Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt.595-100, James Bradley, Continental New York

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Continental New York
Bradley, James
BLM 595_100

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No. 595
James Bradley
Private
Lamb's Artillery New York Line

Warrant issued to James Bradley,
under date the 29th June 1812 and 
dld to the Honorable H. Bleecker, M.C.
on the 3rd July 1812.

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To his Honor the secretary of the War Department, the Congress of the Uni-
ted States or to the honourable the Legislature of the State
o New York in Senate and Assembly convened,
The Petition of James Bradley of the City of 
New York respectfully sheweth.  That your petition-
er at the commencement of the late revolutionary War
with Great Britain, very early enlisted and joined 
the Army of the United States as a private in
a Company of the New York line commanded by
Capt Goforth, belonging to Col. McDougal's Regiment of
Infantry.  That under the command above mentioned 
your petitioner was at the storming of Quebec in the
year 1775.  That after his return to the City of New -
York, and serving a short time in a company comman-
ded by Alexander Hamilton, who was then a Captain
in the service of the United States, your petitioner
enlisted for and during the said War in the same Com-
pany after that time to be commanded by John Doughty
belonging to Coln Lamb's Regiment of Artillery.
That he continued to serve in the same Company till
the 11th Day of September 1779 on which last men-
tioned day your petitioner, while engaged in the Battle
of Brandy-Wine received a ball from the Enemy and was
wounded in the left arm, And also at the same Battle
your petitioner had a part of one of his Thumbs shot a-
way by an accidental discharge of a Six pounder to which
he belonged.  That by occasions of his wounds he was then
unable to perform his duty in the capacity aforesaid, and
was conveyed to the Hospital of Pennsylvania, where
he remained according to the best of his recollection about

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three months. That when he was so far recovered as to be able, he again joined the said Army and was at the Battle of Monmouth and the taking of Cornwallis under the said last mentioned Command. That your petitioner continued to serve in such situation as well as his disabled arm would permit, without intermission till the close of the said war. That immediately after the close of the war aforesaid your petitioner having determined to return to Europe, his native Country, and at the same time, being ignorant 
of the situation as well as of the value of his Bounty-Land, he did not, then, under the circumstances here mentioned, think it worth his attention, and therefore he did not apply to, nor obtain, from the War Department a written and final Discharge, though he has had the respective written Discharges of Captain Goforth, and the late General Hamilton, then a Captain as aforesaid, for several years in his
profession. That after staying about five years in Europe, he determined once more to see America. That soon after his arrival in New York, he authorized a certain Gentleman his attorney and delivered the Discharges that were in his possession, as herein before mentioned, to the said Attorney, who faithfully promised to lay his case before the Legislature of this State, at the next Session of the 
same, and if any relief were granted thereby, to secure the same to your petitioner. That the said Attorney according to the best of your petitioners knowledge and belief has not done anything therein, nor has he returned

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the said Discharges and other papers in his possession to your petitioner. - That in consequence of the facts, herein stated, your petitioner never yet obtained or had the benefit of any Bounty Lands from this State, or the United States, your petitioner therefore respectfully represents the aforesaid facts, and presumes to appeal to the Legislature of his
Country in confidence that they will not tho' at this late Day refuse to him that justice, which his sufferings, his wounds, his services and his zeal to promote & establish our Liberty & Independence, give him a right to expect from them in common with other of his follow Soldiers of the same Army, according to the Laws of his Country. - In proof of the Facts herein stated your petitioner hereunto attaches such affidavits of his actual service in the said army as he trusts will prove satisfactory. - Your petitioner therefore prays
that your honour & your Honourable Bodies will be pleased to take his Case in to your serious consideration, and to grant him such Bounty Lands as would have fallen to his ┃
lot, had he been able to apply therefor at the proper time or an equal and just allowance therefor in some unappropriated Lands of this State or of the United States
James Bradley

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State & City of New York ss:
David Johnson of the said City rope Maker being duly sworn oath that James Bradley mentioned in the foregoing Petition was
inlisted [enlisted] in the year one thousand seven hundred seventy six in a company commanded by the late General Hamilton to serve as a soldier during the late revolutionary war and that the said Bradley continued to serve in the said Company afterwards commanded by John Doughty in Col Lamb's Regiment of Artillery for five years and upwards during all which time this Deponent
was acquainted with the said Bradley & was a
fellow soldier in the same Company and
[award?] [illegible] of this deponents knowledge and belief the said Bradley continued to serve in the said Company until the Peace
David Johnson

Sworn before me
this 26th day of February
1811. --
Elisha W King
Noty. Public

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Jas. Bradley's Petition for bounty Lands &c.

