Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,286, Frederick Hummel, Penn.
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[This is a pre-printed form in tabular format.]

(3-1776)
SERVICE   [blank field]   NUMBER
Penn.       Hummel, Frederic   S. 22.286
[blank field]  or Hammel   [blank field]
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[Left page]
died in March 1846 See
Cert. of pension within

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11.599
Pennsylvania
Frederick Hammel
[word obscured] Northumberland in the State of Penn.
who was a [illegible] in the Company commanded
by Captain Bainer of the Reg. commanded
by Col. Furgeson in the, Pennsylvania,
line for.Militia.
18 Mo 14 Dy Private $61.53
______________________
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 61 Dollars 53 cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
_______________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of May
and Sent to
1833 A. Jordan, Sanbury, Pa.
_______________________
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  123.06
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 30.76
              ____
153.82

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk,
Book C  Vol:, 5  Page 23
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Frederick Hummel Northumberland
County Pennsylvania

Admitted
18 mo's [months] 14 dys
$61.53

per order of W. E.
A. Jordan Sunbury Northumberland
County Pennsylvania
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
183

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 tabular 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 shew [sic] 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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A STATEMENT, shewing [sic] the Service of Frederick Hummel of Northumberland
County Pennsylvania
[The following is in a tabular format.]
[Column 1] Period when the service was rendered. [Response] Enlisted July 1781
[Column 2] Duration of the claimant's service.
[Sub-column 2a] Years. [Response] 1
[Sub column 2b] Months. [Response] 6
[sub-column 2c] Days. [Response] 14
[Column 3] Rank of the claimant.  [Response] Private Waggoner
[Column 4] Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. [illegible] St. Clair, Capt Barner, Capt Furguson
[Column 5] Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. [Response] 72 years Berks County Pennsylvania
[Column 6] Proof by which the declaration is supported.
3 Regt' [Regiment] Pennsylvania line  [Response] Traditionary evidence, witnesses certified credible, no clergyman convenient to the applicant. Documentary evidence, not properly attached to the declaration.

[End of table]
I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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 were bound to military service, but not those who
were 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 of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were 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 [blank]
County of [blank] } ss.
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank]
A.B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District
of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank], with [blank] and
served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers:

[The following text is contained in the original document within brackets.]
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he 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. [Pointing finger printer's symbol] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged 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 [blank]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  A. B.

[The following is contained in the original document within brackets.]
[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 [blank] of the Court of [blank]
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank]
day of [blank] &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 [blank] and C.D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank]
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 concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.

[The following is contained in brackets in the original document.]
[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 is appears to them that A.B.
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank]
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank]
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
[blank] of office, this, [blank] day of [blank] &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 then 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 connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witnesses 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 the principle
means of corroborating the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted;
and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex-expected. [sic]
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) 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 lived since the Revolutionary
war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the 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 the 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 he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
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 direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the 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 is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the 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 such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Records 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 the case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they 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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[The following are footnotes to the references in this and the preceding images.]

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reasons 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 invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period of periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental office or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, on language so definite as to enable the Department to determine 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 her 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 recollections, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]. For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; 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 grades of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase [in italics] about three or four months [end italics], is too indefinite, and 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 an 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.
[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 seal, of 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.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying office 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 office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper, from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of 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 and 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.
[Right pointing finger printer's mark] The notes [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] The 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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Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of 7th June 1832.

State of Pennsylvania
Northumberland County, SS:
On the seventeenth day of April, A.D. 1833, personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of Northumberland County, at Sunbury, Penn., Frederick Hummel, a resident of Shamokin township, in said County and State, aged seventy two 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832: That he enlisted in the Army of the United States on the 1st July in the year 1781, with Captain Jacob Barner in the borough of Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, and served in the 3rd Regiment of the Pennsylvania line, under the following named officers: Captain Jacob Barner, the other officers of the company I cannot recollect. From Reading we marched through Pottsgrove from there across to a place called "the 100 acres" on the  Sckuylkill, there we drew our clothing, arms and ammunition, from there we marched to Philadelphia, crossing the Sckuylkill river on a swimming bridge. From Philadelpha we marched to Christains Bridge [should be checked] and the Head of Elk. A short distance from the Head of the Elk we took shipping and south to Baltimore, and from Baltimore to Little York, in Virginia, where Cornwallis surrendered. We were at York two or three weeks, when we marched to Camden in South Carolina. From the time we left York I was employed as a wagoner, thru 21st Nov 1782, as approved by the certificate of Capt. Ferguson herewith sent. I was opposed to going as a wagoner, but the Colonel told me I must go or I would get the  cat-o-nine-tails upon my back. I was also told that I would get ten shillings a month more; but I never got a cent. After I got the discharge from Capt. Ferguson as a wagoner, I remained in the service until the 14th day of January 1783, when I was discharged in Lancaster, Penn, by Capt Ferguson. I had enlisted for eighteen months, on the 1st July 1781, and was kept two weeks past the time and was discharged on the 14th January 1783. Some of the company enlisted again. But I with several others; Philip Lenhart, Henry Amick, went home to Greenwich township, Berks County. I know of no living witness to prove these facts, and no documentary evidence other than Capt. Ferguson's certificate.
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of an Agency in an any state, or only on that of the Agency in the State of Pennsylvania.
[The signature is presumed to be that of Frederick Hummel, but hard to read.]
Sworn to and subscribed the 
day and year aforesaid}

