days 
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Inscribed on the roll of New-York, 
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on 
the 22 of April, 1818.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 10 of Nov'r 18
 and sent to D. Woodcock, care of
 John Ellis, Ithica, New York  
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Arrears to 4th of Sept'r 1819. $131.46 
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1820 48.00
16 mo's 13 / 30 
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$179.46  
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{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Date of death not on AB [agency book]
Notification sent Nov'r 11th 1820 to 
Edmund G. Pelton Ithica N. Yk.
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Declaration of Ebenezer Lee 22 April 1818 
Col. S. B. Webb's Connecticut Regt Roll War 
1777- served 9 mo. 15 days 
to be sent to D Woodcock Ithaca N York 
Admitted 
D. Woodcock Esqr care of John Ellis Esq Ithica
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State of New York 
Tompkins County ⎬ ss 
On the twenty second day of April 1818 Before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Tompkins, personally appeared Ebenezer Lee, aged sixty one years next June, resident in the Town of Ulysses 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 and navel service of the United States in the Revolutionary War. That the said Ebenezer Lee, enlisted in Farmington in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Capt Edward Buckley in Col Samuel B. Webbs Regt in the Connecticut line of troops for the term of three years. And that he continued in the said Corps as a Sergeant from the month of May 1777 - untill the town of Danbury was burnt, in the service of the United States and was discharged from the service at said place on account of ill health, by Samuel H. Parsons Brigadeer Gen'l - And also that he the said Ebenezer Lee, enlisted again, in a place called the Crossroads in Morris County New Jersey in the company commanded by Cap Demerest of the Town of Hackensack in New Jersey and that he continued in the said Corps for the space of nine months, then he was discharged the service of
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the United States service, at the said Town of Hackensack, that he was in three skirmishes in the English neighborhood, near to the Town of Hackensack, and was at the taking of Fort Lee in the year 1779 - And that he is in reduced circumstance and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.  
[signature] Eben'zr Lee 

Sworn and declared before me the day and year aforesaid 
[signature] John Ellis one of the Judges of Tompkins County, Com. Pleas

I John Ellis Judge &c as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Ebenezer Lee, did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and that he is in such indigent circumstances that he stands in need of assistance of this country.  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 this 8th day of August 1818. 
John Ellis one of the Judges of Tompkins Com. Pleas
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Ebenezer Lee's Declaration 
22. April 1818. 
Proof of service is required 
Seal of said County this 23d day of Decr 1818 
Archer Green Clerk .
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State of New York 
Tompkins County ss ⎬ Artemas Curtis being duly sworn says that that he is well acquainted with the within named Ebenezer Lee that he is well acquainted with his circumstances & that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. 
[signature] Artemas Curtis
Subscribed & Sworn before me this 8 August 1818  
[signature] John Ellis one of the Judges of Tompkins Common Pleas
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State of New York 
Tompkins County ⎬ I do hereby certify that the within Named John Ellis Esqr before whom the within affidavit appears to have been taken, was at the time when the said affidavit was taken a legal acting Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said John Ellis, and do verily believe the signature to the said affidavit to be his own proper hand writing. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of said County this 23 day of Dec'r 1818. 
[signature] Archer Green Clerk.

[illegible County Seal affixed upper left]

[lower left, on edge]
Ebenezer Lee's 
Declaration 
22 April 1818

Proof of service is required
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State of York
[Delaware] County ss ⎬ On the 23 day of August 1819  Before me Jon’a Lewis one of the Judges of Bovina Common Pleas personally appeared Samuel Coe resident in said County who being by me first duly sworn doth on his oath declare that he was well acquainted with Ebenezer Lee in the time of the revolutionary war being both inhabitants of the Town of Farmington in the State of Connecticut - & further says that both himself & the said Lee were in the service of the United States in one Brigade commanded by Samuel H Parsons & to the best of his recollection the said Lee was in said Brigade about two years - this deponant further says that he prtfectly understood in the time of the war that the said Lee Enlisted for three years but was discharged before his time was out an account of ill health & further this deponent saith not.
[signature] Samuel Coe
Sworn to & subscribed this 23 day of August 1819 Before me 
[signature] Jon’a Lewis 

