Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46682, John Anderson, Continental (N.Y.)
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(3-1776)              

Service                                           
Continental (N.Y.)     
Anderson, John
Number  S.46682

Contents  
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32819
New - York [City]

John Anderson  decd

(blank)  in the State of New York
who was a Boatsman in the  (blank) commanded by Captain Holdron of the NY commanded
[by  in the line for, crossed out] Revolution
N.Y.

Payable to his widow
[inscribed] on the Roll of New York City 
[at a] rate of 80 Dollars  (blank)  Cents  (illegible), to commence on the 4th day of March 183(illegible)
and ending  10 Feb'y 1840.

Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of
Feb'y 1851 and sent to Hon E. W McGaugey Ho of Rep
Arrears to the 4th of 
Semi-anl. allowance ending
            Revolutionary Claim,
            Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by  H E Robinson  Clerk
Book E  Vol. 4  Page 2
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Charity 

and 

John
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Admd 2 yrs  Boatman
$80 per annum Corn'y
4 March 1831 & end'g 
10th February 1840, when 
he died.  payable to 
Charity Anderson
his widow.
(John Anderson 22883)

NY City Roll

Hon E W Mc Gaughey
H of R [House of Representatives]
Act 7 June, 1832
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State of New York 
Town of Newburg 
County of Orange } personally appeared before me Genl. Leonard Smith of the town of New Burgh County of Orange and State aforesaid, to me personally known to be a credible witness, and having been duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath say that he is well & acquainted with John Anderson of the City and County of New York in the State aforesaid, whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavit, that he was acquainted with him at the commencement of the Revolutionary war and during the continuance of the same, and has been acquainted with him ever since - That the deponent was in the Service of his Country with the said John Anderson in the Revolutionary War at Newburgh aforesaid and well recollects that the said John Anderson served in the year one thousand seven hundred and Seventy Eight under an Enlistment for one year or more under captain John Holdron as a Marriner in the Continental Service and under the immediate command and controll [control] of the the Quarter Master General of that department Col Udney Hay.-The said John Anderson was in actual services during the whole of that year and also that the said John Anderson served in the year one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy nine and part of Eighty in the same capacity under the Enlistment for one year and served under the direction of Uriah Mitchel Deputy Quarter Master General in the shore service and services to tendered by him the said John Anderson was for assisting in the Transportation of the Continental stores and other [page ripped] property, and all of which was done under
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the aforesaid Captains and control of the said Col. Hay then the Quarter Master General of of that Department 
[signed] Leonard Smith
Sworn to and subscribed this 18th day July of February 1833, before me 
[signed] Gilbert Ogden Fowler one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Orange County.
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State & City of New York ss: 
at a Marine Court of the City of New York held at the City Hall in and for the City and County of New York on the twenty third day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty three is Present Robert Swanton one of the Judges of the said Court, personally appeared in open Court now sitting John Anderson a resident of the City of New York aged Seventy two years in may next who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7th 1832 - That he hereby relinquishes every Claim whatever to a Pension or Annuity, except the present, and that his name is not on the Pension Roll or agency of any State - And the Court having propounded to him the Interrogatories by the Department of War he answers as follows 
1st Inty to the first Interogatory he answers - That he was born in the City County & State of New York on the second of May 1761
2d Inty to the second Interrogatory he answers that he has no record of his Birth except that taken by his Children from the old Family Bible which is worn out and gone 
3d Inty to the third Interrogatory he answers that he lived at Newburgh now County of Orange [illegible text written between lines] and State of New York untill the year 1803 from whence he removed to Hoboken in the State of New Jersey untill the year 1815 when he removed into the City of New York where he has ever since resided 
4th Inty To the fourth Interrogatory he answers - That he volunteered into the service and Mariner. 
5th Inty to the fifth Interrogatory he answers that he enlisted in the year one thousand Seven hundred & Seventy eight as a mariner under Capt John Holdron he at that time having charge of the Navy Department at New Burgh aforesaid under Col Udney Hay Quarter Master General also a C. Taylor and Uriah Mitchell Deputy Quarter Master General, his duty was the Transportation of the Continental Stores and other public property and his enlistment was for one year which he served out faithfully - That he again in the year 1779 voluntarily enlisted in the same service for one year and served out the Term of his Enlistment.
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6th Inty To the Sixth Interrogatory he answers - that he does not recollect that he ever received a written discharge if he did it is lost – 
[signed] John Anderson
Sworn in open Court this 23rd day of Jany 1833 –
[signed] John Barberie Clerk
Samuel Cooper of the City of Newyork [New York] being duly sworn says - that he entered the Revolutionary Army at Boston under the late Genl Knox and remained in the army as an officer during the whole of the War and was part of the time stationed at Newburgh in the County of Orange and State of NewYork [New York] that he there became acquainted with the above named John Anderson who warn the public service as a mariner - that he has perused the affidavit of Isaac Belknap hereto annexed and corporate the same in every particular, except as to the time of service of the said John Anderson tho ’[though] he believes [it, crossed out] such service must have been for at least two years- That he is personally acquainted with the said Isaac Belknap who now is, or lately was, President of the Bank at Newburgh and is a man of veracity and full faith is due to his Deposition 
[signed] Sam Cooper
Sworn to this 23rd day of Jany 1839 In open Court
[signed] John Barberie,, Clerk
David Brooks of the City of Newyork [New York] being duly sworn says. That he was Clothier General to that part of the Revolutionary Army stationed at Newburgh and the vicinity-- and there became acquainted the above named John Anderson who was then in the public service as a mariner - That he has perused the affidavit of Isaac Belknap hereto annexed and corroborates the same in every particular except as to the time of service of the said John Anderson tho’ [though] from his knowledge of the services of the said John Anderson he has no doubt but that he must have been in such service at least two years 
[signed] David Brooks
Sworn to this 23rd day of Jany 1833 - In open Court
[signed] John Barberie Clerk
and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the Investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the Department of War that the above named applicant John Anderson
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State of New York 
City and County of New York } Personally appeared before me John M. Lester Commissioner of Deeds in and for the City and County of New York in the State of New York Isaac Belknap of the Town of New burgh County of Orange and State aforesaid to me personally known to be a credible witness, and having been duly sworn according to Law, Doth on his oath say that he is well acquainted with John Anderson of the City and County of Newyork [New York] in State of Newyork [New York] whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavit that he was acquainted with him at the commencement of the Revolutionary War and during the continuance of the same and has been acquainted with him ever since, that the deponent was in the Service of his Country with the said John Anderson in the Revolutionary War at New Burgh aforesaid, and well recollects that the said John Anderson served in the year One thousand seven hundred and Seventy eight under an Enlistment for one year or more under Captain John Holdron, as a Mariner in the Continental Service and under the Immediate command and Control of the then Quarter Master General of that Department Col Udney Hay the said John Anderson was in actual service during the whole of that year, and also that he the said John
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Anderson served in the year one Thousand Seven and seventy nine and part of Eighty in the same Capacity under an Enlistment for one year and served under Uriah Mitchell Depty Quarter Master General in the same Service and Services so rendered by him the said John Anderson was for assisting in the Transportation of the Continental Stores and other public property and all of which was done under the aforesaid Capt and controul of the said Colonel Hay then Quarter Master General of that department- 
[signed] Isaac Belknap
Sworn January 9th 1833. Before me 
[signed] Wm Lester Commissioner of Deeds 
Sworn 18 Jany 1833  [signed] R [last name illegible] Recorder of the City of New York
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Anderson was a mariner in the Revolutionary war and served as he states and the Court further Certifies - That it appears to them that David Brooks and Samuel Cooper who have signed the preceding affidavits are residents of the City of New York and are credible persons and that their affidavits are entitled to credit 
[signed] R Swanton, presiding Justice
I John Barberie Clerk of the Marine Court in and for the City and County of New York do hereby Certify - that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Anderson for Pension – 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this twenty third day of January 1833
[signed] John Barberie
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STATE OF NEW-YORK, 
City and County of New York, } SS.  I, ABRAHAM ASTEN, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Richard Riker Esq whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the annexed affidavit was on the date of taking the same Recorder of the City of New York and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County of New York duly commissioned and sworn – 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the tenth day of January 1883 
[signed] Abram Asten Clk
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STATE OF NEW-YORK,
City and County of New York, } SS. I, ABRAHAM ASTEN, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That John M Lester Esq whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the annexed affidavit was on the time of taking the same a Commissioner of Deeds in and for the City and County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn  and authorized to administer Oaths –
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the tenth day of January 1883
[signed] Abram Asten Clk
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[Vertical text in right margin]
S.S. Peugh Agt Washington DC
[main text]
State of New York and 
County of Kings } ss.  Be it known, That on this twelveth day of February A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty three, before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Charity Anderson a resident of Williamsburg in said County, and made oath according to law that she is the Widow of John Anderson who died on the tenth day of February A.D. 1840 & that she was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum; that she has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that she is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as her Agent may use in prosecuting said claim & asks the benefit of the act of February 1853, 
[signed] Charity Anderson
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me. 
[signed] J. M. Ayman J. Peace 
I, J. M. Ayman Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that Charity Anderson who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth. 
[signed] James M Aymer J. Peace. 
I, [blank] Clerk of the [blank] Court in the County, and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that [blank] before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is [blank] signature. 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this [blank] day of [blank] A. D. 185[ } Clerk.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY - Revolutionary Pension Claims. 
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Charity Anderson Widow John Anderson deceased do hereby constitute and appoint Samuel H Peugh of Washington City of the District of Columbia my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of myself for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to myself 
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises. 
WITNESS my hand and seal this 12th day February A. D. 1853 
[signed] Charity Anderson
Signed and Sealed in the presence of [signed] James M. Ayman [illegible] R. Anderson

