Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 27,705, Thomas Done, New York

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(8-1776)
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New York.  | Done, Thomas. | S. 27,705

CONTENTS [blank]

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New York.
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Thomas Done,
Matross, Capt John Lamb
Arty N Y regt
U. S. Army.
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Inscribed on the roll
of New York, at $5, and
increased to $8, per month,
by act 24th April 1816.
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Formal certificate issued
19 May 1824, and
sent to Daniel Hall, Esq.
Troy, N.Y. ______

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Free
Honorable J.C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington
[postal stamp] [illegible] MAT 14
[written on side] Mr. Edwards

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Troy N. York May 13th 1824
Hon ble J. C. Cathoun
Secretary of War
Sir,
Yours, of this 1' May, covering
the necessary Instructions, in the case of Thomas Done
for a new certificate for Pensions, came duly to have
and in behalf, of the old Blind Pensioners, I have
to thank you for your kindness.
Enclosed is the old certificate signed 
by Richard Platt, and Richard Varnick, on which he
a
has here to for rec - a pension of $96 - per annum; and
also the requisite affidavit duly certified by this
official 'seal signature, of the clerk of the county in
New York having the goodness to enclose, to me
a new certificate for [the old man - crossed off] him as soon as
convenient, as the old man is very needy - 
Very Respectfully Sir, I am
Please to have this certificate
Your able servant
so worded that he may receive
his pension from 4'- of last September
Daniel Hall
as he has had no pension since
that time - .

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By Richard Varick & Richard
Platt of the City of New York Esquires
This is to certify that in performance of the
Law of the State of New York Entitled “An
“Act making Provision for officers Soldiers
“& Seamen who have been disabled in the
“Service of the United States” Passed the 22nd
of April 1796 We have examined Thomas
Done of the City of New York Mariner[?] and
find that he was a Matross in the Company
of Artillery in the Service of the United Colonies
commanded by the late Captain
now General John Lamb; That while in
the service in the Company aforesaid to
wit some time in the month of April in
the Year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred & seventy six when on Duty before
Quebec he lost his Eye Sight by the
Explosions of a Piece of Cannon; By Means
of which he is disabled from obtaining a
Livelyhood by Labour & That in February
last he was thirty years of age; Wherefore –
in Performance of the Law aforesaid, we do
further certify that upon the Principles –
of the Act of Congress of the seventh Day
of-

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of June 1795 the said Thomas Done is
entitled to receive from the Treasury of this
State a yearly pension of sixty Dollars.
Given under our Hands
this eighth Day of June 1796 -
Richard Varick.
Richard Platt
Hianuy Quon

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Application for a new certificate
State of New York
Rensselaer County JS

On this twelfth day of May1824; before me John Thomas, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, for the said County, of Rensselaer, personally appeared Thomas Done, who on his oath, declared, that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain John Lamb, being an artillery company in the service of the United States, that his name is placed on the pension Roll of the State of New York, but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one, this deponent further testifies, that he has hereto  [illegible] received his pension on the certificate here unto annexed figured by Richard Vanick + Richard Platt and + [illegible] and that that he is the identical Thomas Done named in said original certificate, and that he now resides in the town of Brunswick in the County of Rensselaer state aforesaid- Thomas X his mark Done
Sworn + Subscribed to before me this 12 day of May 1824
John Thomas Justice Peace
State of New York
Rensselaer County  
I certify that John Thomas, before whom Thomas Done has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit, and whose name is subscribed above, was on the 12th day of  May instant a Justice of the Peace of the city of Troy in and for the county of Rensselaer, duly sworn and authorized to take said affidavit in testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said county this 18th day of May 1824.
Ben Smith Clerk