Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,043, Samuel Foster, Conn.

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[illegible form number]
SERVICE
Conn.
Foster, Samuel
NUMBER
S.13.043
carded.
CONTENTS
[remainder of form is blank]

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+ From Albany
New York 14760
Samuel Foster
of Catskill in the State of N.Y. who was a private in the company commanded by Caprain Benedict on the Regt commanded by Col Bradley in the Continental [with a hand drawn star above] line for 2 years - Conn. [with a hand drawn star above] Line. Records corrected Apr. 19/06 [illegible initials]
Inscribed o the Roll of N. York at the rate of 80,.  Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issues the 18. day of June 1833. and sent to [illegible] Powers, Catskill, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1803 - 160.00
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. - 40.00
$200.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1882. }
Recorded by LFFranciori Clerk, Book E. Vol. 4- Page 56.

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Su let W Hon L. Cap May 7. 1834 -
Do. to [word crossed out] P. Agt. March 20. 1835 (Jno. Fleming)
Su  Cir. Tr. (Ames) aft 20. '35
Trans fo. fr. Albany to N. York fr.
4. Sept. 1834 _ Apl. 30. 1835

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State of New York
Greene County ss.
on this sixth day of February 1833, personally appeared in the open court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Greene now sitting Samuel Foster resident of the town of Catskill, in the County of Greene, in the State of New York aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworne, 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 was born on the 23rd day of March 1761. at the town of Ridgefield, County of Fairfield, in the State of Connecticut. [words crossed out] That he enlisted on the eighth or tenth day of June 1776, at the place aforesaid, [words crossed out] in the Service of the American War in a company of Militia, being the State troops of Connecticut, which company was commanded by Noble Benedict of Danbury in the State aforesaid and the Regiment to which said company was attached was commanded by Philip B, Bradley of the town of Ridgefield aforesaid, in the State of Connecticut. That this deponent enlisted for six months. That this deponent went with the Company to the City of New York, and there joined the Regiment commanded as aforesaid by the said Bradley. That the Regiment passed over into the State of New Jersey and remained opposite Staten Island at a place called Communipaugh until about the tenth day of September 1776. It being about the time the City of New York was taken by the British. That from Communi==paugh, the Regiment went to Fort Lee on the West side of the Hudson river, and remained there till about the last of October in the year aforesaid [word illegible due to ink smear] it retreated from the Fort through the State of New Jersey into the State of Pensylvania, and went up the Delaware River to a place called Corrells Ferry, being the place where General. Washington crossed the Delaware River the night before he took the Hessians in Trenton. That the Regiment and this deponent remained at the afore said Ferry Christmas day, when this deponents enlist=ment for the said six months expired. On this day General. Washington came at this place with his army and by a request from, this deponent and a

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part of the Regiment to which he belonged volunteered their services for twenty days and went with him and his army on Christmas night to Trenton and there captured one thousand Hessians. That this deponent was in that Battle and the Division that this deponent was in, was commanded by one Frelingheuser, who gave the mortal round to Col. Rall who commanded the Hessian troops. After securing the Hessians which had been captured, this deponent went with General Washington and his army to Princetown in the State of New Jersey. Where they has an engagement with a detachment of the British troops. In this Battle General Mercer was killed, who was a Brigadier General in the American Service. That this deponent was in the Battle and this deponents time had expired and he was discharg=ed from service ^ that he had no written discharge and returned home to the town of Ridgefield aforesaid. This deponent further says that he can not give from his honest recollection and memory a more [illegible] naration of the circumstances which led to his continuance in the service after the termination of his enlistment of Six months in Bradleys Regiment, that herein before detailed
this deponent says that after he enlisted for during the War as herein after stated, and in the month of September 1777. and after the Battle fought at Brandewyne he was taken sick with measels and was sent to Peekskill in the state of New York. and from thence this deponent was taken home by his father to Ridgefield in the State of Connecticut where he remained sick about four months. and then returned to the army at Valley Forge and after that continued in the service till the War termina-ted

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This deponent further says that on the first day of May 1777 he enlisted in the Regular troops or army of the United States during the War. That the company was commanded by Capt. Samuel Hoyt. and that he served in the fifth Regiment of the Connecticut line commanded by Philip B. Bradley. That this deponent at the time of this enlistment resided in the town of Ridgefield in the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut. That soon after this deponents enlist=ment, he marched with the said Regiment to Peekskill in the State of New York on the Hudson River. staid there about a month. then went with the Regiment to Wright Ferry on the Hudson and crossed it and then march=ed on and joined the army commanded by General Washington at Bond Brook in the State of New Jersey. That when the British troops  came up the Delaware River commanded by General How, this deponent went with the American troops into Pensylvania and was in the Battle fought at Brandiwine, [words crossed out] and also at the Battle fought at the Red Bank Fort on the Delaware River. In all those Battles, General Washington commanded the American troops _ and soon after these battles, this deponent with the other troops went into Winter quarters at Valley Forge _ That the army remained at this place till the Spring of 1778. and this deponent with them. That this deponent was in the Battle fought on the 28th of June 1778. at Monmouth. That this deponent remained in the army and in the same Regiment and company as before stated until the year 1779 when he was selected as one of the twelve hundred troops who were put under the command of General La Fayette. That John St. John commanded the company in which this deponent was placed and the Regiment to which said company belonged, was commanded by one Miggs. That this deponent was present and engaged in the taking and storming of the Fort at Stoney Point. That in the year 1780. in the spring of that year, this deponent marched and went with the said troops under the command of La Fayette to the Southward and joined the army com=

