Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7,668, for Anthony Swain, New Jersey
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Service: Continental New Jersey

Swain, Anthony

S 7668.     carded
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left page:
Let to Hon. A. Stewart Jan. 10, 1835
do to Hon. A. Buchanan Jan. 31, 1837

right page.  Pennsylvania  ___ 26.384

Anthony Swain 
of Fayette Co. in the the state of PA. was a private in the company commanded by Captain Br____ of the Regiment commanded by ____- n the N.J. line for the militia.

___ ___. p. $. __03.33 1/2 

Inscribed on the roll of ____- at the rate of 3 dollars and 33 cents per annum to commence on the fifth day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2_ day of June and sent to ___ ___. A.Swain 

Accounts to the 4th of _____ 190.00
Semi-ant. allowances ending ___ 31.66
                                        $221.00
Revolutionary Claim 
Act June 7th, 1832

Recorded by _____ clerk
Book ____. volume 5 page 54
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State of Pennsylvania [state name handwritten in script]
County Fayette [county name handwritten in script]     }   [illegible letters]
     
     On this 8th [8th handwritten in script] day of January 1838 [date handwritten in script] personally appeared before the Honorable Judges of the Court of Common pleas upon [crossed out] [illegible] , Anthony Swain a resident of Franklin Township [Franklin Township handwritten in script] in the County of Fayette [Fayette handwritten in script] and State of Penn [illegible] aforesaid [Penn and aforesaid handwritten in script]aged 81 [81 handwritten] years, 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 passed June 7th 1832. That he volunteered and engaged as a Soldier and [illegible] in the Service [phrase from volunteered to Service [handwritten in script] of the United States in the year A. D. 1776 in the county of Essex, in the State of N.J. where I volunteered [phrase from 76 to volunteered handwritten in script] under the following named officers.
That he first engaged for the term of one year, at the Town of Newark Essex County in the State of New Jersey the fifth day of February 1776, after which he was drafted or attached to the core of officers in the corp department commanded by Captain [word crossed out] Brewin, soon after which the Regt. or company met at the said town of Newark, and directly [illegible] was ordered to New York, and our [tools] we sent by water, & that on the next day attached to & paraded b General Putnam whee we was [illegible] by Captain Maker, having in his company twelve of his own sons who all have a [illegible], and that after Gen. Washington gave each son money to purchase each of them [illegible] of uniform, after which they all joined the said service. - On the next day we was all ordered over to Long Island and commenced laying out forts, and had them all completed. - From thence we went to Yellow hook [word crossed out] some miles below New York where we built a Fort, Black houses and magazine; from thence we went to New York where our orders was to build flat bottom boats, from thence we was ordered over into New Jersey about the first of August for to get out timber, & while we was there one of the British Fleets came in, soon after which the battle of Long Island took place e, though a little previous we was ordered back to New York, and from thence we was ordered to Kingsbridge, at which time New York was taken, and from that we was ordered to Fort Lee and commenced repairing the said fort. at which time Fort Washington was taken, Sometime in November 1776 and from that we was ordered to Penn [illegible] under [illegible], and after the battle of Trenton, or about that time we was order to Morris Town New Jersey and commenced repairing & making wagons for the said army, also making coffins.[illegible] as many at that period was required, and from thence to Newark aforesaid where he was discharged by said Capt. Some time,  about the 19th of the month of March, 1777 in Essex County aforesaid.
