Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16576, Abraham D Fonda, New York

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New York. Fonda, Abraham D.  W16576
                                Hendreke

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Albany New York.   820
Hendreke Fonda
widow of Abraham D Fonda dec
who died on the 10th October 1799
of Albany Co in the state of NY
who was a Capt (unreadable) in the Company commanded
by Captain himself of the --- command
by N.Y. in the N. Yk.
line for 3 mos. 26 days Captain
             2  "       10  "       Major
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 135 Dollars 69 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of May
1837 and sent Hon (G?) 
Y Lansing Albany N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1837      $678.4?
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.  67.8?
                                                           -------
                                                           $746.29
                           Revolutionary Claim
                           Act July 4, 1836
                           Section the 3rd
Recorded by D (D?) Addison
Book A Vol 1 Page 130

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Letter to D. A. Fonda Esq
6 Nov. '37

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State of New York
Albany County.  On this twenty ninth day of March
year one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven personally
appeared before the Justices Court of the City of Albany the
samething a Count of Record Hendreke Fonda of the
town of Watervliet in the County of Albany and State aforesaid
aged eighty eight years
Sworn according to Law oath on her oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the
provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4 1836
That she is the widow of Abraham D Fonda
of said Town of Watervliet who was a major in the Militia
that he entered the Service of the United States as a Captain
about the Month of October 1775. That she has no recollection
of the (illegible) of any of the officers who were attached to the Regiment
of which the said Abraham D Fonda was a captain. That
in the month of June 1778 he was appointed a major and acted
in the capacity of Major from time to time till the close of the
war. That she is unable to state the close of his service but
believes he continued in the Service till the close of the war
That he was at the Battle of Saratoga and took part in the action
at the Surrender of Burgoyne - That after the said Battle
he was brought home wounded with this (illegible) said
(illegible) attended by a Surgeon of the Army but whose name
she does not recollect. That she does not recollect the names
of any officers under whom this Service was performed. That she
is unable to specify other than above stated any particular
period of Service in which the said Abraham D Fonda was
a volunteer or whether he was draughted (crossed out) of the (crossed out)
That he resided in theTown of Watervliet and County of 
Albany afore (illegible) Battles when he entered the Service that she Known
of (illegible) than as is herein Stated in which he was
engaged. That when ordered out his (3 words illegible)
were generally West or North of his place of Residence that
she has no documentary evidence in support of her claim
other than that which is announced hereto. That she remembers
that Philip P Schuyler was Colonel of the Regiment of which he
the said Abraham D Fonda was Major. That she does not
recollect the names or Rank of any other field or company
officers. That the Said Abraham D Fonda and Abraham
Fonda named in the Certificates hereto Announced were one

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And the Same individual and that his name was
written sometimes with the D. and Sometimes with out.  
      She further declares that she was married to
the Said Abraham D Fonda on the twentieth day of
August in the year seventeen hundred and seventy one that
her husband and the aforesaid Abraham D Fonda died on the
Tenth day of October 1799. And that she has remained a 
widow ever since that period. (illegible) more fully appear by (illegible)
to the proof hereto announced
Sworn to and (illegible) on the day
and year above written in open Court
The words "Hendreke Fonda-eight years. And.    }
Abraham D Fonda" just (illegible) in the word.      }
"Militia" written as (illegible) the "D" in Abraham }  hendreke Fonda
(line creased by fold - illegible).                              }
drawn over as first page. And the word "widow"  }
on 2nd page in Margin just written.                        }
John G (illegible- Watson?) (illegible)

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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for
pension on file in the Bureau.  Abraham D Fonda W.F. 16576

Dates of                                           OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE
Enlistment or     Length of   Rank                    WAS  RENDERED                 STATE
Appointment      Service.                    Captain.                   Colonel.

Oct 20. 1775                         Capt. of Albany Co Militia.                                  N Y 
Feby 20. 1776.                     Capt of Albany CO Militia.    Francis Nicoll          "
June 22. 1778.                      Major of Albany Co Militia   Philip P Schuler.      "
served to end of war


Battles engaged in, Stillwater where was as wounded in the leg.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Watervliet, Albany Co N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Mch 29, 1837 Her cl. was al
Residence at date of application, she was 88 yrs
Remarks: Soldier married Aug 20, 1771 at Albany N.Y.
Hendrike Lansing and died Oct 10 1799. A son Douw A
Fonda was a resident of Watervliet  N.Y. in 1837
Very respectfully,
Commissioner
Commission locked up.