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Know all Men by these Presents that I James Bradley of the City of New York have made constituted and appointed and by these Presents do made [make] constitute & appoint James McKeen of the City of New York, Baronet Gardiner & Gurdon S. Mumford Esqr. of the same City Harmoners Blunker [Blinker?] of the City of Albany Esq and also any member of Congress other than the three Gentlemen last mentioned to whom these presents may be intrusted my true & lawful Attornies for me & in my name & for own proper use and benefit to ask demand sue or Petition for recover & receive from the Legislature of this State the Congress of the United States
or from the Secretary of the War Department of the United Stats [States] or from any other Person or persons all such land warrant or warrants Patent or patents for land & also all such arrears of Pay for [Bank?] Rations wages Cloathing [clothing] & as are now due & owing to me for military services by me performed as a soldier [?] in Colonel Jno Lamb's Regts of artillery of the New York time of the army of the United States during the late revolutionary war And to have use & take all lawful ways & means in my name or otherwise for the Recovery thereof and to compound & agree for the same and acquittances & other sufficient Discharges for the same for me & in my name to make seal & deliver and to do all other lawful acts and things concerning the Premises as fully & in every respect as I myself might or could do were I personally present at the doing thereof And attorneys one or more under them for the purposes aforesaid to make & again at their Pleasure to revoke ratifying and Confirming & by these Presents allowing whatsoever my said Attornies or either of them or their substitutes shall lawfully do or Cause to be done in & about the Premises by [outline?] of these Presents In witness whereof
I have hereunto set my hand & Seal at the City of New York this twenty ninth day of November one thousand eight hundred and Eleven
James Bradly [Bradley]

Sealed & Delivered
in presence of
Jno. Wadsworth

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United States of America.
J. Seymour, print.
State of New York, ss.

By this Public Instrument,
Be it known, to all whom the same doth or may concern, That I, John Wadsworth, a Public Notary, in and for the State of New York, by Letters Patent, under the Great Seal of the said State, duly commissioned, sworn, and dwelling in the City of New York; and in and by the said Letters Patent invested, "with full Power and Authority to attest Deeds, Wills, Testaments, Codicils, Contracts, Agreements, and other Instruments in Writing, and to administer an Oath or Oaths to any Person or Persons;" Do hereby certify, That on the twenty ninth day of October 1811 before one personally came James Bradley and executed the annexed Letter of Attorney for the purposes therein mentioned and that on the same day Jacob Germond a person of respectable appearance & made oath that the Affidavit hereto annexed, by him subscribed & to which my Jurat is affixed contained the truth-- I also certify that the affidavit of David Johnson hereto annexed has the Jurat of Elisha W King in his proper hand writing and that said King is a Public Notary in this City, and that the Jurat of Pierre Van Wyck to the affidavits of James
Bradley and of James McKean [McKeen] also hereto annexed is in his proper hand writing and that said Van Wyck is Recorder of the City of New York -

Whereof an Attestation being required, I have granted this under my Notarial Firm and Seal. Done at the City of New York, in the said State of New York, the nineteenth Day of February in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and twelve
IN TESTIMONIUM VERITATIS
Jno. Wadsworth  Not. Pub.

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To be annexed to the papers of James Bradly's [Bradley's] Claim for bounty Land --

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I do hereby certify that John Reins late a Marshall in the City of New York has been known to me for 29 - years or thereabouts and that I believe him to be a credible witness & that his testimony ought to be considered as such
[New] York April
18/1812
J. Morton

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I do hereby certify that Jacob Germond has been personally known to me for one year & upwards last past during which time I have done Business for him as attorney & Counsellor & I believe him to be a man of truth and honesty & that his testimony ought to be respected as the testimony of a Man of such Character - I also certify that it is satisfactorily proved to me by the oath of James McKeen that said Jacob Germond is the same person who subscribed and was sworn to a certain affidavit attached to the papers
of a certain Claim of one James Bradley for bounty land which Papers or Documents were in the month of March last left at the war office of the United States of America
City of New York May 2d - 1812 -
Tyler Maynard
Notary Public