I Jon’a Lewis Judge aforesaid do certify that I am well acquainted with Samuel Coe above Named he is a man in respectable standing in society & a man in whom belief can be placed for the facts stated in the foregoing affidavit.  
[signature] Jon’a Lewis
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State of New York 
Broome County ss ⎬ I certify that Jona Lewis, Esq was on the 23 day of August A.D. 1819 a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Broome, duly qualified, and further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and verily believe the signature within to be his proper hand writing.
Broome Clks office - 
13th September 1819⎬ [signature] A. Doubleday Clerk
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State of New York 
Cayuga County ss. ⎬ On the 25th day of August 1819 before me Charles Kellogg one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Cayuga appeared Thomas G. Alvord residing in the town of Homer and County Cayuga who being by me first duly sworn, does depose and say that he resided in Farmington in the State of Connecticut previous and during the year 1777 and that he was well acquainted with Ebenezer Lee and knows that he enlisted into the United States army in the spring of the year 1777 in Colonel Samuel B. Webb's regiment for three years or during the war which he does not recollect.  And this deponent further saith that in the year 1779 he served six weeks in the militia with the said Lee.   And further this deponent saith not.   
[signature] Tho's G. Alvord

Subscribed & Sworn to this 25th Day of Aug't 1819 Before me 
[signature] Charles Kellogg one of the Judges of Cayuga Common pleas 

I, Charles Kellogg Judge of Cayuga Common pleas as aforesaid do certify that I am personally acquainted with the aforesaid Thomas G. Alvord and believe him to be a credible witness. 
[signature] Charles Kellogg
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

STATE OF NEW YORK, 
Cayuga County, } ss. 
I CERTIFY THAT Charles Kellogg by whom the annexed proof or acknowledgment was taken, was on the day of the date thereof, a Judge of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Cayuga, duly commissioned and sworn as such Judge and that full faith and credit are to be given to his acts in that capacity.   I FURTHER CERTIFY, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Charles Kellogg, and verily believe the signature to the annexed Certificate to be his hand writing. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, and my name subscribed this 23d day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. 
[signature] James Glover Clk

[illegible Court Seal affixed upper left]
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Ebenezer Lee  
Oath & Schedule  
valued at $27.19 
No 15765 
March 1820 

Edmund G Pelton 
Ithaca N. Yk 
Nov. 11th 1820
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Inventory of all the Real & personal property of Ebenezer Lee a pensioner under the Act of 18th March 1818 
1 Cow $10., 2 Hogs 4 $24.00 
1 pr old Broken And Irons 0.50
1 old shovel 0.50
6 old chairs 1.00
1 old Table 2.00
6 Cups & 6 Saucers 0.25
2 water Pails 0.38
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$18.63

1 chest 0.50
1 pr. steady arms 0.50
1 Pot 1.50
1 Iron Kettle 3.00
1 Tea Kettle 0.50
6 old Knives & Forks 0.50
6 plates 0.50
5 Iron spoons 0.25
5 Iron Tea spoons 6
2 Flour tubs 1.25
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 8.56
18.63
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$27.19

[signature] Ebenezer Lee
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

STATE OF NEW YORK, 
Tompkins Co. } ss.  On this Twenty Sixth day of September 1820 personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Common Pleas, holden in and for the said county, in said State, constituted a Court of Record, by the laws of said State, with power to hear, try and determine, all actions real, personal and mixed, arising in the said county, and also all transitory actions, although the same may not have arisen within the said county, and with other powers, Ebenezer Lee aged Sixty three years, resident in the town of Ulster in the said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: 
That he Enlisted in February or March 1777 at Farmington Connecticut in Captain Edward Buckleys Company in Col Samuel B. Webbs Regiment for three years & was discharged in February or March 1778 in consequence of a wound received while in the service of the United States.  That he made his Declaration to obtain the pension the 22 day of April 1818 his certificate is numbered 15.765 & is dated November 10th 1819 

And I 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 services 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 me, nor have I any other income than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed , and by me subscribed. 
That he has a wife sixty two years of age who is quite infirm unwell. that by occupation he is a shoemaker but he does not follow the same in consequence of his age & loss of Eyesight that he cannot maintain himself & wife by labour & needs the assistance of his County for support
Sworn to & declared this 26th day September before me in open Court [signature] Ebe'r Lee 
[signature] Richard Smith First Judge Tompkins County
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Tompkins County Clerks Office }  I George P. Frost Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Tompkins do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereunto annexed are truly Copied from the Record of the said County that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property Exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Twenty seven dollars & nineteen cents.  
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand affixed the seal of the said Court the third day of October 1820 
[signature] Geo. P. Frost Deputy Clerk

[illegible Court Seal affixed upper left]
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[typed letter]

September 4, 1936   

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

EBENEZER LEE 
S. 42829 
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. Florence S. Whelan 
Tecumseh Michigan 

Dear Madam: 

The record of Ebenezer Lee follows as found in pension claim, S. 42329, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.  