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This is to certify that on the records of the Reformed
Dutch Church Albany is the following entry 
viz
   "1771     Syn of Licence getrouwd Abraham D Fonda &
   Aug 20   Hendrikje Lansing mit de Colony"

Purporting that Abraham D Fonda , & Hendrikje Lansing
were married on the 20th day of August 1771.
                      Isaac Fondry, Clk of the Ref
                        Prot. Dutch Church Albany

Sworn to + subscribed in open
court this 25th March 1837
John G Watson, Clk

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State of Newyork
Albany County on this twelfth day of April in the year
one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven personally
appeared before the Justices of the Justices Court of the
City of Albany being a court of Record Abraham Vosburg
of the City of Albany who being duly sworn says
that he resides within the City of Albany where he has resided
from the period of his Birth That he was born in the 
year seventeen hundred and fifty five That he was
well acquainted with Abraham D Fonda late of the
town of Watervliet in the county of Albany That the
said Abraham D Fonda departed this life about the
year 1799 as this Deponent believes leaving his wife
Hendreke him surviving That this Deponent personally
knows of the Service of the said Abraham D Fonda during
the Revolutionary War That he was a private with
Regiment of which the said Abraham D Fonda was a
major That he served under him (illegible) in the
expeditions to Schoharie Fort Hunter Bowmans Kill
Fort Plain and Cherry Valley That this Deponent is
unable to specify the duration of each period of Service
but has no doubt that he was out in all these
expeditions for the space of ten months That while
employed in the service of the United States as a Teamster
for the purpose of Carrying the wounded off the Battle
ground after the Surrender of Burgoyne to the Hospital
at Albany he saw the said Abraham D Fonda after
the Said Battle lying in his marque wounded in
the Leg and that the said Abraham D Fonda had at the 
time been acting in the capacity of major as this Deponent
believes and this Deponent per then says his a (illegible)
and has particularly detailed his services in his declaration
now on file in the War office of the United States and 
which he believes is a correct detail of his services in the
expedition as above referred to
Abraham Vosburg x his mark
Sworn to and substantiated on this day and year above written
The erasure (illegible) (illegible) first noted in the Court. JG Wasson Clk

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State of Newyork
Albany County on this 11th day of April in the year
one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven personally
appeared before the Justices of the Justices Court of the
City of Albany being a court of Record Jacob Van Alystyne
of the City of Albany who being duly sworn says
that he is Eighty seven years of age that he served in the Revolutionary
War That he was acquainted with Abraham
D Fonda now deceased That in the year one
thousand seven hundred and seventy six this
Deponent was with the said Abraham D Fonda
at Fort Edward and while he was serving in the
militia That the said Abraham D Fonda was
acting in the capacity of an officer and thinks the
said Abraham D Fonda was out at that time
at least four weeks That in the year 1777 he
saw the said Abraham D Fonda at Saratoga
at the surrender of Burgoyne lying in his
marque wounded That the Regiment in
which the said Abraham D Fonda was an
officer was generally called out in the Western
expeditions That in the year 1780 the Deponent
saw the Regiment as this Deponent believes to
which said Abraham D Fonda was attached
at Fort Hunter and presumes the said
Abraham D Fonda was with them
The date "11th April" in the first line "Eighty seven" sixth line written
in pencil mark, and the word "six" in tenth line on erasure, before
execution.
Subscribed + sworn to in open
Court this 11th day of April 1837.                    Jacob Van Alstyne
John G Wasson Clk of the Justices Court
of the City of Albany

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I John G Wasson Clerk of the Justices Court of the
city of Albany do hereby certify that the foregoing
affadavits were taken before said Court in open court
and that the seal attached is the seal of said Court
In testimony whereof  I have hereunto (illegible)
hand and seal of office this twelfth day of April
in the year one thousand Eight hundred and thirty
seven.       John G Wasson Clk