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State of New York 
City & County of New York ss.
I Joseph D. Fay of the City of New York Counsellor at Law & Notary Public do hereby certify that I have enquired of respectable gentleman of my acquaintance, into the character of James McKeen and am well satisfied that he is a young man of good moral character, and unblemished reputation, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his affidavit.
In witness whereof I hereto set my
hand at the City of New York this 23d May 1812
Joseph D. Fay

[vertical text at left:]
To be annexed to the papers of James Bradley's Claims for bounty Land

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FREE
To his honour the Secretary of the War Department
Washington

[stamped New York 27 May]

[upside down:]
James Bradley
[illegible] 16 May 1812

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New York 23rd May 1812

Sir
I send you certificate of the credibility of the witnesses whose affidavits are annexed to the paper setting forth my claim for bounty lands -- The affidavit of Jacob Germond is certified to be credible by Tyler Maynaid [Maynard] Esqr., a respectable attorney & notary of this city - That of John Reins by Gen. Jacob Norton a member of the common council of said city - The witness Johnson is a credible Mechanic of this City but he is absent from town at present or a certificate of his credibility might be sent - If the affidavit of James McKeen be rejected merely on the ground of if its being a substitute for that of Captain Thompson (which I think could be unjust) I still insist that the affidavits of myself of Germond of Reins of Johnson so certified to be credible witnesses are a compliance with the law which only requires two or more subaturn [subaltern?] witnesses - On account of the absence of certain persons from Town I have delayed sending you these papers but I trust you will not delay in sending my warrant enclosed in order that I may apply to the Legislation of this state for relief at their present session which met yesterday.
James Bradley

Direct the warrant or papers to "James Bradley" & "to the care of Elias Lynch New York"

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James Bradley's Petition for bounty Lands &c--

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It appears by the Original Musters on file in this office that James Bradley inlisted [enlisted] for the war in Lamb's Artillery Capt. John Doughty's Company, but it does not appear per the musters of that Regiment (which are not complete) that he continued therein to the End of the war.
Dept of War
Accountants Office
March 6. 1812
H Simmon

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James Bradley
papers --

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We are acquainted with the within named James Bradley and recommend him as an honest, Industrious and Sober Man
Isaac S Douglass
B.W. Mumford
Lewis Beebe
Jos Hidden
Rich [German?]

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The subscriber James Bradley was a Soldier seven years in the American army during the Revolution, and was wounded in fighting for the freedom of the United States. Having become too old and infirm to procure by hard labour the common necessaries of life for himself and family, and being destitute of other means of support, he is compelled by the pressure of Poverty, and the rigors of the season to solicit relief from the Friends of humanity. He offers his humble Petition with a full assurance that the suffering of an old Soldier will not be slighted by the brave and patriotic, and with a humble hope that those who love to indulge in acts of charity and kindness will not find him unworthy of their bounty. 
James Bradly [signature]
Jany 12th 1807

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We Certify that we are acquainted with the within mentioned James Bradley; and believe hime to be an honest man, and that what he stated in his Petition is true.
Anthy Bleecker
A.L. Bleecker
Leonl. Bleecker
James Tillary
Wight Post
G W Stuart
W. Popham

[at left of signatures:]
The within [illegible] is true and Bradley is a [illegible] a first for Public [Charter?]
[illegible signature]
[illegible] H. [Va...?]

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The bearer James Bradley having lived with me for some years during the late war in service of the United States I ever found him honest and do recommend him as a usefull person to live with or attend any gentleman --
Alex Thompson [signature]
New York Nassau Street No 22 -
August 29th 1791 -

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City of New York ss: James Bradley of the said City the petitioner in the aforegoing petitioner being duly sworn doth Depose and Say, that the facts stated and set forth in his petition to the Legislature of the State of New York as an unfortunate and disabled Soldier, ARE TRUE
Deponent further saith that he has not directly or indirectly reserved any Compensation or reward in bounty lands, or for arrears of pay for two years service as Stated in the said petition, nor as a pension, from this State or from the United States. Deponent further saith that by Occasion of the wounds as Stated in the said petition, he is at this day unable to do any hard labour, and that his principal Expectations for his future Subsistence are in the Justice and Patriotism of the Legislature of this State or in the Charity of the Beneficient. -- 
James Bradley [signature]