Ebenezer Lee was born in June 1757; the place of birth and names of his parents are not shown. 

While a resident of Farmington, Connecticut, Ebenezer Lee enlisted in February or March, 1777, for a term of three years, served as sergeant in Captain Edward Bulkley's company, Colonel Samuel B. Webb's Regiment, and was discharged in February or March, 1778, on account of a wound and ill health incurred in service, no details of which were given. He again enlisted at the Crossroads in Morris County, New Jersey, date not given, served as sergeant in Captain Demarest's company, was in three skirmishes near Hackensack also in an engagement at Fort Lee and was discharged after having served on this tour nine months. 

Ebenezer Lee was allowed pension on his application executed April 22, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Ulysses, Tompkins County, New York. 

In 1820, the soldier was still residing in Ulysses, New York, and referred to his wife then aged sixty-two years, but did not state her name, nor was there any reference made to children. 

In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of Ebenezer Lee, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and cite the following: Ebenezer Lee, Certificate #15765, issued November 10, 1819, rate, $8 per month, commenced April 22, 1818, Act March 18, 1818, New York Agency. 
Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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[typed letter]

September 4, 1936

XXXXX XXXXXXXXXX
  
Daniel Lee, W. 2622 
Ebenezer Lee, S. 42829 
BA-J/MLB 

Mrs. Florence S. Whelan 
Tecumseh Michigan 

Dear Madam: 

Reference is made to your letters of August 10, in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Hoover, of Seneca County, New York, whose wife was Mary, and whose daughter, Sarah, married Samuel Spalding in 1808 in Romulus, New York, and daughter, Nancy, married Daniel Peters, and daughter, Elizabeth, married John Emerick, also, records of Daniel and Ebenezer Lee, United States pensioners. 

There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolution of the John Hoover, under any spelling, as described by you. Such claims are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by this office. 

The records of Daniel and Ebenezer Lee are furnished herewith. 

Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]
[top several lines cut off]

you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 
Ebenezer Lee 

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.   Farmington Conn 
LENGTH OF SERVICE.  May 77 to Feby 78   
RANK.   Sgt. 
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Edw. Bulkley Colonel Samuel B. Webb  
STATE Conn.  

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.   Crossroads Morris NJ   
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 9 mos.   
RANK.  [blank] 
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. Captain Demarest  
STATE  N J  

Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment Farmington Conn 
Date of application for pension, Apr 22. 1818. 
Residence at date of application, Ulysses Tompkins Co. N.Y. 
Age at date of application, 61 in June 1818 
Remarks: Wife Aged 62 in 1820, name not stated  

Very respectfully,  
[blank]
Commissioner,

15567b2m11-01
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Please furnish history of service of Ebenezer Lee of Farmington Conn & Oswego Co NY for Miss Jessie E. Hutchison 
305 D. St. NW 
( Mr Shaw Cent Dir)
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typed letter]

Tecumseh, Mich. Aug. 10, 1936. 

Veterans Administration, 
Washington, D. C. 
Dear Sirs;- 
✓ Daniel Lee (1762-1841) was placed on the pension roll of Otsego Co., N. Y., in 1818 for services as private, Mass. Line. He was born in Worcester, Mass., died in Tioga Co., Pa., first wife Jerusha Page.   
Do your records of his pension application and subsequent pension payments contain any record of his children; their names and where they lived? 
Do your records of Sergt. ✓Ebenezer Lee (1757-1837) pensioner when he died at Granby, Oswego Co., N. Y., contain any names of his children? 
Very truly, 
[signature] (Mrs.) Florence S. Whelan 
Florence S. Whelan.