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"At a Council of appointment held at Poughkeepsie 22 June 1778

Present
    His Excellency Governor Clinton President
  The Honorable.   Abraham Gates Junr}
                                Alexander Webster  } Esquires
                                John Morris Scott    } (illegible)
Resolved that Philip P. Schuyler Esqr.
be Colonel of the Regiment in the County of
Albany lately commanded by Colonel Francis
Nicoll lately resigned.  That Barent Staats be
Lieutenant Colonel, and Abraham Fonda
major of the said Regiment"
State of New York
Secretary's Office
I certify the preceding
to be a true Extract from the minutes of the
Council of Appointment of this State.
         Arch Campbell
         Dep Secretary
Albany March 18. 1837.

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State of New York
Secretary's Office
I certify that it appears
by the records of the provincial Congress of New York
in this Office that on the 20th of October 1775
Abraham D Fonda was appointed + Commissioned
as a Captain of Militia in the County of Albany
And that on the 20th of February 1776 Abraham
D Fonda was duly appointed and Commissioned as
Captain of a Company in the Regiment of Militia
in the said County of Albany whereof Francis
Nicoll was Colonel
    Arch Campbell.  
     Dep Secretary
Albany March 18 1837

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State of New York
Albany County:P Winaut E Vandenburgh of
the town of Watervliet Albany County
being (crossed out) and State of New York being (illegible)
duly sworn according to law, upon his
oath says that he is seventy nine years
of age, that he served in the revolutionary
War - that he was well acquainted
with Abraham D Fonda now deceased who was one
of the Officers under whom he served
That in the year one thousand seven
hundred + seventy seven this deponent
with others pervious to the battle at Saratoga
were called together at Van Schaicks 
Island, that the said Abraham D Fonda 
was there also and acted as an officer, that
they were marched from there to Bemis
Heights and from there to Saratoga, and
remained at Saratoga until after the battle
before they returned home
That the whole period they were
out at this time was not less than two
months and that the said Abraham
D Fonda was there in service
That in the year seventeen hundred
seventy eight or seventy nine, the said Abraham
D Fonda went to Schoharie with several
men under his command of whom the
deponent was one, and that they were absent
during this time of service sixteen days
That in the year seventeen hundred
and eighty in the fore part of the year the 
said Abraham D Fonda again went with
several me under his command to Fort
Hunter of which number this deponent was

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one, and that at another season of the same year
he the said Abraham D Fonda went
by the (illegible) of General Ten Broeck with several men
to Cherry Valley and brought the cattle
from there to Bowmans Kill and of which
number this deponent was one
That this deponent by reason of (illegible)
is not able to attend Court, and that
he has not been out of his house the past winter
nor this spring
Subscribed + sworn before
me this 31st day of March                 Wenaut E Van den bergh
A.D. 1837 and I certify that the
said Winaut E Vandenburgh
by reason of (illegible) is not able
to attend Court.
Jonathan Hart, justice of the Peace
for Albany County

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belonged
That this deponent in the year seventeen
hundred and seventy seven was at Stillwater +
at Saratoga, and there he saw the said
Abraham D Fonda there on actual duty
as an officer& that the said Abraham D Fonda was wounded in his leg during the battle.
That subsequent to the surrender of 
Burgoyne this deponent + several others, with
 the said Abraham D Fonda, were marched
to Fort Plain, + from there to a Lake which
this deponent believes they called Van Neiders(?) Lake
That this deponent was several times
marched to Schoharie, Bowman's Kill and 
to the West from Albany, and that he knows
the fact that said Abraham D Fonda went
frequently after the year seventeen hundred
and seventy seven with men under his
command as Major, from Watervliet to the 
places last above Mentioned.
That the said Abraham D Fonda lived
in the town to Lake George over a month
That the said Abraham D Fonda
in the year 1777 served in the expedition
in Saratoga County from the time the
Militia were first marched from Albany
and Watervliet to the North to meet Burgoyne
until after Burgoyne surrendered
That the said Abraham D Fonda
served at the same time with this deponent 
to Fort Plain to Schoharie, Bowmans Kill,
and the West, and for the same length of
time and this deponent respectfully defers 
to the War department to the declaration of
this deponent heretofore made  and on file
in the Pension office of the United States
And this deponent also refers the War
department to the pay rolls or certificates sent
from the public offices at Albany in the State
of New York to the Pension Office at Albany