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manded by General Greene, in North Carolina, at a place called Guilford Court house, and also at the siege of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown. After the taking of Lord Cornwallis, the Army with this deponent returned to New Bergh on the Hudson River in the State of New York when the army was disbanded and this deponent discharged which was on the 4th of September 1783. That this deponent had a printed discharge executed by General Washington. This discharge has been lost. That he has no written or documentary evidence in the possession to prove his said Service. But this deponent is informed and believing it to be true. That his name is enrolled in the [word crossed out] War office at Washington, being the enlistment roll which he signed when he enlisted. This deponent further says that he has in hid possession a family Bible containing a Record of his age made by his parents and that the Bible was left with him by his parents. that this depo:nent has resided since the revol:untionary War in the now town of Catskill, in the county of Green and State of New York. that in the year 1784 in the month of April, he removed from the town of Ridgefield in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut to the said now town of Catskill aforesaid. this deponent for the [illegible] that Isaac N Wyckoff and Joel Bellamy of the town of Catskill are well acquainted in the deponent and have been for many years [illegible] that they can testify as to the character of this deponent for veracity and their belief of his service in the revolutionary War.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension

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or annuity [illegible] the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. this deponent says that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify as to his services, except 
Erckiel Whitney whose affidavit is [illegible]
[signed] Samuel Foster.
Subscribed and sworn in open court
February 6th 1833. 
[signed] William V. B. Heermance 
We Issaac Wyckoff a clergyman residing in the town of Catskill in the county of Green and State of New York and Joel Bellamy residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Foster who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and we believe him to be Seventy two years of age. that he is reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
[signed] J. N. Wyckoff
[signed] Joel Bellamy
Subscribed and sworn in open court
February 6. 1833. 
[signed] William V. B. Heermance

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6993
Samuel Foster
Catskill, 
Greene Co.
New York
58.
on rolls
26 May 77- 1 Feby 78
a more particular a/c of his enlistment in 1200 men pick under Washington required
11.12.16
6 Sep 1832
14 Nov 1832

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6993
BRIEF in the case of Samuel Foster, Catskill, Co. of Greene in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court of a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 71 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
8th or 10th June
In 1776
1. May 1777
when in same enlistment
Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days.
-6-20
"till 1779
till 4th Sept. 1783
Rank.
As a 
private
Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.
Gen.
Capt. N. Benedict, P. B. Bradley
Capt. S. Hoyt, Catp. P. B. Bradley
Capt. John St. John, Col. Meggs
Genl. La Fayette _ aft. [illegible] Genl. Greene
In what battles was he engaged? Trenton; Princeton; Brandywine; Red Bank Fort, on Delaware River; Stonny point 1780; Monmouth; Guilford C. H.; & Yorktown.
Where did he reside when he entered the service? Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Connt.

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13043
INVALID.
[illegible notations written vertically on both sides of page]
File No. 13.043
Samuel Foster
Priv. Rev. war
Act:  June 7th 1832.
Index:-Vol. , Page
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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case of Saml. Foster
Moses J. Cautine, judge
S.F. swears that he served 3 years _
the rolls state only 8 months service.
Rejected
N. York

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admd
FREE [stamped on right side of page]
Honorable Lewis Cass
Secretary at War
Washington
[circular stamp on left side of page] CATSKIL FEB 11
N. Y. Returned [faintly written vertically through the address]

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Catskill February 11. 1833
Sir
I return the papers of Samuel Foster in the [illegible] affidavit of Mr. Whitney as to a portion [underlined] of his services. this affidavit might have been proven at first [underlined]. but I [illegible] it [illegible] in as much as Mr Foster believes that his name is on the enlistment [underlined] note [underlined] at Washington. I supposed that would be sufficient evidence of his service.
I drew his affidavit over again. and in it he cannot give "a more particulars around a [illegible] of the circumstances [illegible] led to his continuance in the service [illegible] the termination of his enlistment for 8 mo. (you mean [illegible] mo. I presume) in Bradleys regiment there was enlisted in his first declaraion.
the rest of the objections can all I believe [illegible].
I am yours
[signed] Jas. Powers
[illegible notation on lower left of page]

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Samuel Foster
The whole matter of this is state [illegible]
by the N YK Agent, arranged [underlined] to Albany, improperly -
He want to be arranged [underlined] [illegible] a gain.
Apl. 17. 35
arr. apl. 18. '35