STATE OF New York 
COUNTY OF Kings } ss:  On this Twelveth day of February A. D. 1853 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Charity Anderson and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned. 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand the day and year aforesaid. 
[signed] James M. Ayman  J. Peace.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF KINGS } ss.
I, CHARLES DENIKE, Clerk of the County of Kinge, DO HEREBY James M Aymar whose name is subscribed to the annexed deposition and to the Certificate of Proof, or acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, and thereon written was, at the time of taking proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, dwelling in said county, elected and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice, and verily believe the Signatures to the said deposition & Certificate of Proof or acknowledgment are genuine, 
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said County, this 16th day of March 1853
[signed] C. A. Denike Clerk
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February 6, 1937
John Anderson
S.46682
BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Marie R. McKay 
169 Washington N. W. 
Warren, Ohio 
Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to John Anderson, soldier of the Revolutionary War of New York City, whose wife was Charity Woodward Anderson.
The data which follow were obtained from papers in pension claim, S. 46682, based upon the service of John Anderson in the Revolutionary War. 
John Anderson was born May 2, 1761 in New York City. The names of his parents were not stated. 
While a resident of Newburgh, Orange County, New York, John Anderson volunteered in the year 1776, was detailed to the boat service, [illegible] served one year on the sloop "Liberty" on the Hudson River, transporting “Continental stores and other [illegible] property” under Captain John Holdron and  Quartermaster General Uday Hay. He enlisted in the year 1778 and served one year in the same service, under Deputy Quartermaster General Uriah Mitchell and Quartermaster General Uday Hay. 
He moved from Newburgh, New York about 1803 to Hoboken, New Jersey, and in 1815 moved to New York City. 
He applied for pension January 23, 1833, then a
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resident of New York City. The pension was allowed. 
John Anderson died February 10, 1840 at #90 Chamber Street, New York City. 
His widow, Charity Anderson, on February 12, 1853 was living in Kings County, New York; the date and place of her birth and names of her parents were not given. 
Reference was made to children. 
Frederick R. Anderson of #5 Pine Street, New York City in 1872, stated that his mother, Charity W. Anderson, died at the home of his sister, but had not give the name of his sister, nor date of death of his mother. 
Hamilton Willis Fish of 21 W. 129th Street, New York City, on February 26, 1893, requested to be advised whether a pension was ever granted John Anderson (his ancestor) or his widow, Charity Anderson, on account of the service of said John Anderson in the Revolutionary War. He, also, stated at that time that John Anderson was a resident of Newburgh, New York in March, 1780, that he married, June 12, 1800 in Newburgh, New York, Charity, that he moved to Hoboken, New Jersey about 1800, and that the widow, Charity Anderson, died in New York City , August 1, 1853. 
Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator
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[left side]
W, Fish
New York City.
F.S.