And that on or about the first of April in said year a draft took place, but he and many others prepared to volunteer to avoyd [sic] being drafted we was also engaged under the said officers [the said officers is crossed out] Captain, under who we served many once months tours, but in consequence of old age, and the [illegible] his ability, and great laps [sic] of memory, renders him unable to declare [declare written second time crossed out] positively as to the precise time or length at his different tours of service, nor can he [illegible]the different places that he was at in the [illegible] militia service, but [illegible]to his sector [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] he has wrote as corrects statement (about [illegible] 2 years since) as his memory the could permit, which he believes to be correct, and from which the above was taken, together with his [illegible] recollection, that he kept a [illegible] journal of all the particular occurrences during the said year inside [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] 
 but kept none of his militia Service.-- That as well as I can [illegible] recollect at present, [illegible] the in my first militia tour of the first of April 1777 aforesaid, that they was taken out to Springfield, and also to the S 
Plains, in Essex County aforesaid & there he was [illegible] . That on or about the first of May in { or near} 
 That my second tour was taken to Amboy in Middlesex County and {where he was also discharged by said Captain Larson in 1777} there served out said tour.
   [illegible] And that on or about the first of June in the year of 1778 he was called out on a third tour to Newark in Essex County aforesaid, and it was in that tour deponent believes that he was [illegible] to work in the intrenchments [sic] between that and Elizabeth town, but from thence we was [illegible] immediately to [illegible] Courthouse in Monmouth County, but we could not reach them until that was nearly given, being knight [sic] before we arrived, and from thence we went home by the way of or near South Amboy [illegible]
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one Soundbridge town, in Middlesex County. -- That in one of the two last said tours I was delighted for my father, but cannot remember which of said tours, also which having been unfit by reason of [illegible] for the said duty, for near a year preceding my last tour-- And that he believes that it was in the month of August of the year 1778, that he was drafted for the tour of two months, in the company commanded by Captain Randle alias Randolph, and was ordered to the neighborhood of Elizabeth town,  where he was soon imployed [sic] in helping to make wagons, also getting out lumber, as well as he at present recollects, for building a boat, or boats, until discharge. And that in October, 1778 he was called out to Springfield for two months and was making and repairing wagons until his said time was up and when he was discharged, after serving for at least 19 months.
   And that he was born in the County of Essex, in the State of New Jersey in the year of 1762, of which he has record of his age, and  and that he resided in [illegible] County,  1762, of which he has a record of his age, and that he resided in [illegible] County during the time of all the [illegible] war & until he [illegible] forty years service when he came to the County of Fayette aforesaid, where he resided for more than twenty years in the town of Marion, and that since that time he has eversince [sic] resided in the adjoining Township of Franklin, of said County, about ten miles from the said town of Marion. And that he has no documentary evidence of his services, except the copy of his original discharge wrote before he left the State of New Jersey, having at that time conditionally [illegible], and transmitted the original for collection. -- And that he knows of no persons living according to his said services except Elias Hatfield [illegible name] of Marion town 12 or [illegible] miles from my residence & a
Stephen Simpson of [illegible] County about 50 miles whos [sic] affidavits I will endeavour [sic] to procure when my health permits. That he this declarent [sic] was out in other times, but of which he cannot at present make a correct statement, and prefers declaring to the said 19 month service only.
     HE hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, expect the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state [typed from HE] whatsoever. [handwritten in script]
 Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.[typed]   given under my hand and seal [handwritten in script]
                                                  [L.  S.] [typed]
 at [illegible] Town the 8th day of January 1833.
[illegible] transcribed in Open Court 8th Jan 1833 
[illegible signature]
[handwritten in script]