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Washington for the services rendered by the
said Abraham D Fonda in the year seventeen
hundred and eighty and seventeen hundred
and eighty one
That this deponent is also acquainted 
with Hendrikje Fonda the widow of the
said Abraham D Fonda deceased + that
she has remained a widow ever since the
time of the death of her said husband
Abraham D Fonda
That this deponent is unable to attend
Court at this season of the year by reason
of old age + feebleness, and that he is
troubled with the salt (illegible)
That this deponent has never learned 
to write & has always made his mark

Subscribed & sworn to before                    his
me this 31st day of March            Henry      X     Runkle
1837. And I certify that the                         mark
said Henry Runkle is unable
to attend Court for the reason
stated in his affidavit
Jonathan Hart justice of the Peace
for Albany County

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State of New York
Albany County: Abraham L Witbeck of the Town
of Watervliet Albany County, State of New York
being first duly sworn according to law
doth on his oath say, that his is eighty five 
years of age that he is a soldier of the revolution
and served in the revolutionary war as a Militiaman
That he was well acquainted with Abraham
D Fonda of the Town of Watervliet, Albany County
State of New York, now deceased.
That in the fall of the year one thousand
seven hundred and seventy six this deponent
with several others and with the said Abraham
D Fonda were marched from the town 
of Watervliet aforesaid to Lake George and 
that they remained there until they were
dismissed That said Abraham D Fonda then
was an officer in the Regiment to which he
belonged That during this time, this deponent
and the said Abraham D Fonda were in the 
service of the United States for a period of at
least one month and twenty six days.
That this deponent was engaged in the battle
at Stillwater Saratoga and that the said Abraham D
Fonda was also there and took and active part
in the battle, that during the battle the said
Abraham D Fonda was wounded in his leg 
by a cannon ball and that the said
Abraham D Fonda (words crossed out and illegible)
That this deponent cannot
state the precise length of time the said
Abraham D Fonda served on this (illegible)
That this deponent is unable to attend
Court from old age and consequent feebleness
Subscribed + sworn before me
this 31st day of March 1837                  Abraham L Witbeck
And I certify that the said

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Abraham L Witbeck is unable to attend Court
for the reason stated in his affidavit
Jonathan Hart justice of the Peace for Albany County
State of New York
Albany County: I Conrad A Ten Eyck Clerk of the said
County do hereby certify that Jonathan Hart
before whom the three preceding affidavits
purport to have been Subscribed and Sworn
was on the day of the date of each of the
said Affidavits are fof the Justices of the peace
in and for the County of Albany duly commissioned
and Sworn and that his (illegible) Subscribed
to each is his proper hand writing + signature
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my name and affixed
the seal of the Said County this 5th day of April 1837
                                      C.A. Ten Eyck Clerk

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1572
Hendreke Fonda
widow of
Abraham D Fonda

In Vol 6 p 47 $115.96-1779, 1780, 1781
          2 mo 10 days 
1776  1         24 "  Lake George
1777  2.        0       Saratoga
           __________..   
           6.       6 days

2 mos + 10 days Maj
3  "      + 26 "      Captain
---------------
6.          06

(illegible)
3.26 Capt
2.10 Major
-------
6. 6
no deduction
Hon G Y Lansing
Albany

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(Albany postmark)
(illegible)
NY
July '36
James L Edwards Esquire
Commissiner of Pensions
War Department
Washington DC

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(duplicate of page 20)
(Albany postmark)
(an envelope addressed to) James L Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Washington
DC

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James L Edards Esq
Sir
In accordance with the (illegible)
a (illegible), I enclose to (illegible) an
application from an old lady venerable
in Years and highly respectable in character
for a pension.  May I ask your attention
(illegible) at your earliest convenience and
that you will please to communicate to
me your doings in the premises.    
 I am very respectfully
your (illegible)
(signature)  G E Lanning
Albany 13 April 1837

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Mrs Fonda.        Apl 29
NY
(illegible)
Oct '36
(Albany post mark)
Hn. G.Y. Lansing