[right side]
Revy

INVALID.

File No. 46.682
John Anderson
Boatman - N.Y. troops

Act: 1832

Index:- Vol.   , Page

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[left side]
Revy

INVALID.

File No. 46.682
John Anderson
Boatman - N.Y. troops

Act: 1832

Index:- Vol. , Page

[Arrangement of 1870.]

[right side]
1893 - May 2.
Hist. to Hamell
1925 - Sept. 28 - Hist to David G. Anderson - AUZ.
1926 July 2 - Hist to Helen A. Goldberg  AUZ.
1937 Feb. 6 - hist. to Mrs. Marie R. McKay  AUZ
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[crossed out text]
[stamped] REJECTED

Charity Anderson 
P.O. widow of John Anderson 
For papers See Admitted 
Service: Soldier File No 46.682
Enlisted:          , 18
Discharged:       , 18
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[left side]
3-month En  77
1 Years “ 78

[right side]
Admit 2 years as Boatman Continental Army 
There is wanting however a certificate of Court as to the time of death, and that he left widow &c
Hon E W McGaughey  H R
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Nov 23 76 to Sep 1 1779

Mo
9-
5 [illegible]

1 year 2-1-

[subtraction] 
383.3
[-] 280
[total] 103.

[addition]
350
[+] 33 -33
[total] 383  33
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Rev
New York
Rejected act 7 Jl '32

See letter To
Hon C.C. Conkeling
H. Reps

to same 28 March 38
to same 29 March 1838
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War Department
Pension Office
20 December 1833
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Mar 29
JM att.

J. [illegible, Cawfaden's?] letter returned Mar 29/'3 [last digit of year illegible]

J. L. Edwards Esq
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Wash. 29 March 1838 
Sir,
You will oblige me by informing me whether I did not send a  letter from some one relating to the papers of John Anderson which [illegible] just missed and whose letter it was as I do not know who to write to –
very respectfully. 
C C Chamberly]

J. L. Edwards Esq
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July 29, 1848 
New York July 26/45
Geo. G. Sickles 
Asks attention to pension claim of Widow of Jno Anderson. 
S.301. Act July 28 /45 
Pension Office. 

Hon. W. L. Marcy
Secretary at War
Washington City (D.C.)
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Hon William L. Marcy 
Secretary at War 
Washington City 
Sir: In the early part of the year 1844, I forwarded (as the counsel of the Widow of John Anderson deceased late of the City and County of New York) to the Commissioner of Pensions, Additional Evidence of the Revolutionary services of said deceased 
By examining said papers, it will be seen that no doubt can possibly arise of Mr Anderson's services: The deposition of Mr Belknap, who was formerly President of the Bank of Newburgh, and who served with Mr. Anderson is positive, but the objection appears to be that the service was in Vessels, and not in the land service 
The original deposition of the applicant Anderson states that he served in the Navy, which was an error arising from the gross ignorance of the Magistrate before whom the facts were reduced to writing. Mr. Anderson was aged, and also very deaf, and the person engaged to superintend the examination, was one of the many Gad Flies [gadflies], who infest the residences of Revolutionary soldiers with officious offers of service to aid in getting a pension 
Upon the original papers, the application was denied by the Pension Department, and the copy now in my possession, is endorsed "May 24th, 1842, Report Adverse-- No 784” having, when the Petition of the widow been introduced into the House of Representatives U.S by Mr. McClellans
Subsequent to the adverse decision in Congress, application was made to me in behalf of Mrs. Anderson the widow, and upon examining the papers I was satisfied that the decision of the Commissioner of [Patents, crossed out] Pensions, and also the Report of the Congressional Committee of Pensions
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had been made without a full knowledge of the case, and that a re-statement of the Case, embracing the facts [of the, crossed out] would produce a favorable report 
Permit me to call your attention to the additional affidavits, which puts at rest the difficulty arising out of the original error, and also the fact of Mr Anderson having enlisted thrice, and served out both periods of the enlistment; that as a soldier he was detailed to do boat service, and was not connected with ships or shipping; that as a soldier, he was compelled to do service wherever detailed; and being well qualified for the duty, could be more efficient, than an ordinary lands man unacquainted with the management of craft of the kind used by the Continental army 
The Secretary at War no doubt aware of the very great difficulty which exists in obtaining the information insisted upon by the Commissioner of Pensions, and in appealing from his decision, for the purpose of obtaining a rehearing before the head of the Department. I hope that the needy widow will not meet with a denial of her rights, for Service rendered by her husband to secure the liberties of one common country. 
It is unnecessary for me to state more than a general outline of this case, as I would respectfully call your attention to the facts, as presented by the papers on file in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions, and to which I beg leave to refer 
July 26. 1845. 
Very Respectfully 
Your obdt Servant 
[signed] Geo. G. Sickles 
61 Wall Street 
New York.
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Affidavit of Isaac Belknap in the matter of the application of John Anderson for a Pension under the Act of 7th June 1832