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary solder, and served as he states.
[signed] Seth Chapman
[signed] Jacob Gearhart
[signed] Peter Martz

I, Edward Y. Bright, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Northumberland, Penn. do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Frederick Hummel for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, at Sunbury the 17th day of April, A.D. 1833.
[signed] Ed. Y. Bright Prothny

To the interrogatories subscribed by the War Department, and propounded by the Court, the said Frederick Hummel answers as follows:

Introg. [Interrogatory] 
1. I was born in April 1761, In Greenwich township, Berks Co., Penn.
2. I have a record at home of my age, called in German a "Daffsline," [underlined, unsure of spelling] or "Taufscheine." [underlined, translation is baptismal certificate]
3. I was living when called into service in Greenwich township, Banks Co. Penn. and have lived ever since the revolutionary war where I now live in Northumberland County, Penn., Shamokin township.
4. I entered the service as an enlisted soldier, was enlisted for eighteen months and served as before stated.
5. Genl. St. Clair, Capt. Barner, Capt. Ferguson. I cannot now recollect particularly the names of any others.
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6. I received a written discharge from the service. I do not know by whom it was signed, nor do I now know where it is.
7. Abraham Hoffman, Solomon Fegely, Jacob Mayer, John Campbell & others. There is no clergyman residing in the immediate neighborhood. The Rev Mr. Shindel, of Sunbury is acquainted with me, but he is not at home today and I am too poor to hire a man and horse to come again to Court.

We, Abraham Hoffman, Solomon Fegely, Jacob Mayer and John Campbell residing in the township of Shamokin Northumberland County, Penn. hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Frederick Hummel, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two 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 concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the day   [signed] John Campbell
and year aforesaid.}   [signed] Abraham Hoffman Jr.
[signed] Solomon Fagely
[signed] Jacob Mayer


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 Abraham Hoffman, Solomon Fegley, Jacob Mayer, and John Campbell who have signed the above certificate, are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. (It also appears that there is no clergyman resident in the immediate neighborhood of the applicant.)
[signed] Seth Chapman
[signed] Jacob Gearhart
[signed] Peter Martz
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I, Edward Y. Bright, Prothontary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Northumberland aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Frederick Hummel for a pension; and that the certificate signed "Mr. Ferguson, Capt. 4th Regt. Artty." [artillery] dated Nov 21, 1782, was attached by me.
[The image of a seal is to the left of the following text.] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, Sunbury the 17th day of April, A.D. 1833.
[signed] Ed. Y. Bright Prothy

[In the center of the image is the following text printed vertically downward.]
Revoutionary claims
Frederick Hummel
24899
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[This image is of a sheet of paper that had been folded into 4 squares. In the lower right corner is the following text.]

Hummel, Fredrick
Penn. S22286
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[This image is very faint and the text difficult to interpret.]
I hereby certify that Frederick Hummel solder in the Penn. [illegible] a Wagoner to a detail
[illegible] 4th regt. of Artillery [illegible] of Major [illegible] St. Clair from the fifth of [illegible] to this [illegible].
[illegible] S. Carolina
[The rest of the text is illegible]

[There is a stamp in the lower left corner.]
THE NATIONAL ARCHIES OF THE UNITED STATES

[There are two references to "29" at the bottom.]
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Revolutionary 22286
INVALID.
File No. 22,286
Frederick Hummel
Pri. Rev War

Act: June 7th 32
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 167
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Samuel F. Smith
Penn Agent
Philad. [Philadelphia] Bank
Octob. 25 1844

[There is a flourish in the center of the image.]

with the Pension Certificate
Frederick Hummel Dec.

[A flourish under the above.]
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Pension Agency
Philadelphia Bank
October 25, 1844

Sir,
The enclosed Pension Certificate of Frederick Hummell [sic] under the act of 7 June 1832 has this day been surrendered to this agency [illegible] his declining to make any application for the amount due, he having died a few days after the receipt of the amount due and paid him to 4 March 1844. I have noted the same on the roll of the agency.

Respectfully
y.ob.s [Your obedient servant]
[signed] Samuel F. Smith
Pension Agency
for Chas W. Bacon

J. E. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Payments to be made
at Philadelphia, PA
by [illegible] Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners,
in the Agency of Penn.

Recorded into Pension Office,
in Book E Vol. 5
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John T. Sprague Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June ,1832, Frederick Hammel, of the State of Pennsylvania
who was a Private in the Revolutionary War,
is entitled to receive Sixty-one dollars and Fifty-three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1834, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and the 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Twenty fourth day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
[signed] Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and
Countersigned.}
JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Hon: Lewis Cass Esq
Secretary of War
Washington City

[Various numbers on left side written vertically up]
24899
42900 is a [illegible]
disposed of
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Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa
Dr [Dear] Sir,
I include the application of Frederick Hummel of this
County for a pension. Please to transmit to me the
certificate of pension, if in should be granted.

Respectfully yours,
A. Jordan