Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,210, for Parker H Lee, Maryland
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE

CONTENTS
ed
Lee, Parker H
Mary
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NUMBER
W. 26.210
B.L. Wt 61002-160-55
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6.457
-
Maryland
Mary Lee
widow of
Md Parker H. Lee
who served in the Revolutionary war
, as an Ensign & Lieutenant
increased from $ 9533 [last 3 digits superscripted]/100
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of
320 dollars 00
cents per annum, to commence
on the 3d February, 1858.
Certificate of Pension issued
21
day of Oct 1858
and sent to
J. J. Coombs,
Present

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 206. Vol. H
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Sct A.H. Jarrett, Jany 3d 57 [last two illegible]
Ed
Vol. L 65
 231.147
Act. Mon. 3.'58
Janq : 9.'56
Minq Soce, ind.
Parker H. Lee, Lieut.
Capt ____
[illegible]
61.002 Howell [illegible]
March 31st/57
Emt. ____
Dis. _____
Revy. War.
Pens? by State of Maryland
And No Papers
AD. 6 ch. 30/57 [line illegible]
B tt [illegible signature]
A. H. Jarrett
Lieutenant [lined out]
Bel Air,
Md.
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231.147
Mary Lee's
application
our Bounty Land
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STATE OF MARYLAND, HARFORD COUNTY, SS.
On this third
day of January
1855 personally appeared before me,
a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Mrs Mary Lee
widow of Parker H, Lee
aged Eighty years, a resident of said County and State
who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of said Parker
Lee
deceased, who was a Lieutenant
in the company
commanded by Captain Holland in the formation Revolutionary regiment of
Maryland, commanded
by C Norwood or Col Carvil Hall
in the Revolutional War with Great Britain, declared by the United States 1776 [on the 18th of June 1812 -this line crossed through] that her said
husband entered service
at Annapolis
on or about the first
as an Ensign,
day of January A.D. 1778, 
was promoted on the 16th of October 1778 to Lieutenant
A.D. 1778 as an Ensign and was promoted on the 16th of October 1778 to Lieutenant for the term of one year or more
and continued in actual service in said war for the term of one year
and was honorably discharged at
Baltimore
[on the
day of -- - this phrase lined through]
in the year
A.D. 1779 and that her said husband was in the battle of Monmouth in the state of New Jersey 
She further states that she was married to the said Parker H. Lee
in Baltimore County on the 24 day of September
A.D. 1809
by one Benjamin Richardson, an ordained Methodist Minister and that her name
before her said marriage was Mary Munnikhuysen; that her
her said husband died
Harford County on the 6th day of June
A.D. 1829 and that she is now a widow.  
She  further declares that she is the identical person who is mentioned and received a pension under and in virtue of the 
resolution passed in the General assembly of Maryland on the fifth day of March 1850 No. 62" entitled a Resolution made in service of Mary Lee, widow of Parker Lee a soldier of the the Revolution."

The makes
this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty
land to which she may be entitled
---
under the "act approved March 3, 1855," and he hereby constitutes and appoints Archer H. Jarrett, of Harford
&
County, State of Maryland, her attorney to prosecute said claim and receive the warrant that may be issued, and
she hereby revokes and countermands all former authority that may have been for the above specified purpose.
Wm Jordan J.P
We
Elizabeth Morris
and Parker H. Lee

residents of Harford County and State of Maryland, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing
declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mrs Mary Lee
in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the
identical person she represents herself to be.
Elizabeth Morris
Parker H. Lee
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year
above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person
she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Wm Jordan
Justice of the Peace.

STATE OF MARYLAND, Harford County, SS.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That William Jordan
Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavits were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at
the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace of the State of
Maryland, in and for Harford County, duly commissioned and
worn and his signature is genuine
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereto set my hand and
affix the seal of the Circuit Court for Harford County
this seventh day of January A.D. 1856
A. Lingan Lunell [illegible]
Clerk.
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℗
THE STATE OF MARYLAND
Baltimore City, Sct.
I hereby certify to all whom it doth or may Concern, That on the
twenty second day of September in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and nine
a License issued from the office of the Clerk of Baltimore County Court, directed to
the Reverend Mr. ______
or any other person qualified
by Law, to celebrate the rites of Marriage between a certain Parker Hall
Lee
and Mary Munnickhuysen of