Charity Anderson
No. 3.875 John

New York
Act Feb. 3. 1853
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State of New York 
Orange County } ss-
At a Justices Court, of the County of Orange, and State aforesaid held at Newburgh, in said County on the thirtieth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four - Present Peter Hunn Justice, personally appeared in open Court, now sitting, Isaac Belknap, of the Town of Newburgh, now in his eighty-third year to me personally known to be a credible witness, who having been sworn, according to law, doth say, that he was well acquainted with John Anderson late of the City and County of New York, and an applicant, under the Act of 7th June, 1832 entitled “An Act Supplementary to ‘An Act for the relief of the surviving officers and soldier of the Revolution”. That this deponent became acquainted with John Anderson in the early part of the Revolutionary war, about the year 1776- That, according to this deponent’s best recollection John Anderson enlisted in the continental army at Newburgh, in the County of Orange and State of New York, in the year 1778; this deponent recollects the time, from having himself enlisted in the same year, although previous to the enlistment of John Anderson-- The enlistment was for one year; that this deponent and also John Anderson were detailed to do duty on board of boats used in the transportation of soldiers, cannons, muskets in boxes, military equipments, provisions, wood, hay and other articles, necessary for the Continental army - That Captain John Holdren, was the
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commander of one of the boats engaged in the service, which this deponent believe was known as the Sloop called the “Liberty”; that Captain John Donaghy commanded another of the said boats known as the "Colony"; another was called the “Gamecock," and this deponent believes that several other boats used in the same service, and belonging to the Continental service, were named from the General Officers of the Continental army - That the persons composing the hands on board of the said boats were enlisted continentals. That each boat had a limited number of men; and that the persons chosen to man the said boats, were selected more particularly for qualifications relating to a knowledge of the River, and navigating River craft- That during the year 1778, a British frigate was moored below Sing Sing, and this deponent well recollects that the sloop Colony was dispatched to take in a load of hay at Sing Sing to be delivered at West Point; That during the said year 1778, the boats in which this deponent was detailed, and also the said John Anderson, were in constant and active service between Albany and as far down the Hudson River as the said boats could proceed, with provisions, and munitions of War, without danger of capture by the British armed Vessels of the barges attached to the said vessels - the provisions and munitions of war being for detachments of the Continental army, but especially for Newburgh, Fish Kill and West Point - That this deponent believes the said John Anderson faithfully served out the term of his first enlistment for the year, as heretofore named in
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the Continental service - That this deponent, and the said [Depon, crossed out] John Anderson during the period of enlistment herein named drew their provisions [every third day, crossed out] when the said boats were at Newburgh, from the Commissary Department of the Continental army; that the said Anderson frequently drew his provisions at Fishkill, and he believes also at West Point - And that wherever the said provisions were so furnished they were furnished from the quarter master’s department of the Continental army, viz from the Commissary; That upon the expiration of the first period of enlistment of the said John Anderson, this deponent believes that he the said Anderson again enlisted in the same service immediately; but of the exact time of the second enlistment he is not positive as memory cannot carry this deponent, through so many years to say positively - but he knows that he again enlisted during the year 1779 for one year; and was detailed a second time for the boat Service, as during the first enlistment - That the provisions were drawn in the same manner, and from the stores of the Continental department of the army - That deponent cannot distinctly recollect the name of the boat in which Mr. Anderson served during the period of his second enlistment although it was not usual for the same crew to remain stationary upon a particular vessel - being changed as the exigencies of the service might require - but this deponent recollects that during Mr. Anderson's second enlistment
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he was mainly employed in the boats of the Quarter Master General’s Department; in procuring forage for horses, provisions for the army, and occasionally in transporting warlike stores to such points as were indicated.-  That previous to the treason of General Arnold, this deponent was on board the sloop ‘Colony” at West Point and in continental service, and General Arnold would not permit the commander, Donaghy, to leave West Point; and the boat or sloop accordingly remained until after the defection of General Arnold was discovered. That this deponent cannot recollect the year that event took place, but he well remembers all the details - and also knows that John Anderson was in the Continental service at that period, as he saw him, from week to week, during both periods of his enlistment; and knows that he served with honor to himself and usefulness to his country - That the said Boats so employed upon the Hudson River, were during both period of enlistment of the said John Anderson, under the direction of the Quarter Master General of the Continental army; that Colonel Udney Hay, acted as quarter Master and had the direction of the Department, as this deponent believes; at Newburgh, Fish Kill and other places - That this deponent well recollects the Colonel Taylor named in the fifth Answer to the Interrogatories in the affidavit of John Anderson, made at a Marine Court of the City of New York, on the 23d of January 1833, as by a reference thereunto will more fully appear
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that said Taylor was a resident of the County of Ulster; and was temporarily detailed to receive the baggage wagons, and other wagons, engaged in transporting Wares and munitions of war for the Continental army; and that said Taylor was attached to the Quartermasters department - that the said Taylor was subsequent superseded by Uriah Mitchell, as this deponent believes, who assumed the direction of the Department, and was considered as the Deputy Quarter Master General - and that the said boats were subsequently under his direction - That Captain Holdren was a resident of the city of New York before and after the Revolutionary War - That Captain Donaghy resided at Newburgh before the war, but was originally from Connecticut and after the close of the Revolutionary war was drowned at sea - That Col. Taylor was a native of Scotland, and previous to the Revolution resided in the County of Ulster; and deponent believes died at the close or shortly after the Revolution - that Uriah Mitchell, was from Long Island, as this deponent always heard, and believes - and according to the best information and belief of this deponent is also dead - That the detainance of the sloop "Colony” at West Point, was in connexion with several other vessels, and the detaining the said vessels was known as the “Embargo.” 
[signed] Isaac Belknap
Sworn this thirtieth day of April, 1844, before me 
[signed] P. F. Hunn Just. Peace Orange Co N.Y.
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I Joseph McCarrell of the County of [New Burgh, crossed out] Orange town of New Burgh being a minister of the gospel according to the order of the Assonate Reformed Church do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Isaac Belknap whose affidavit is hereto attached that Mr Belknap is a citizen of said County of unreproachable reputation and that he is entitled to full credence and I do further certify that the traditions of the town of New Burgh make known and publish that the said Isaac Belknap was engaged in the continental service of the revolutionary army 
New Burgh April 30th 1844 [signed] Joseph McCarrell
I Peter F. Hunn, a Justice of the peace of the County of Orange in the State of New York, do certify that I have for more than thirty years past been well acquainted with Isaac Belknap, who has subscribed the within affidavit & this day sworn to the same before me - that the said Isaac Belknap is said to have been & is generally believed to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary war and such is my own information & belief. And I further certify that the said Isaac Belknap is a credible witness and his statements made under oaths are entitled to full faith & credit- 
Dated Newburgh April 30th 1844
[signed]  P. F. Hunn  J. Peace
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State of New York 
Orange County } ss.  I, Moses Swezy Deputy and acting Clerk of the County of Orange Do Hereby Certify, that Peter F. Hunn Esq. whose name is subscribed to the jurat or adest of the foregoing affidavit and Certificate, was at the time taking such affidavit and making such certificate, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, dwelling in said County, commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of said Peter F Hunn, and that his signatures above referred to are genuine 
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County this thirtieth day of April 1844. 
[signed] M Swezy  Deputy Clerk &c
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Sept. 8, 1845
Recd
Jno Anderson