[date stamp with numbers 1 thru 12 with 1/4 hour marks, on edge and arrow pointing at 2:15]
RECEIVED 
AUG 12 1936 
MAIL SUB DIV.
VETS ADM.
READER No. 16
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[handwritten with line pointing at Lee in last paragraph above]
only in file
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

Date Aug. 20 1919 
Name Daniel Lee   No Wid. File 2622 
Mass Troops War Rev .
Photographic copies wanted of 4 
pieces, consisting of 11 pages. 
Remarks. [blank] 
[blank] Exr. [signature] A E Wilson Chief Rev. War Section
APPROVED: [signature] J. F. Dennis  Law Clerk.
Serial No. 4830
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

Finance Division 
AUG 13 1919 191_
Chief Rev. War Section 
Sir:
I have this day received from Mrs. Laura Lee Armstrong M.O[Money Orderr] ["draft" lined thru]
No. 19,118 ctfd [certified] ["for" lined thru $1 90/100 requesting copy ["post office addresses" lined thru]
as per letter herewith.  
Copies mailed Aug 20 1919 & Law Div. notf [notified] 
AW Aug 21, 1919
Very respectfully 
[signature] W. N. Campbell 
Chief of Division.
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[stamp] 
FINANCE DIVISON 
AUG 13 1919 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS 
[/stamp]

Department of the Interior 
Bureau of Pensions  
Washington, D.C.
Commissioner of Pensions  
Dear Sir  
On March 1917 I received a notice from your Bureau that I could receive a copy of the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 2622 of Daniel and Hannah Lee if I would send for a photostat copy 
[stamp] 
AUG 13 1919 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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2
and enclose a money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the [Interior] for the amount of [fifteen] cents, a page, and [in total] there are eleven [pages.]  Also I must enclose twenty five cents for certif. I am enclosing a [money] order that [amounts to] dollar and [twenty cents] and if the price changed please [illegible] me, and I will [forward] the remainder.  
[stamp] 
U.S. PENSION OFFICE C 
AUG 16 1919
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I also asked for the Revolutionary record of Daniel Lee, Senior, who also lived in Southwick. He served for sure in the War, and lived in Southwick at the time of the first Census of the United States (1790).   Both father and son are listed in that Census.
I have then name and record of a
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2
and enclose a money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the [Interior] for the amount of [fifteen] cents, a page, and [in total] there are eleven [pages.]  Also I must enclose twenty five cents for certif. I am enclosing a [money] order that [amounts to] dollar and [twenty cents] and if the price changed please [illegible] me, and I will [forward] the remainder.  
[stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE C
AUG 16 1919
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I also asked for the Revolutionary record of Daniel Lee, Senior, who also lived in Southwick. He served for sure in the War, and lived in Southwick at the time of the first Census of the United States (1790). Both father and son are listed in that Census.
I have then name and record of a
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Daniel Lee Sr. who lived in Southwick Born Sept 29th 1732, he was born in Westfield, the next town.  His widow was Agnes Campbell but I am in doubt whether he was the father or uncle of my Daniel, whom I know is the one of Pension claim W. 2622.   This Daniel Sr. died in Southwick Mass. Sept 12, 1792. Have you a record of such a man if so I will forward the money for his record.  
Very truly yours 
[signature] Laura Lee Armstrong
20 Brooklawn Ave 
Bridgeport 
Conn

[initials] AW
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1409 
Mr Henry Marshall [unreadable]  
Hiram Harrison Lee 
Lucilla Ruth Spen 
Daniel Lee 
Merry Everson 
Please return the [?] if possible –

[stamp] BUREAU OF PENSIONS
[date stamp] 
U.S. PENSION OFFICE C 
AUG 13 1919
[date stamp]
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BUR[EAU] [cut off]
WASHINGTON March 14, 1917. 

Mrs. Laura Lee Armstrong, 
20 Brooklawn Ave. 
Bridgeport, Conn. 

Madam:

In reply to your letter of the 8" instant, you are advised that you were furnished on Jan. 2, 1905, with an abstract of the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 2832, of Daniel and Hannah Lee and it is not the practice of the Bureau to furnish the same record twice to one person. 

If you desire photostat copies of the original papers in the above cited claim, the same will be furnished you under the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1912, at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra if certified to said papers contain eleven pages. The proper amount should be forwarded by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior, if you desire such copies. 