Baltimore County, according to Law; there appearing to him no lawful cause, or
just impediment, by reason of any consanguinity or affinity to hinder the same, as by
the records of said Court appear, which records are now in my keeping.
In Testimony whereof, I hereto subscibe my
name and affix the Seal of the Superior Court
of Baltimore City, this
fifth day of January 1856

Edward  Lowling
Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City.
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Mary Lee,
wid. [widow]
of Parker H. Lee
For Pension
A-L
3' Feb 1853 2d Sec
-
original
J.P. County [illegible very faint]
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State of Maryland
Harford County
ss:
Be it known, that on this fourth day of September, A.D. 1858, before the Hon. Henry G. Watters,
Judge of the Orphans Court in and for said County
personally appeared Mrs. Mary Lee, a resident of
said County, who being duly sworn according to
law upon her oath makes the following declaration
for the purpose of obtaining the
benefit of the second section of the act of Congress approved Feby

 3d 1853, entitled "an act to continue
pay to certain widows
and orphans," to wit
that she is the widow of Parker H. Lee
deceased, who was an Ensign and a Lieutenant
in the Maryland Continental line, in the war
of the Revolution. That he entered the service as an Ensign on the 1st of January
1778, and was promoted to the rank of a
Lieutenant on the 16th of October of the same
year, in which last mentioned and he served, according to the best of her information
and belief, till the close of the war. She
further states that she was married to
the said Parker H. Lee in the City of Baltimore, on the 19th day of September, A.D.
1809, and that her name prior to her said
marriage was Mary Munnikhuysen
she further states that the said Parker
H. Lee, her husband, died on the sixth day
of June, 1829, since which she has never
again married, but still remains his
widow,
she further states that she is now
in receipt of a pension from the State of
Maryland, on account of the Revolu=
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tionary [continuation from previous page - Revolutionary] services of her said husband, and
has lately received a Bounty Land War
rent from the United States, for the same
service. She refers to the papers on file in
the Pension Office (No 231.147) from which she obtained
said Land warrant, for evidence of her
marriage, of her husband's services, her
identity as his widow, and her continuing widowhood. Sworn to and subscribed
before me in open Court-
Mary Lee
Henry G Watters
Judge
of Orphan Court for
Harford County

State of Maryland
Harford County Set.
I, Benedict H. Hanson Register of Wills
for Harford County do hereby certify that the Hon. Henry G. Watters before whom the aforegoing deposition was made
and subscribed and who has thereto signed his name was
at the time of so doing one of the Judges of the Orphans
Court for Harford County duly commissioned and qualified
and I further certify that his signature is genuine
In testimony whereof I hereto subscribe
my name and affix the seal of said
Court, this Sixth day of September
A.D. 1858.
B H. Hanson R W H Co
For the proofs in this case see Bounty L. Claim
No. 231.147. Act 55. & A. No 61.002, for 160 ac
B. [illegible signature]
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O. W. & N. Division.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
December 5, 1835 [faint]
In reply to your request
for a statement of the military history
of PARKER H. LEE
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.
DATE OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
OF SERVICE./

LENGTH OF SERVICE/
RANK./
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED./
CAPTAIN./
COLONEL./
STATE.

[contents of this table very faint]
Battles engaged in,   MONMOUTH
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Annapolis Md
Date of application for pension.  by widow Sept 4 1858, 
Residence at date of application, of widow Harford Co, MD
Age at date of application, of widow 
eighty-three years 83
Remarks:  The soldier married Mary Munnickhuysen at Baltimore Md on Sept [illegible] and died on June 6, 18[illegible]

Mr. H. V. Chapman    Very respectfully,
[illegible]
Commissioner
870blm
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Act Mar 55
Jan. 56
235. 147

Mary Lee
and
Parker Lee,
Lieut
Revolution
Pensioned by State of Maryland
A H Garrett
Bel Air
Maryland
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6.457
Maryland
Mary Lee
widow of
,
Parker H.
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as an Ensign
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
95 dollars 33 cents
 per annum, to commence
on the 5d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issue
5th day of Oct 1858
and sent to

J J Coombs
Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under
February 3, 1853, Page 206 Vol. H
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Hon
Geo
C
Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D. C
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61.002
160 acres
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To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC
231.147
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Additional Evidence in
in support of 
of Claim 231 147
Parker H Lee deceased
[illegible]1833

Geo. C. Whiting Esq

Commr
of Pensions
Washington City
D. C
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Mrs Mary Lees
No 231, 147
Boynton May 1776
A. H. Farrell
Bel Air
Md
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Land
Off of Mc [illegible]
Sept. 14th (55
Archer H. Jarrett Esq
D [illegible]