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
(D.C.)

Jm Att.
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New York Sept 3d 1845. 
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Your communication of August 30th 1845. in reply to my Note of 26th [illegible] addressed to the Secretary of War stating the case of John Anderson was received in due course of Mail – 
By reference to the deposition of Isaac Belknap Esq. late President of the Bank of Newburgh in this State, the Commissioner will see the positive allegation "that the persons composing the hands on board of the boats in which Anderson together with himself served were enlisted Continentals“- There can be no doubt about the fact of the service, as the deponent (Belknap) was well acquainted with Anderson at that time - he further testifies that “John Anderson enlisted in the Continental army at Newburgh in the County of Orange and State of New York in the year 1778” and he recollects the year from having enlisted himself in the same year, and previous to the enlistment of Anderson - that the enlistment was for one year” - that the deponent (Belknap) and also Anderson were detailed to do duty in board of boats used for the continental army” That “deponent believe Anderson faithfully served out the term of his first enlistment for one year in the Continental service” – “That upon the expiration of the first enlistment the deponent (Belknap) knows that he (Anderson) enlisted during the year 1779 for one year, one was detailed a se- [second]
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[second, continued from previous page] cond time for boat Service”
I would particularly call the attention of the Department to the Deposition of Colonel Belknap, who I have no doubt is well known to the Secretary of War. for a full statement of the services of Anderson; there can be no dispute that there were persons engaged in the river crafts who were not enlisted, but from the testimony of Belknap, the services performed by himself and Anderson, were immediately connected with and for the army, and the soldiers detailed for that service were as necessary as those of the land, in fact without either, the army would have proven ineffective 
The Commissioner will perceive them that Anderson cannot be classed with "persons (who) were employed on the Hudson, and in Connecticut in the transport service, who were not enlisted, or subject to the Law Martial," as suggested very properly in the communication of August 30th 
Anderson was an enlisted soldier subject to the Law Martial, and entitled to a pension - his widow is now, but she is worthy - his country should not refuse the pittance granted by Congress to her husband, for meritorious services- 
The testimony offered in proof of service would be competent in a Court of Justice to satisfy a Jury of the service of Anderson and I cannot but hope, that if a sufficient amount of testimony has been furnished
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to make out a positive case, that the Commissioner will re-examine the paper furnished together with the additional depositions of Sarah Hartwick, William Gore, and the further deposition of Isaac Belknap, and from the whole case decide the question favor of the applicant
Very Respectfully 
Your obedient Servant
[signed] Geo. G. Sickles
61 Wall Street
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In the matter of application John Anderson for a Pension Affidt. Sarah Hartwick
Hon, C. C. Camberley March 28, 1838
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State of New York 
City and County of New York ss
On this Seventh day of May in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty four, I Thomas Jefferson Smith, one of the Justices of the Marine Courts attended at the residence of Mrs Sarah Hartwick, widow, situate in the said City and County of New York, to wit: at No. in Rivington Street, as the said Sarah is prevented by bodily infirmity from attending in open Court: And the said Sarah having been duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say. That she is now in the seventy-ninth year of her age; that she was born in the City of New York in the year 1765; that upon the breaking out of the war of the Revolution her father left the City of New York to reside at West Point on the Hudson River; that during her residence at West Point this deponent frequently visited Newburgh, at which place she became acquainted with John Anderson late of the City and County of New York; that her first acquaintance with the said Anderson was about the year 1778, at which time he was in the Continental service, and attached to the Quarter Master’s Department; that the father of this deponent removed from West Point and settled at Peekskill, on said Hudson River, near which places several detachments of the Continental army were quartered: That this deponent saw Mr. John
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Anderson many times at Peekskill between the years, and during 1779 and 1780, on board of a boat or boats belonging to the Continental service, engaged in transporting cannons, provisions, muskets, and Military equipments for the use of the Continentals at Peekskill. - That the said John Anderson was engaged in the service from 1778 until 1780, and until after the discovery of the intended surrender of the Fortress at West Point. That this deponent always considered the said John Anderson as a Continental, and attached to the Continental army during the whole of the period heretofore named.
[signed] Sarah Hartwick
Sworn this 7th day of May, 1844, before me,
[signed] Thos Jefferson Smith
Justice of the Marine Court of the City of New York 
And the said Justice does hereby certify that the said Sarah Hartwick, widow, is a resident of the City and County of New York, and a credible witness and that her affidavit is entitled to full faith and credit
[signed] Thos Jefferson Smith
Justice of the Marine Court of the City of New York –
City of New York ss  I Abraham Asten Clerk of the Marine Court of the City of New York do hereby certify that Thomas Jefferson Smith whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate was on the day of the date of
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said Certificate and now is, Justice of the Marine Court of the City of New York duly commissioned & Sworn In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Marine Court this 7th day of May in the year 1844 
[signed] Abm Asten  Clk
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Feb 6 - 1857
An old pension case Addl. Evi: in case addl proof of John Anderson
July 6 / 17