(sideways writing on next page(24))

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James L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Washington
D.C.
(Albany post mark)

(sideways writing on previous page (23))

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James L Edwards Esq
My Dear Sir
The enclosed is sent to be attached to the
papers in the case of Hendreke Fonda and it is expected
will be found sufficient to (illegible) the claim
additional time stated therein as the whole case
is now before the department as is respectfully asked
that decision may be made theron and the result
communicated - Should you be of the opinion
that the enclosed testimony will not justify the
allowance of the herein additional therein (illegible)
I am requested to ask you to send the certificate
according to the proposition made in your last
with the understanding that if the further evidence
shall be obtained the applicant be allowed
to benefit thereby on furnishing the  (illegible) to
the Department and it being satisfactory
  I am very respectfully
   yours (illegible)
G E Lanning
Albany 26-April 1837

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In the Matter of the 
application of 
Hendreke Fonda
Pension

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State of NewYork
Albany County on this the twenty fifth day of April
in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven
personally appeared before me Gerrit L Dow one of the Justices
of the Justices Court of the city of Albany Isaac Groat of the Town of Watervliet
in the said County of Albany to me known as a  credible
witness who being first duly sworn deposed and says that
he resides in the Town of Watervliet in the County of Albany
where he has resided for about the term of  about seventy years
That he is Seventy Nine years of age That he was well acquainted
with Abraham D Fonda Deceased late of the Town of
Watervliet in the said County of Albany and whose widow
Hendreke Fonda as the Deponent believes is now applying
for a pension on account of the services of the said Abraham
D Fonda during the Revolutionary War That this
Deponent served in the war of the Revolution with the
said Abraham D Fonda And this Deponent further says
that in the year 1778 this Deponent went with the said
Abraham D Fonda to Schoharie and was out with him
in this expedition on about twenty one Days
That in the same year he was out with the said
Abraham D Fonda to Fort Hunter and was out with him
in this expedition about twenty seven days
That in the same year he also went with him again
to Schoharie and was out with him in the service at this
time about twenty days That in one of these expeditions
the Middle (illegible) That in these expeditions the said
Abraham D Fonda was acting in the capacity of Major
and this Deponent further says that in the years 1775, 1776 and
1777 the said Abraham D Fonda was often in the service
and has no doubt that during these years he was acting in the
service for the same period as the Deponent for the periods
which Service he respectfully refers to the declaration of this
Deponent now on file with the war office of the United States

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And which this Deponent believes is a correct detail of the
Services during the same years. And this Deponent further says
that he is too feeble to undergo the fatigue necessary to appear
before a Court of Record.                Isaac Groat

Subscribed and Sworn this 25th 
day of April 1837 Before me
the (illegible)
                               Gerrit L Dox, Justices of the Justices Court
County of Albany: I Conrad A Ten Eyck Clerk of the said
County do hereby certify that Gerrit L Dox before
whom the preceeding affidavit purports to have
been Sworn was on the day of the date of the same
one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said
County and that his name subscribed to the same
is his proper handwriting and signature 
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my name and affixed
the seal of the said County this 25th day of April 1837
                  C.A. Ten Eyck Clerk

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Oct 23
Hendreke Fonda
NY roll 36
820
(Postmark)

(Sideways handwriting)
J.L Edwards Esq
Commissions Pensions
Washington
DC

(stamped) FREE

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(sideways handwriting)
Oct 23
Hendreke Fonda
NY roll 36
820
(Postmark)