I have
[illegible] the record
again completely [illegible]
searched
and can give from there
no information to that before
sent.
Lease to 
Parker H Lee and Do [illegible] $229.34.1781

Do Oct.17th 1785. 174.14.2
Ensign Do 4 appoint [illegible] Jany 1778
Of Lieut 16 Oct 1778

4th appoint
1778.
& Legic 16th Oct.
1778
Our Rev: Records are
very imperfect and
I regret that they will not better satisfy the great [illegible] of applicants for information from this department.

very resp
&
J [illegible]
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Land Office of Maryland
I certify
that it appears
by depreciation payroll
remaining in this
office that
Lieu's Parker
H. Lee of
the Maryland
Line,
received
$229.3.4. is to the Maryland troops on
Continental

Establishment.
In testimony whereof
I hereto
subscribe my name & affix
of the
the seal
Land Office of Maryland
this 4
Sept 1853
[illegible signature and title]
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Land office of Maryand
I certify that it appears
by a
Depention [illegible] payroll remaining

in this office,
that
Lieut Parker
H. Lee of the Maryland Line, received $174.14.2
paid to the Maryland
Justed [illegible]
of Troops on
Continental Establishment
on the 17 October
1785.-
In testimony
whereof I hereto
subscribe my name
and
& affix
the seal of
the
Land Office of Maryland
this 4th Sept 1855
[illegible signature and title]
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Land Office of Maryland
I certify
that
it appears
by the muster rolls remaining in
this 
that Ensign
Parker
Lee of Norwood Regt was
appointed 1. January 1778, and
that he is
rated as Lieut
as said  roll on the 16th October
1778
In
testimony whereof
I subscribe my name
and
affix
the seal of the
Land
office of

Maryland this 4th September
1855.
J. Murray
[illegible title]
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Bel
Air
Harford Co Md
15
 Decr 1856
Lin
I was mistaken in the
No of Mrs Mary Lee's claim
it is 231. 147- will you be kind
enough to inform me what
disposition if any has been
made
of it
Yours truly
Archer H Jarrett
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Geo C. Whiting Esq
Dear Sir
Enclosed find
additional evidence in support
of Mrs Mary Lee's application
for Bounty Land.  should
it not be sufficient please
inform me where the defect
his and it will be remedied
Yours truly
Archer  H Jarrett
Belair
Harford County
Md
19th Mar /57
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[illegible date?]
Archer [illegible] Jarrett Esq

Bel Air 
Md.
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Treasury Annapolis 17 March 1857
It is hereby certified that Mary Lee Widow of
Parker Lee a Lieutenant in the 4th Maryland Regiment
in the war of the American Revolution, comes
the Pension of half pay
of a Lieutenant from the 
of  State of
Maryland
D Claude
[illegible]


Dear Sir
I send above the Certificate 
for in your [illegible]
by reputyrly [illegible] yes
D Clavely
Thea [illegible]
Archer R Jarrett Esq
Bel Air
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Washington,
Oct. 1. 1858
Sir
In reference to the claim of
Mrs. Mary Lee, widow of Parker
H. Lee
now pending in your office
I by leave to say,

that the payments certified by the
Register of
the Land Office at Annapolis,
prove, in my opinion, service
to the close of the war
or at all events

for several years.
As these payments were made
in
settlement of depreciation,
They
were of course
made in pay [illegible] funds
Depreciation, after the close of the
War,
was never paid in depreciated
paper [illegible]
the payments certified,
in federal
money
amount to $1794.62, according to
my
computation
which would
bring the service down to the
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close of the war, or thereabout
I am not certain that I have
computed the Maryland currency
on the correct services, but I am
very sure that the payments on
any computation will prove more
than three years
Service
Very respectfully
Now[illegible] obedient
JJ Coombs
Geo. C. Whiting Esq