Capt Triplett

E. W. McGaughey
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United States of America 
State City & County of New York } ss  Charles W Hubbell of said City being duly sworn says he knew John Anderson of said City in his life time That he died at no. 90 Chambers Street in the City of New York on the tenth 10th day of February in the AD Eighteen hundred & forty (1840) That he knows Charity Anderson to be the surviving Widow of said John Anderson 
[signed] C. W. Hubbell
Sworn before me this Fourth day of February 1850
[signed] [signature illegible]

United States of America
State City & County of New York ss.
Casper C. Childs of said City being duly sworn says that he Knew John Anderson in his life time that during the life time of said John Anderson he made an application for a pension. that the papers were made out and forwarded to the pension office by deponents farther 
[signed] Casper C. Childs
Sworn before me this fourth day of Feby 1851
[signed] AH Bradford Surrogate
Surrogates office
City & County of New York   in Reading the foregoing Affidavits. I hereby certify that I am satisfied the Death of John Anderson, named therein & that he was an applicant for Pension, during his life time, and that Charity Anderson is his surviving Widow. In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name and caused the Seal of this Court to be affixed this Fourth day of February AD 1851
[signed] A H Bradford Surrogate
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Affidavit of William Gore
Pension
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City and County of New York, ss- 
At a Marine Court of the City of New York, held at the City Hall in and for the City and County of New York, on this third day of June 1844, personally appeared in open Court now sitting, William Gore, of the County of Hudson in the State of New Jersey to me known to be a credible Witness, who, having been sworn, according to law, doth depose and say, that he is now forty-five years of age; that he has resided in the City and County of New York, and also in the County of Hudson, as aforesaid for the last twelve years; That upon taking up his residence in the City of New York, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, he became acquainted with John Anderson formerly of New Windsor but late of the City and County of New York, and an applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress of 7th June 1832; that this deponent was . intimately acquainted with the said John Anderson until the period of his death, which occurred on or about the month of February, 1840. That this deponent always understood that the said John Anderson was a soldier of the Revolution; and that he never heard the [illegible] or contradicted
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that the traditionary evidence of the said City and County of New York and the surrounding neighborhood also identify the said John Anderson as having been a soldier of the Revolution enlisted in the Continental army; and that the belief of this deponent is strictly in accordance therewith 
[signed] Wm Gore
Sworn to in open Court this third day of June 1844 before the 
[signed] D. Randell Justice of the Marine Court 

And the said Justice does herby certify that the said William Gore is a resident as is herein before Set forth and a credible witness and that his affidavit is entitled to full faith and credit
[signed] D Randell Justice of the Marine Court 