We John Phillips [illegible last name handwritten in script] residing in the County of Fayette [handwritten in script] and Robert Sterrett [entire name handwritten in script] residing in the [illegible] County [handwritten in script] hereby certify, that we are well [we are well handwritten in script] acquainted with Anthony Swain [name handwritten in script]
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we [we handwritten in script]
believe him to be 82 [number handwritten] years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we [we handwritten] concur in that opinion  
  Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
    H N [illegible last name] [handwritten in script] 
    John Phillips [handwritten in script]. [L.S.]
   Robert Sterret [handwritten in script] [L.  S.] 
[handwritten word Seal encircled by a curly circle present nearest to names Phillips and Sterrett]
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                         26.781
                Anthony Swain
                                 [illegible handwritten initials]


     [illegible]


     [2 illegible words] 3.33

 [illegible numbers on lower right hand side of the page]
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                               WAR DEPARTMENT,
                                             Pension Office,

Sir :

   The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tubular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace ( thus:  }  ).  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them ;  and you will, by compling [sic] with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

_______________________________________A Sstatement,  showing the Service of Anthony Swain of Fayette Co. Pa. [words from showing to Pa. handwritten in script]
____________________________[double line]
Period when the service was rendered.[first column-typed perpendicular to the page]
July. 5 1776  
about 
Apr.  1777
May     "
Aug.  1778
Oct.      "

[second column-typed perpendicular to the page]
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years.
1776 [handwritten and crossed out]
1 [handwritten and crossed out]
1 [handwritten and crossed out]
not specified [handwritten in script]
   "          "
   "          "
   "          "
Months.
July [handwritten and crossed out]
1
not specified [handwritten in script]
  "          "
  "          "
  "          "
  "          2

Says he served 19 months [handwritten in script]

Days.
5 [handwritten and crossed out]
-  [handwritten and crossed out]
13
not specified [handwritten in script]
  "          "
  "          "
  "          "
  "          "
Rank of the claimant
[illegible handwritten in script and crossed out]
[illegible handwritten in script and crossed out]
[illegible handwritten in script]

Name and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Genls Putnam
Capt [illegible]

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
81 years
Essex Co.
N. Jersey [words 81-Jersey handwritten in script]

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Living witness [handwritten in script]


                              I am, respectfully, 
              
                                      Your obedient servant [words from I am to servant printed in script]

                                                J.  L.  EDWARDS, [printed in block letters]
                                                  Commissioner of                      
                                                      Pensions. [printed in script
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              REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF 
                        JUNE 7, 1832

 The following regulations have been adopted:
 This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who wee bound to military service, but not those who were3 occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.  Persons who served on board[sic] of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the lea, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or are engaged in. guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
         Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
             1.  The Regular Troops.
             2.  The State Troops, Militia, and            
                   Volunteers.  
             3.   Persons employed in the Naval 
                    Service.
             4.    Indian Spies.
     As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians [sic] or privates, will, in. the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

                           DECLARATION
            In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

                     State, Territory or District of}  ss.
                       County of                             } [words from State to County of italicized]
     On this       day of       personally appeared  (a) before
A.   B.  a resident (b) of      in the county of    of      and State, Territory or District of    aged (c)      years, who is being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the Unites States in the year (d)   ,  with.    and served in the     (e)    regiment of the     line, under the following named officers:  

   {Here; set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers the time he left the service; (and if her served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.    This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belong to the militia, volunteers navy, &c.]

  He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or if any) only on that of the Agency in  the State of
      Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
     [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

    And the  said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                                       of the Court  of                                                                                                        do hereby certify (h) that he foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of          
        for a pension. 
In  testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of            
&c.   

     If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.  
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,  except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
     (k)  We, A. B., a Clergyman. residing in the
                               and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                             , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be                    
 years of age; that he is repute and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
                        Sworn and subscribe the days and year aforesaid.
                   [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
     And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the 
       and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the  
and  is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
     I.                            Clerk of the Court of 
                do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of 
                for a pension.
                                   In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal  of office, this          day of.                           &c.

     Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will the procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
     If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  the facts stated will afford one of there principal[sic] means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detection the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn tom, on of the declarations provided, according to the nature of his case.
      The Court will propound the following 9m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
     1. Where and in what year were you born?
     2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
     3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
     4. How were you called into service; wee you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute?
     5. State the names of some Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
      6. {To a Soldier. {   Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
           {To an Officer.  {   Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
     7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
      The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
     The applicant will further produce in Court, if there same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons-one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age the represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinioon. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
     The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any proof, except the declaration of the party.  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon their subject.
     Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
     Whenever any official act if required to abe done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of there Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that each person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
     No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as the can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

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     [a] The declarant must appear in open Court,  unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity  ;  in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
     [b]  The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
     [c]  The age of the claimant must be invariably be mentioned.
     [d] The declarant must mention the periods of the war when he served.
     [e]  Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, with precision, the length if thus service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to ermine to what amount of pension he is entitled.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
     "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, & c.  A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith,  
that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise  length of his service;  but, according to the best of his 
recollection, he served not than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For ____ year ______ months, and ______ days, I served as a ___________.  For  ________ months  and ______ days, I served as  a __________ ; and for such service I claim a pension."
     It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months, [three or four months is italicized] is too indefinite, an d all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, & c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It  must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served ; the duration of each term of engagement ; the particular place or places where the service was performed ; that the applicant served with the embodied corps called into service by competent authority ; that he was either in the field or in garrison ; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[everything in section (e) is bracketed by parentheses hand drawn in black marker]
     [f]  The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
     [g]  The opinion of the Court is always required.
     [h]  The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
     [I]  The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other goal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
                       Mode of authenticating papers. [phrase from Mode to papers is italicized]
     In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