J.L Edwards Esq
Commissions Pensions
Washington
DC

(stamped) FREE

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Dear Sir
In March and April last application was
made at your office for a pension in favor of my mother Hendreke Fonda
In reply to the first papers which were sent 
on, we received answer dated April 18th 1837 stating
"the Services established by the rolls in this office
as having been rendered by the claimants husband
from the Commencement of the year 1779 to the close of 
the war is two months and ten.  days. All that is
made out from the proof exhibited previous to
1779 is three months and twenty six days, the latter
in the grade of a Captain, the former in the grade
of a Major"
At the time this answer reached us, my mother was
dangerously ill, and not expected to survive.
On reference to copies of the papers we concluded
that the three months  and twenty six days were allowed
on the testimony Wynard Van Den Bergh and
Abraham L Witbeck corroborated by the other witnesses
and for services rendered in expeditions to the North (Underlined)
Let me now beg your attention to a fact
Stated by one of the witnesses, or by my mother in her
application, and in which all the witnesses concurred
(begin crossed out) as will appear by the testimony of Mr. Charles B
Lansing Esq the gentleman who took the testimony (end crossed out)
That my Fathers tours and expeditions were generally
to the West (underlined)
Thus it would appear that nothing was 
allowed to the West (underlined) previous to 1779
Under the circumstances we were advised by counsel 
to accept the amount offered, being advised that it
would not proceed reviewing the application at
any further period, for such further allowance as the
case would justify & We respectfully requested to be
informed of the reason, why so large an amount of
the testimony was set aside
We also added the testimony of Isaac
Grout a very intelligent and highly repectable

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made in corroboration of the testimony of Mr Vosburgh
which appeared to have been entirely lost: And from
this we scarcely doubted that we should receive a
Certificate containing allowance in addition what
had been  proposed, of the Sixty eight days, as
Major as testified by Mr. Groat
It has been with great reluctance that I have resumed
this application under the humiliating circumstances of having
So large a portion of the time made out, as we thought,
disallowed: And it appears to me that if the testimony be
reviewed together with the explanation herewith furnished
there can not be a doubt of the propriety of allowing for
the time specified in Mr. Groat's affidavit.
Should this meet your views, however far it falls
short of what we consider right, and of what we doubt
not we can make to appear very clearly by further
testimony, we ill here rest the matter
Very respectfully your (illegible) Servant
Douw A Fonda
To Mr.J.L.Edwards, Esq
Commis of Pensions
Watervliet, Albany County
August 17, 1837

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New York
Hendreke Fonda
Suspended let to 
Hon. G. Y Lansing Apl 18
1837

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The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Sir:
Will you kindly send 
me the records of
Capt. Abraham Dow Fonda
2nd Co 3rd Regt Albany Co
N.Y. Militia
and of
Lieut Isaac Lansing
1st Reft. Albany Co., N.Y. Militia
Both are ancestors of mine
and their records are
necessary for Admission
to the Sons of the Revolution
Thanking you in advance
for your courtesy, I am
Very truly
Kenneth T. Wilson
11 Washington Terrace
East Orange,N.J.

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Res WIDOW, &c.
No. 16576
Hendreke Fonda
widow of 
Abraham D Fonda
Major Rev War
Act July 4th 36
Index: Vol. A, Page 2118
(Arrangement of 1870)

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1911 June 13 - Hist. to
Kenneth T Wilson. V.L.M

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(certificate)
We the people of the State of New York
by the Grace of God, Free and Independent.
Abraham Fonda Esquire. Greeting
WE reposing special Trust and Confidence, as well in your Patriotism,
Conduct and Loyalty as in your Valour and Readiness to do us good and faithful Service
Have appointed and constituted, and by these Presents DO Appoint and Constitute
you the said Abraham Fonda Major of the Regiment of Militia in the County
of Albany whereof Philip P Schuyler Esquire is Colonel
YOU are therefore to take the said Regiment into your charge and care as Major thereof.
and duly to exercise the Officers and Soldiers of that Regiment in Arms, who are hereby commanded to obey you as their
Major and you are also to Observe and follow such Orders and Directions, as you shall from time to time
receive from our General and Commander in chief of the Militia of our said State, or any other your Superior Officer, according
to the Rules and discipline of  War in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you; and for so doing this shall be Your
Commission for and during our good pleasure to be Signified by our Council of appointment. In Testimony
whereof, we have caused our Seal for Military Commissions to be hereunto Affixed.  Witness our Trusty and well
beloved George Clinton Esquire our Governor of our State of New York, General and Commander in chief of all the Militia and Admiral of the Navy of the same, by and with the Advice and Consent of our said
Council of Appointment, at Poughkeepsie the Twenty second day of June in the Second year of our Independence, and in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Eight
Passed the Secretarys Office Aug 20th 1778
His Excellency's Command
Abm B Baucker D. Secretary