City and County of New York Ss. I Abraham Asten, Clerk of the Marine Court of the City of New York, do hereby certify that D. Randell whose name is subscribed to the
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foregoing certificate, was on the day of said Certificate, and now is, a Justice of the Marine Court of the City of New York, duly commissioned and sworn.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the said Marine Court this fourteenth day of June, 1844. 
[signed] Abm Asten Clerk
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Washington January 23d 1857. 
[In the above, crossed out] I wish to call your attention to the application of John Anderson of New York for a pension. It is not necessary to argue the evidence in this case at length because if the evidence is only read it can not fail to convince you of the propriety of its allowance. The services of John Anderson as a soldier of the Continental Army detailed for, and employed in, the boat service on the Hudson river in the transportation of Arms, provisions &c is proven by Isaac Belknap a man of high inteligence & respectability who served with him and gives all the details of that service. He also proves the actual service for two years. The service is proved by a lady who is herself a pensioner.
His service for the full period is also proved by Leonard Smith a soldier who knew & swears to the actual service from personal knowledge. 
His service is also proved by the personal knowledge of the Clothier General of that portion of the Army 
His actual service is also proved by an officer in the army stationed a part of the time on the Hudson river and who thereby became personally known to the service of Mr. Anderson.
In addition to all this direct and positive evidence
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of witnesses who testify from personal knowledge, the traditionary evidence is the full & satisfactory - I venture to say that there can not be found a case in the Department sustained by the evidence of so many witnesses of the most undoubted character. No less than five witnesses establish the service for two years from their actual knowledge. The applicant described his service as a marine, but in his description & that of Belknap and others the kind of service is so described that it can not be mistaken. It was to some extent a marine service, although in strictness it would have been more proper to describe it as a boat service performed by a Continental detailed for that purpose. This is shown by the evidence which shows that he was under the charge of the Quartermaster Department - Now no one attached to the quartermasters Dept could be property & strictly a seaman in the Navy proper. Hence the evidence is full and clear that he was a continental in the boat service. Now I deny the right of the Department to disregard this overwhelming array of positive evidence. and I feel confident that this evidence has never been read & that whenever it is read the claim will be instantly allowed.
[signed] E. W. McGaughey
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To The Commissioner of Pensions
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To the Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City 
Sir: Herewith you will receive further testimony on behalf of the application of the late John Anderson of the City and County of New York for a Pension under the Act of Congress of June 7, 1832.
Connected with the papers relating to this matter placed in my hands is an original letter of the Commissioner of Pensions, Stating among other things, that "In view of a further investigation of this case, the name of the vessel in which the service was rendered, should be given, and the authority under which Capt. Holdron was appointed designated.”
Upon examining the papers referred to in the note mentioned, I cannot be surprised that Mr Anderson’s application was rejected 1. By the Department of War :and 2d by the Committee of the House of Representatives. 
I have not been enabled to ascertain the person who originally attended to the application of Mr. Anderson during his life time, although I have made diligent inquiry. It is evident that the services of Mr. Anderson were entirely misunderstood, and that the questions propounded were misconstrued by the Court in reducing his answers to writing 
At the time that the application was
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made, Mr. John Anderson was in his seventy-second year,- in feeble health,-- very deaf, - and was entirely ignorant of the proceedings necessary for a proper application to your department.
The answer to the fourth Interrogatory States that he volunteered into the service by a Mariner; and the fifth that he enlisted in the year 1778, as a Mariner under Captain Holdron, he at that time having charge of the navy under “Colonel Udney Hay, quarter master general” &c. "That he again in the year 1779, voluntarily enlisted in the same service for one year and served out the time of his enlistment.”
It were unnecessary for me to say a word, perhaps, in relation to the absurdity of putting such an answer into the mouth of a witness. The Department will find a full explanation of the time of enlistment and also the services rendered by Mr. Anderson in the affidavit of Colonel Isaac Belknap herewith forwarded [to the Department, crossed out]
Mr. Belknap enlisted in the Continental service previously to Mr. Anderson, and served after Mr. Anderson's Second period had expired. The character of M. Belknap, is of the most elevated kind, and the Magistrate before whom the deposition was reduced to writing, as well as the Clergyman whose Certificate is also appended, voluntarily offer the most conclusive testimonials, as to
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his standing as a christian and a citizen.
Permit me also to state that Mrs. Sarah Hartwick, who was recently a pensioner of the war department, having been the wife of a Revolutionary soldier, bears ample testimony of her own knowledge of Mr. Anderson’s services 
The testimony of William Gore, was appended, as traditionary 
The great length of time which has elapsed since the war of the Revolution renders it extremely difficult to furnish details more full than are herewith furnished, and which it is confidently believed, are ample proof of the services performed by Mr. Anderson 
In conclusion permit me to express a hope that the Department will forward me an answer at the earliest moment, that the necessary papers of the heirs of Mr. Anderson may be prepared –
Mr. Anderson died in the City of New York on or about the tenth of February, 1840, consequently the allowance of the Pension will be until that period. 
Very Respectfully 
[signed] Geo G. Sickels 
79 Nassau St.
New York