                        Proof of Service. [Proof of Service is italicized]
     [j]  In a case whee the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time land manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer,  under his seal of office.
     [illegible mark]. The notes from [a] to [I] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The  proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
     [k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
     [l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
     [m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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State of Pennsylvania
, County of Fayette. [illegible]  
                Personally appeared Elias Hatfield aged 73 year [sic] and long a resident citizen of said county, and later Revolutionary soldier of the New Jersey line, and who is credible and disinterested witness, and after being duly sworn as the law directs doth on his solemn oath declare that he has been long and well acquainted with Anthony Swain with whom declarant was bred and raised in the county of Essex in the state of New Jersey, and that after hearing that the said Swain's declaration relative to his services as a soldier and carpenter in the Revolutionary war as aforesaid, the whole of which he the said deponent knows, or verily believes to be just and true, as he the deposed was also a soldier for a long and considerable time in the said war, and that deponent well knew he the said Swain, and all the officers under whom he the said Swain served as appears to be set forth in his said declaration, sworn to on the 8"[sic] day of January 1833 in open court in aforesaid  county, and further states that he and said Swain served in some of said tours under same indenticle[sic] said officers, in and of the said militia service, and that deponent verily believes that said Swain's declaration does not [illegible] the whole of said Swain's militia services , [3 words crossed out] and that he personally knew of said Swain's engaging under the said Capt. [illegible] and was also present when he was discharged [said Newark].
     Sworn and subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace. in and for said 
county-- given under my hand at 
Marion county this 25 day of June[word from sworn to June have a } on the right side of the words]
[AS circled] 1833
         Clement Nood [line flourished under signature] J P    
X- his mark
Elias Hatfield
the word seal in a clique circle next to Hatfield

State of Pennsylvania
  County of Fayette
                     I Henry W. Becson,  Clerk of the Court for said county
do hereby certify that claimant stood before whom the above affidavit was taken, was at the time an acting Justice of the Peace for said county.
Given under my hand and seal of office,
this 29th day of June [inlitials AS in a circle4 1833
Henry W.  Becson
                          [illegible]
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Service Continental New Jersey
Swain, Anthony
Number S.7668
carded
Contents
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Sunday no _____  ______ work__ went to the Jersey and 13 to York and the rest staid (sic) at home
Monday May 13 and Tuesday at General Greens
Wednesday and Thursday at Red Hook 
Friday fast Sunday went to Newark to get the ber (sic)
Monday May the 2nd and returned back June the 7th on Friday. Saturday (sic) at Fort ___
Monday June 10 laying the big platform in Port Starling. 
Tuesday laying out the fort at Bobby Hills at the _____ a ___ ___.
Monday August 3 at the fire ships (?) 
Monday August the 12 was at home (sic) sick. 
                                  A. Swain

August the 31 move up to the bless(?) bell
Sunday moved to Kings bridge (sic) and the next Sunday moved to our barracks (sic) 
Monday September the 9 (?)
Monday September the 16th the battle 
On ____ ___ Tuesday went to the horfritte (?) and returning home the Sunday 
Monday September the 22
Monday October 21 went over to the Jersey side to Fort Constitution 
       Anthony Swain     his  name
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Rev War [handwritten in script perpendicular to the page on the upper left hand corner]
7668 [handwritten in script]
INVALID
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File No. 76.68[handwritten on a line]
Anthony Swain [handwritten in script on a line]
[illegible]Rev. War. [handwritten on a line]
    ___________________________
Act June 7th 1832 [handwritten on a line]
Index :--Vol.____Feb___, Page ___366____ [Feb and 366 handwritten on a line]
    [Arrangement of 1870.]
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