Herewith is returned the twenty-five cents sent by you in your letter of the 8" instant, 

In order to identify the Revolutionary War record, if on file, of Daniel Lee Sr. of Southwick, Mass, you should furnish as much as possible of the following data in regard to him; name of some officer under whom he served, place of enlistment, state when he lived at Southwick, give approximate dates of birth and death, and given name of widow, if he left one.  

Very respectfully, 
[signature] GM Saltzgaber Commissioner

[datestamp] 
U.S. PENSION OFFICE 
AUG 13 1919
[/date stamp]

[stamp]  
FINANCE DIVISION 
AUG 13 1919 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

BUREAU OF PENSIONS 
Finance Division 
MAR 12 1917  , 191_.
Chief of Rev. War Section
Sir: 
I have this day received from Mrs. Laura Lee Armstrong Cash ["for" lined thru] 25/100 requesting copy ["post office addresses" lined thru] as per letter herewith.
returned Mar. 14, 1917 -
Very respectfully
[signature] Wm. Campbell J.J.C.
Chief of Division
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[typed letter]

March 14, 1917. 

Mrs. Laura Lee Armstrong, 
20 Brooklawn Ave. 
Bridgeport, Conn. 

Madam:

In reply to your letter of the 8" instant, you are advised that you were furnished on Jan. 2, 1905, with an abstract of the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 2622, of Daniel and Hannah Lee and it is not the practice of the Bureau to furnish the same record twice to one person. 

If you desire photostat copies of the original papers in the above cited claim, the same will be furnished you under the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1912, at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra if certified to.  Said papers contain eleven pages. 

The proper amount should be forwarded by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior, if you desire such copies. one. 

Herewith is returned the twenty-five cents sent by you in your letter of the 8" instant. 

In order to identify the Revolutionary War record, if on file of Daniel Lee Sr. of Southwick, Mass, you should furnish as much as possible of the following data in regard to him; name of some officer under whom he served, place of enlistment , state when he lived at Southwick, give approximate dates of birth and death, and given name of widow, if he left one.
Very respectfully,
[signature] G. M. Saltzgaber
[Comissioner.]
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March 14, 1917. 

Mrs. Laura Lee Armstrong, 
20 Brooklawn Ave. 
Bridgeport, Conn. 

Madam:

In reply to your letter of the 8" instant, you are advised that you were furnished on Jan. 2, 1905, with an abstract of the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 2622, of Daniel and Hannah Lee and it is not the practice of the Bureau to furnish the same record twice to one person. 

If you desire photostat copies of the original papers in the above cited claim, the same will be furnished you under the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1912, at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra if certified to.  Said papers contain eleven pages. The proper amount should be forwarded by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior, if you desire such copies. one. 

Herewith is returned the twenty-five cents sent by you in your letter of the 8" instant. 

In order to identify the Revolutionary War record, if on file of Daniel Lee Sr. of Southwick, Mass, you should furnish as much as possible of the following data in regard to him; name of some officer under whom he served, place of enlistment , state when he lived at Southwick, give approximate dates of birth and death, and given name of widow, if he left one.
Very respectfully,
[signature] G. M. Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
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Rev Sec
Law
Recd 25th✓ [illegible] 
OK
AWS
[stamp] 
CHIEFS DESK 
Mail & Supplies  
MAR 12 1917 
Division 
Bureau of Pensions
[/stamp]

Dear Sirs 
Would it be possible for you to send me the copy of the pension granted to Daniel Lee Jr of Southwick Mass who was a private under Lieut. Miller & Colonel Brewer
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12th regt. Mass line Continental Establishment also under Capt John Pray & Colonel Vase 1st Mass. Regt 
The pension was granted April 7th 1818 
Enlisted at Newburgh N.Y Dec. 1779 
Discharged June 1783 at New Winsor [Windsor] N.Y 
His widow was also pensioned

Will you please see if his father Daniel Lee Sr of Southwick Mass had a pension.  If so I will send money for a copy of it.  I am sure that both fought.
Very gratefully yours
[signature] (Mrs Chas) Laura Lee Armstrong
March 8th 1917
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[printed postcard, typed and handwritten entries]

Post Office Department
OFFICIAL BUSINESS 
Original Reg No. 79979
PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300 
Postmark of Delivering Office
[stamp] 
BRIDGEPORT CONN
MAR 15 
6 P.M.
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[stamp]
handstamp with a 1
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Certificate of Delivery.