J. L. Edwards Esq
Washington City
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Department of State 
October 11th 1844. 
J. L. Edwards Esq 
Com of Pensions 
Sir,
Your letter of the 4th instant, requesting to be informed whether the Washington Papers afford evidence of the service of John Anderson as a Boatman, and __Taylor and __Mitchell as deputies under Quarter Master General Udney Hay on the Hudson in 1778 & 1779, has been received. An examination has been made and the name of a John Mitchell, D.Q.M. General at Philadelphia, 1st August 1779, has been found; but nothing has been found in relation to the services of John Anderson, or __Taylor. 
I am, Sir,
Your obedt Servt. 
[signed] R. R. Calle [Cealli?]
Acting Secretary of State.
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FRED’K R. ANDERSON, 
Public Accountant, 
NOTARY PUBLIC. and 
Commissioner for all the States and Territories, 
No. 5 PINE STREET, 
New York, July 29 1872 
To the Hon J H Baker 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington D C 
Sir
Mrs Dupuy has recd her Pension & is grateful for the same 
Aug 17. 1871. I recd reply from you-- stating children of parties serving in the Revolutionary War were not entitled to pension &c.- 
This is merely to state - my Mother Charity W Anderson did up to her decease received pentin of my father John Anderton who served in that war. On the day of her death whilst laying a Corpse in my sisters house notice
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came to the houses stating a Certain amount was due to my Mother which owing to her decease was returned to Washington & is unclaimed 
I have had to be at Considerable expense for the deceased for years & I ask if amt then due I am not entitled to defray what I have paid out for her in part, - If there was an amount due her at that time- I think I aught to have it –
Yours Very Respectfully
[signed] Fred’k R. Anderson 
No. 5 Pine St.
NY City
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DAVID G. ANDERSON 
MEMBER AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS 
MEMBER SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS 
4324 Spruce Street, 
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
August 3, 1925.
The Pension Bureau, 
Washington, D. C. 
Sirs: For the purpose of establishing eligibility for membership in the societies of the descendants of the soldiers of the War of the Revolution, I am desirous of securing information regarding the service of John Anderson, who, at the time of his enlistment resided in Newburgh, New York. I am advised that the follow- information was obtained from his application for a pension: 
Date of enlistment, 1778; length of service, twelve months; rank, boatman; Officers under whom service was rendered Captain John Holdron, Colonel Udney Hay: State of New York. 
Date of enlistment, 1779, length of service, twelve months, rank, boatman; service, State of New York. 
His service was in the Quartermaster's Department, and he was engaged in the transportation of Continental stores, etc. He is not mentioned as engaged in any battles. 
Resided in Newburgh, New York State, at the time of enlistment . Applied for pension January, 1833. Resided at that time in New York City. 
Born in New York City, May 2, 1761, died February 10, 1840.
Can you advise me what your records show in this case. and whether it is possible to obtain a transcript of the same. I would also like to know whether the pension was granted, and whether any widow's pension succeeded it. 
Thanking you in advance for any information you may be able to furnish, I am 
Very truly yours,
[signed] David S. Anderson
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April 19, 1926. 
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington D.C. 
Gentleman, 
On reverse side kindly find data which I wish verified so that I may join the "Daughters of the American Revolution” of there is a fee to be charged for a certified copy, of whatever I shall require, inform me & I shall gladly forward same immediately. 
Thank you kindly.
 Very truly yours, 
(Mrs) Helen Anderson Golaky
54 Grand Place Arlington, New Jersey
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1) I Helen Anderson Goldberg, was born May 16, 1899, Arlington, N.J. (Kearny township) and am res. of same. I am Daughter of Wm Henry Anderson, res. Arlington, N.J. born Feb. 5, 1873. N.Y.C. died ---
2) and Kate Rowe Arlington – his wife - married Sept. 8, 1896 born May 4, 1874 Newark N.J. died - - 
Said Wm Henry Anderson is son of Frederick Summerfield Anderson, res. N.Y.C. born Oct. 18, 1835 at Brooklyn died June 6, 1878 
3) and Mary Anne Nodine, res N.Y.C., his wife - married Apr. 28, 1856. born Aug. 29, 1835, N.Y.C. died Dec. 2, 1916 Tenafly, N.J.
Said Fredk Anderson was son of Fredk Rohrbach Anderson res. New York City born Oct. 18, 1806 at Hoboken N.J. died June 11, 1874 NYC.
4) and Eliza Gracie Thompson, his wife m. Oct. 2, 1827 - born Apr 4, 1809, N.Y.C. died Apr. 17, 1855, N.Y.C.
Said Frdk R. Anderson was son of Capt. John Anderson, res Newburgh N.Y. Hoboken, N.J., born May 2, 1761 at N.Y.C. died Feb. 10, 1840 N.Y.C. 
5) and Charity Woodward, his wife m. June 12, 1800, born Aug. 1, 1772, Long Island - died Aug. 1, 1853, Brooklyn N. Y.
said Capt. John Anderson was owner of sloops and as a very young man ferried Washington across the Hudson at “Tappan Zee" on his own boat, on account of the plain common name would add that in old records it states that he was a patriot, and warm personal friend of General Washington's - and that his widow received a pension for some years before she died. (His first wife was Mary Smith, a widow, of Newburgh, who died in 1799 - at Newburgh) John Anderson married her when he was 17 & she 15- and at 18 be ferried Gen. Washington first - & his army - so that my line comes thru John's 2d wife - Charity - who received the pension (as I figure it)!!
P.S. my husband, Burtis E. Goldberg M.D., traces back to Mayflower on Mother’s side & 5 generations in New Jersey on father’s side, who were Gouldburghs, I’d like to presume to add!!
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21 West 129th St
New York, Feb 26/93 
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C. 
Dear Sir:-
Would you kindly inform me whether a pension ever was granted to Charity Anderson for services rendered by her husband, John Anderson during the war of the Revolution, or to John Anderson for such service, He was a resident of Newburgh, New York in Mch (27) 1780, and
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removed to this City, at Hoboken, New Jersey in 1800. If the Records them show that either of them drew pensions I wish to know that the services were he performed, and whether he was a Soldier or a Sailor, and the date of the Certificate,
My object in making this request is to obtain evidence of my eligibility to an organization [of, crossed out] Composed of the decendents of those who the rendered service during and struggle for Independence, and any information you

[left page] 
can send me will be appreciated, Charity Anderson died in this City, Aug 1, 1853, she was Married to John Anderson at Newburgh N.Y. June 12, 1800. 
Yours very truly,
[signed] Hamilton Willis Fish 
Does the Pension Office furnish copies of paper upon which they grant certificates of pensions? If so, at what expense?
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169 Washington, N.W. 
Warren, Ohio.
Pension Bureau
Dept. of Revolutionary War & War of 1812. 
Washington, D.C 
Gentlemen, -
Would you kindly send me the pension record of John Anderson or his wife Charity Woodward Anderson, New York, N.Y.
Thanking you 
Very truly yours 
(Mrs.) Marie R. McKay

Jan. 21- 1937.

[stamped received Jan 23 1937]
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September 28, 1925.
David G. Anderson 
4324 Spruce St. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
Sir: 
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 46682, it appears that John Anderson was born May 2, 1761 in New York City. 
While residing in Newburgh, Orange County, New York, he enlisted in 1778 and served one year on the sloop Liberty" on the Hudson River, transporting continental stores, under Captain John Holdron and quartermaster General Udny Hay. 
He enlisted in 1779 and served [illegible] in same service, under Deputy Quartermaster General Uriah Mitchell and Quartermaster General Udny Hay. 
Pension was allowed on his application executed January 23, 1833, while a resident of New York
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City, he died there February 10, 1840. 
In 1853, his widow Charity (her maiden name is not stated) was a resident of Williamsburg, New York. 
Children are referred to, no names stated, other than Frederick R. 
Respectfully, 
E. W. MORGAN 
Acting Commissioner.