Commissioner of Pensions
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Mary Lee
Wid:
No. 7096
Parker H.
Mr. [illegible]
Admit for $95.33 for i[llegible]on or
3d Feb. 1853, under the
Sec. Act Feb. 3 1853
Act. J. J. Coombs
Present
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[illegible] Office
September
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in the case of Mar Lee widow of Parker H. Lee
Harford  County and State of Maryland
To
act 3 Feb 1853
Claim, (original, or for increase) [three words lined through]
Proof exhibited, (if original,)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supports by rolls?  If either, state the substance. 
Husband was an 
Ensign in the Maryland Continental Line I think
[illegible] but of the length of his Lieutenant Service I am undecided. The
Register of the Land Office at Annapolis Md Certifies, Parker H. Lee
was appointed an Ensign in Md Continental Line on the 1st Jany 1778
was promoted to a Lieutenant  Oct. 16, 1778, also, that he received $ 229
3.4. as depreciation in 1781 & 174 $ 14.2 in 1785 as balance of depreciation
In addition to the affidavit of several  ages [illegible] & credible witnesses that applicant
husband was in service & always had the reputation of being a revolutionary soldier.

and they have often heard him talk thereof . the transcript or Copy of an act of
the Md legislature is file by which the claimant has been allowed the half

Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?

pay of a St for life by the State of Maryland for the service of said Parker H. Lee in
the War of the Revolution.

The Marriage of the parties is proved by a Copy
of the record thereof for the Clerks Office of Baltimore Co Md: & Parol [illegible]
proof. The soldier died in 1829. as appears from credible parol proof.
and the widowhood & identity of the claimant is conclusively established.
I am incline to think that Parker H. Lee. Served over two years as Lt: but being in doubt about the
computation of the depreciation on certificates I prefer to hold, the question up for further examination and account 
the case for the positive service as an Ensign. Bounty Law has been
Allowed.
S.C. Blyth
Examining Clerk

Name and residence of Agent
J. J. Coombs Esqr
Present
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Washington Oct. 18, 1858
Sir

Enclosed I have the honor to return the
certificate lately issued to Mrs. Mary Lee
for pension under act of 1833, and to
ask  for re-examination, with
a view to an increase of pension.

About the time the present allowance
was made, I filed a letter, in which I
endeavored to demonstrate that the payments of depreciation made to Parker H. Lee
prove more than two years
service as Lieutenant, and Establish
the widow's claim to a pension of
$320 per annum. This letter, I presume, did not reach the Examiner
before the case was acted upon.
I respectfully ask, therefore, a
re-examination, with reference to that
view of the case

Very respectfully
Your obt servt
J. J. Connely [illegible]
Geo C. Whiting Esq
Com of Pensions
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Brief in the case of Mary Lee widow of Parker H. Lee
Harford
County and State of Maryland
act 3 Feb 1853

Claim (original or[crossed out] "for increase.)
Increased from #95.33/100 per An:  to #320. per An: under 2 Sec; of Act 3 Feb; 1853 deducting former payments under said Act at #95.33/100

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

is it documentary, traditionary, or supported  by rolls?  If either state the substance.

Claimant was pensioner some time since at the rate of #95.33/100 per An: under
said act for the services of her husband as an Ensign from Jany 1st to Oct. 16
1778.

Parker H. Lee, Serve in the Maryland Continental line from Jany 1st 1778
to 16" Oct. 1778 as an Ensign and was then promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. In 1781.
he received $229.34. =3 611.11/1001in specie [illegible] as depreciation pay & in 1785 he received

S.174.14.2.#465..89/100 in specie as balance of depreciation pay. The above amount
of #1077, recd as depreciation pay in "Spanish Mill dollars" shows, that he served nearly
three years (increase as a Lieutenant in addition to his service as an Ensign

Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?   If so, what?
At the time the first allowance was made under the act of 3 Feb 1853. I was in
doubt whether the depreciation was paid dollar for dollar in specie or in depreciated Currency
and consequently I allowed the claim for the service as an Ensign Established by the Certificate of
the Com of the Genl Land Office at Annapolis Md. 

I have since satisfied myself
by a reference to the Md statutes & the early reports & acts of Congress, that depreciation was
paid after 1780 in Specie dollar for dollar for the amt: of depreciated Currency held by soldiers on
which has been paid them for their service. In no case could the amt: of depreciation exceed the actual amt:
the soldier was entitled to as his regular pay in the Line

there
is question as to the identity of the parties, their marriage, the soldiers death & claimant's widowhood.
 She was years ago allowed a pension of $200 per An by the State of Md.
for the service of Parker H. Lee, as an Ensign & Lieutenant in the Md. Contl line.