RETURN TO: 
Board of Review 
(Name of sender.) 
Street and Number 
 or Post Office Box ⎬  BUREAU OF PENSIONS  WASHINGTON, D.C. 
[stamp] 
U.S. PENSION OFFICE M 
MAR 18 1917
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The Postmaster who delivers the registered article must see that this card is properly signed, legibly postmarked and mailed back to sender without envelope or postage.
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[left margin, on edge]
[?] L. L. Armstrong
Mar 14/17
H
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REGISTRY RETURN RECEIPT. Form 1548.

Received from the postmaster registered article, the original number of which appears on the reverse side of this card
Date of delivery 3-15
(To be filled in by person signing receipt)
When delivery is made to an agent of the
adressee, both addressee's name and
agent's signature must appear in this receipt. ⎬[signature] Mrs Laura Lee Armstrong
(Signature or name of addressee)

[stamp] 
MISC REC. BD. OF REV. 
MAR 16 1917
CHIEF’S DESK
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[right margin, on edge]
Daniel Lee
W. 2622
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[printed postcard with 1 cent Jefferson stamp]

[stamp] OIL CITY PA JUN 12 8-PM 1930 
THIS SIDE OF CARD FOR ADDRESS
Commissioner of Pensions 
Department O 
Washington, D.C.
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Please send a copy of the pension record (Rev. War) of Daniel Lee who was b. [born] at Worcester, Mass. Sept. 20, 1762 and died in Tioga Co. Pa. Sept. 15, 1841, was pensioned at Milford, N.Y. in 1813. Enlisted at Newburgh in 1779, to me as soon as convenient. 
Nancy C. Morrow 
Box 597 
Chautauqua, N. Y. 
June 12, 1930
[stamp] 
U. S. PENSION OFFICE [?]
JUN 14 1930
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209 West Thomas St 
Rome N Y 
Jan 20th 95 
Pension Department 
Daniel Lee my great grand father Enlisted from Worchester Mass.  I wrote to the adjutant Gen of Mass and he told me to write to Pension department.   Daniel Lee’s wife Jerusha Page Lee drew a pension. Daniel Lee enlisted as a drummer boy He was afterwards a member of the Colonial Congress
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Please look it up in your records as I want to join the D A R 
Sincerely Yours 
[signature] Marion Lee Evans
[stamp] 
U.S. PENSION OFFICE A 
JAN 23 1905
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2129  O. W. & N. ✓ R.
Daniel Lee, a Revolutionary soldier, born in Worcester Mass. Sept 20, 1762 - died in Otsego Co. N.Y. Sept 15. 1841. Was a pensioner.  Will you give me his statement of service by which he got his pension 
Send to Mrs Laura Lee Armstrong 
No 20 Brooklawn Ave 
Bridgeport Ct. 

To the Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.

[stamp]
OLD WAR AND NAVY FILES
DEC 19 1904
U.S.P.B.
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[stamp] 
U.S. PENSION OFFICE A 
DEC 17 1914
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O.W.&N. DIV. FILES 
MAR 3 1906
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Utica Feb. 28, 1906 C
Dear Sir 
Will you kindly inform me if you have any record of services rendered by Daniel Lee in the war of the Revolution 
He was twice married 1st to Jerusha Page 2d Hannah Butts Carpenter, a widow. The children of first wife were Fanny, Barnes, Charity, Hiram, Cyntha, Hosea, Willard, Nancy, Henry, Milo and Daniel Page.
Children of second wife, Jerusha, Moses, James, Seneca, Thomas. There may have other children of first wife of which I have no record.   
Also can you give me any information regarding Humphrey Brown thought to have been one of Washingtons Aids.    
Yours Very truly 
Mrs. H. L. Sweet
3  Avery Place  
Utica, Oneida Co. N.Y.

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U.S. PENSION OFFICE A 
MAR 2 1906
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42829 
Revy INVALID.  
File No. 42,829 
Ebenezer Lee 
Pri Rev War 
Act: 18 March 18 
Index:─Vol. 5  Page 292 
[ Arrangement of 1870. ] 

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