Sworn [Jany. ie. January?] 20
1809 before
M Hen Wyck [signature]
Record [illegible]
[illegible] New York

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State of New York ss. Jacob Germond of Nine Partners in in the County of Dutchess and State of New York being sworn saith that James Bradley mentioned in the Letter of Attorney Petition & Documents hereto annexed shewing the said Letter of Attorney Petition & Documents to the said Bradey [Bradley] he the said Bradley acknowledged in the presence of this Deponent that he had voluntary [voluntarily] signed the same for the purposes therein mentioned. This deponent further saith
that he has been occasionally aquainted [acquainted] with the said James Bradly [Bradley] ever since the Beginning of the year
1777 including the time he served in Lamb's Regiment of New York artillery in the service of the United States in the time of the revolutionary war and now knows him to be the same identical soldier & no other who enlisted to serve and did serve according to the best of this Deponents knowledge and belief as stated in the annexed Petition and Documents until the Peace or End of said war-
Jacob Germond [signature]
Sworn this 29 November 1811 before me 
Jno. Wadsworth [signature]
Not Pub

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Mr. Cutting

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Dear Sir,

I am told by W. Fay a respectable Gentleman of New York who is now here that Mr McKeen is
very worthy of credit.
your [illegible]
A. Bleecker
---
9 March 1812.

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State of New York ss:
James McKeen of the City of New York student at law being duly sworn maketh oath and saith, that he, at the request of James Bradley of the said City, called on Alexander Thompson (at West Point in June 1809) who was then, and has been in the time of the revolutionary war an officer in the service of the United States but lately deceased, in order to procure the said Thompson's Testimony in support of a certain Claim of the said Bradley against the State of New York for bounty lands for military services during the late war. This Deponent further Saith that he shewed a Note or commendatory letter, which he received from the said Bradley dated New York Nassua [Nassau] Street No. 22 August 29th 1791" and which is attached to the papers relating to Bradley's Claim, to the said Thompson, who said that the said Note was his own hand writing, and that he perfectly recollected James Bradley, who
served in the late war. This Deponent further saith that he informed Thompson that Bradley had several times petitioned the Legislature for bounty land but had failed for want of proof. Mr Thompson then asked what Bradley wished to prove Deponent then stated to the said Thompson that Bradley wished to prove that he, himself, was enlisted for and during the late war and that he served the United States until the full End of the same. To which the said Thompson replied that he (meaning himself) could clearly make oath that this same
identical James Bradley (being under his immediate direction for a long time in the army was enlisted for and during the revolutionary war, and that he served the United States faithfully and without intermission until the full End of the same war. Mr Thompson then observed that the Justice
who presided at West Point was absent, but any time after his return if requested by letter, he would make oath to the same as expressed above and send the affidavit to New York by Captain Havens, who sails from Buttermilk Falls a Landing near the Point. While the business thus rested Thompson was taken ill and died suddenly, and this is a substitute for Thompson's own affidavit being the best Evidence from that quarter, that the nature
of the case will now admit. further Deponent saith not. 
James McKeen [signature]
Sworn December
5. 1809 before
M Hen Wyck
Record

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State of New York ss:
John Reins of the City of New York late a
Marshall in said City being duly sworn saith that James Bradley mentioned in the letter of attorney Petion [petition] & Documents hereto annexed shewing the said Petition Letter & Documents to the said Bradley then acknowledged in the presence of this Deponent that he had of his own free will signed the same for the purposes therein mentioned.
This Deponent further saith that he has been personally acquainted with the said Bradley ever since the Beginning of the revolutionary
war including the time he served in Lamb's Regiment as Stated in the annexed Petition and Documents and now personally knows him to be the same indentical [identical] soldier and no other who so enlisted to serve and did serve according to the best of
this Deponents knowledge and belief as set
forth in the annexed Petition and Documents
until the Peace or End of said war-
This Deponent further saith that he himself also served for and during the said war in the said Regiment of artillery commanded by John Lamb and has obtained his bounty Lands for
such service for in the State of New York.
John Reins [signature]

Sworn this 9th day of December 1811 before me
Jno. Wadsworth [signature]
Not Pub -