The certificates of
the Com of the Genl. Sv Office at Annapolis show the above amt: of depreciation was allowed respectively as stated in 1781 and 1785.  Pension increased to #320 per An. deducting former payments of #95.33/100 per an original pension act in surrender[ last three words illegible]


Examining Clerk
[illegible name]
J. J. Coombs Esqr
Present.
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Mary Lee
Wid. of
Parker H. Lee
Md.
Allowed
Increased under the 2d Sec. of the
act of Feb. 3, 1853, for #95.33/100
to #320 per an
St. for
over 2 years in Md. Contl line 
Deduct former payts under said act
& state Amt of inc. Cert:

Cert to  J. J. Coombs Esq 
Present
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Payment to be made at Baltimore by
John S. Gittings, Esq
Agent for paying 
Pensioners, in the
Agency of

Maryland
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
3d, 1853, Page 206 Vol. H
G. T. Getty

Clerk.
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E
C.H.R.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act
of February 3, 1853
Mary
Lee
widow of
Parker
.
who was an
Ensign

in the revolutionary war
is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Ninety five
dollars and three cents per annum, commencing on the
3d of February 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should
again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the
time of such marriage

Given at the Department of the Interior,
this fifth day of October,
one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight
Moses Kelly
Acting Secretary of the Interior

Examined and countersigned.
Geo C Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions
[much illegible text across the page]
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Washington, Oct. 19. 1858.
I beg
leave to submit the following remarks
in reference to the claim of Mary Lee, widow of
Parker H Lee, of Maryland, for an increase of
pension, under act of Feb 3d 1853

The evidence on file shows that Parker H.
See (Lieutenant) received depreciation certificates, as
follows:
in 1781         L229.3.4.

Dec. 17, 1785- 174.14.2
                         L403.17.6
Amounting in federal money (7 [illeg] 6d. to the dollar    $1.077.00 

                         

This amount would pay for service as Ensign
from 1st Jany. 1768 to 16th Oct. 1768, (when he was
promoted), and for a little more than
two
years' service as Lieutenant, after that
date which would bring his service
down to about the 1st of December. 1780-
allowing nothing for the value of the
depreciated paper actually received by him
during service.
A fair allowance on
this score would bring the service down


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to the latter part of the year 1781, I presume
but this is immaterial, as the amount of
depreciation alonec overs a little more than
two years service as Secut [illegible]

The only possible question that can be
raised on this point, is, whether the depreciation certificate issued, were for specie or its equivalent.

A reference to the Statute
under which the depreciation of the officers and soldiers of the Maryland line was settled
this, will remove all doubt on this point.

That statute was passed at October Session
1780, and is entitled "An act to settle and adjust
the accounts of the troops of this State, in the service
of the United States, and for other services therein
mentioned."

See "Laws of Maryland," published in
1799. in two large quarto volumes. Vol. 1 Chap
xxxviii.
(There is a copy in the Library of State Dept.)
The 2d Section of said Act provided for a Commissioner to settle and adjust the pay due to the
officers and soldiers of the troops of this State
and that said Commissioner is hereby empowered
and directed, to estimate, in specie, all sums
of paper money received by said officers and
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soldiers," &c "according to the scale of depreciation hereafter mentioned," &c.

Sec. 3 Direct the Commissioner to issue to the
officers and soldiers aforesaid, to whom pay may be
found due, one certificate or more, bearing interest
from the date thereof, and specifying the sum
due in specie, but provides that no separate
certificate shall issue for less than one fifth
of the whole amount due. "And that the whole of the certificates given
-
 to the same person shall
amount to the seem only due to him."

Sec 9 fixes the rate of depreciation, according to
the time the payment, were made

Sec 11, among other things provides that the
Spanish dollars shall be rated at seven
shillings six pence.

The above mentioned Statute fixed the
principle upon which all depreciation accounts 
were settled. There was another
act passed in 1783, providing for the payment
of depreciation on service rendered subsequent
to the passage of the Act of Oct. 1780,
but it provides that the same shall be settled
pursuant to said act of Oct. 1780
It was
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doubtless under this last mentioned act
that the certificate for L174.14.2, was said[illegible]
in Oct. 1785. Under the pension act of Oct 1778,
he could only be allowed depreciation on the
service rendered up to the passage[illegible]age of
that act.
I think the above statutes are perfectly
conclusive of the fact, that the whole
amount of the depreciation
certificates
issued to Parker H. Lee,
were for specie
or its equivalent
Very
respectfully
Your obt svt

J. J. Coombs

Geo. C. Whiting esq

Comr of Pensions
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Dear Sir:

Will you kindly furnish
me
with any data or record
may have on

file in your office

concerning Parker Hall Lee 
who
was a soldier from
Maryland in
the Revolutionary War, having enlisted
1st January 1778, and was made
a Lieutenant on Oct. 16, 1778
Did he, or his wife receive any
grant of land, or pension of any
kind & how
much.


Awaiting your very early reply I am
very truly yours
H. M. Chapman
Room 5
P. O. Department
Washington DC
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Sec. 5, 1895,
Mil. Histy to
H. M. Chapman Esq.
P. O. Deptmt

WIDOW, & c.
File No. 26210
Mary Lee
Wid of
Parker Lee
Lieut.  Ret was [illegible]
Act Feb. 3d 1853.
Index: Vol. A, Page 431
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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No 23147
Additional Evidence
Meigh M Janet[illegible - faint]
Page 43

State of Maryland
Harford County Set
On this twenty fifth day of February

Eighteen hundred and fifty seven personally appeared
John Munnikhuysen a citizen of said County who
being duly sworn on the Holy Evangely of Almighty
God that the deposition he makes is true to the best
of his knowledge and belief, deposes as follows

That he knew Lieutenant Parker H. Lee of the fourth
Maryland Regiment of the Revolutionary war he
lived at his house, and that he is satisfied and knows
he was the husband of Mary Lee who is still living and
receives a pension from the State of Maryland
of Ninety six dollars a year for the services performed
by her husband Lieutenant Parker H Lee during said
Revolutionary war said deponent thinks he has
heard said Lieutenant say that he was in several
battles during said revolution, and among the rest
the battle of Monmouth he also think there was no
other Parker H. Lee in said war and believes
that he performed from conversations with him
several years service
John Munnikhuysen
Sworn to & subscribed
before me this 25th February A D 1857
Wm. S. Richardson
State of
Maryland
Harford County Set.
On this Nineteenth day of March 1857.
before me the subscriber appeared Charles W. Lee[last4 words lined out]
a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and
for Harford County personally appeared Charles W. Lee a citizen of said County
who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangely of Almighty
God, deposes, as follows. He is a nephew of the late
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Lieutenant Parker H. Lee and knew him well during the
latter part of his life, that Mrs Mary Lee is
the widow of said Parker and is about Eighty years of age or more
he thinks he has heard his mother say that
Lieutenant Parker H Lee was at the battle of Monmouth
and thinks he has frequently heard said
Parker
talk about his services in the revolutionary war
and from the conversations he has heard relative to
said Parkers services he thinks he must have been
in active service for some time-
Sworn before Wm S. Richardson
Charles W Lee
State of Maryland
Harford County

No. 62.
Passed Mar. 5. 1850.
Resolution in favor of Mary Lee, widow of Parker
Lee, a soldier of the Revolution.
Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the
Treasurer of the State pay to Mary Lee, widow
of Parker Lee, a Lieutenant in the fourth Maryland
Regiment, in the war of the American Revolution,
the half pay of a Lieutenant for the remainder of her
life, said pension to commence from the first day of
January, eighteen hundred and fifty.

March 1857 person
subscriber a Jus [illegible]
State of Maryland Richard Lee a citizen of
Harris County who being duly
sworn deposes
that he knows Mrs Mary Lee resident of Harford County and that she
is the widow of Lieutenant Parker H. C
who had the reputation of being an officer
in the revolutionary army and that he

knows that said Mary Lee receives the
half pay pension of a Revolutionary
Lieutenant a copy of which is appended
to these depositions, and that he knows
said Mary Lee is still alive -
Rich D. Lee.
Sworn before
Wm S. Richardson
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No. 59.

Resolution in favor of the Chaplains to the two Houses
passed Mar. 6 1850
Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the
Treasurer be and he is hereby authorised and directed
to pay to the Reverend Mr. Brooke, Chaplain to
the House of Delegates, and to the Reverend Mr.
Nelson, Chaplain to the Senate, each the sum of one
hundred dollars, for their services the present in
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State of Maryland, SS.
" I, A LINGAN JARRETT, Clerk of the Circuit Court for Harford County, the same being a
Court of law and record, hereby certify that William S. Richardson
Esquire, before whom the annexed and foregoing affidavits of Jno Munnikhuysen, Richard
Lee & Charles W Lee
were made, and who has certified the taking of the
same, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace of the said State in and for Harford County,
duly elected[crossed through] commissioned and qualified & his signature is genuine
In Testimony Whereof, I hereto subscribe my name and
affix the seal of the said Court, at Bel-Air, this nineteenth
day of March
A.D. 1857
A. Lingan Jarrett
CLR