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County of Queens J.J._
On the 13th April 1835, before me the [illegible] Justice of the Peace for the said county, personally ap-peared Samuel Foster, who, on his oath, declares, that he is the same person, who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by John St. John in the Reg-iment commanded by Col. Philip B Bradly in the Service of the United States, that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New York that he now resided in the village of Flushing, Queens County, State of New York where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future The following are his reasons for removing from Catskill Green County to Flushing Queens County - his son Jonah Foster is  a mechanic in Flushing [illegible] [illegible] the said Samuel resided.
[signed] Samuel Foster
Sworn & subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid -
[signed ]Hon. W Lawrence
Justice

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State of New York
Queens County
[illegible} - On the 13th April 1835 before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said county personally appeared Samuel G Lowerce who on his oath declares that e is personally acquainted with Sam-uel Foster and knows him to be the person described in and who executed the annexed affidavit _
[signed] Sam G Lowerce
Subscribed & sworn to before me day and year above written -
[signed] Hon W Lawrence [writing crossed out] Justice -
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Samuel G Lowerce who executed the above affidavit and believe his word may be defended upon as a means of veracity _ 13th April 1835
[signed] Hon W Lawrence Justice

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Copy of Certificate
War Department
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832 Samuel Foster of the State of New York who was a private during the Revolutionary War is entitled to receive eighty Dollars _ during his natural life commencing on the 4th March 1831, and payable semiannually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year. _
Given at the war office of the United States the eighteenth day of June one thousand and eight hundred and thirty three -
Signed [signed] John Robb
{illegible] Secretary of war
{hand drawn circular notation with Seal written inside]
[illegible]
J L Edwards _
Commissioner of Pensions

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Flushing, Long Island
Sir
Your reply to my letter of the 5th Ins' has been received. I had apprehended some mistake in the application of Samuel Foster which origination on his [illegible] from a misunderstanding of Mr. Spencer of the New York pension office. he had the idea that in consequence of his volunteering in the Connecticut line during the revolution, that he was put on the pension roll of that State. although he lived in and [illegible] his pension in the State of New York and that the law requires a transfer of the [illegible] or [illegible] it appear he merely required a transfer from the Albany to the City of New York agency - enclosed is a true copy of his Certificate. -
Very [illegible]
Your [illegible] Servant
Hon. W Lawrence
13th April 1835
P.S. The County [illegible] certificate having been attached to the former application of [illegible] Foster presume it will not be again required -

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6993
Samuel Foster

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6993
BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Foster which require further proof of explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? It does
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? He did
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? He has
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? He has
[handwritten notation inserted between entries for  V., VI. and VII.] a more particular narrative of the circumstances which led to his continuance on the service after the termination of his enlistment for 8 mo. in Bradley's regt is required.
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? He has
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension that the one under the Act of June 7,  1832? He has.
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? It has
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? He has
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? It is & is so distinguishable.

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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolu-tionary service? no clergyman's evidence

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for bot obtain-ing it? none
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? He has
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she , or they are persons of credibility?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? They are not
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? No. 2 [illegible] are not

QUERE V. 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 recol-lection he served not less 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. "

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 It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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 [in italics] is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where 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 claimants 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 adminis-ter the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly au-thenticated, as above directed.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certifying office who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached theerto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper form being im-properly attached to the certificate.

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State of New York
Greene County
Application of 
Saml Foster for a 
Pension -
Samuel Foster
private
Colonel Bradleys Regt
Connecticut line
1777 - 3 years
May 26 - 77 for 8 months only
[large handwritten flourish]
Served only 8 months_
Rejected.
see letter to Cantine, 22 July 1819.

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1 [circled]
State of New York Greene County}ss
Ezekiel Whitney of the town of Saugerties in the County of Ulster and State of New York aged sixty three years being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with Samuel Foster in the annexed declaration named and now here present. that in the year 1777 he was a soldier in Capt Hayts com=pany in the 5th Connecticut Regiment commanded by Col Phillip B Bradly, that the said Samuel Foster continued to serve in the same Regiment until after this deponent was dis=charged from the service which was in the year 1780 and further [illegible] not
[signed] Ezekiel Whitney
Subscribed and Sworn before me this 20th day of April 1819 
[signed] [illegible due to page overlap] Cantine
First Judge of Greene Co.

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State of New York
Saratoga County [illegible]
On the 26th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen person-ally appeared before me John Pettit [caret] JC one of the com-missioners of the State of New York; John St. John of the Town of Greenfield in the County and State afore-said, and who being [caret] by me duly sworn, says that Sam-uel Foster of the town of Catskill in the county of Green in the state of New York aforesaid Served as a private Soldier in the 5th Connecticut Regiment commanded by Colonel Phillip B. Bradley in the revolutionary army of the United States, that in the year one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy Seven, the said Samuel Foster Served in Captain Samuel Hoyts Company and Conti-nued in Captain Hoyts Company untill the year one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy nine at which time the Said deponent was attached to the Corps of Light Infantry as a Captain and did then Selected the said Samuel as a Soldier to fill up his company, and the the Said Samuel {caret} {illegible} in the company commanded by the Said deponent during the Campaign of New York and that the said Samuel was with this deponent at the Storming of Stony point under the command of Gene-ral /wayne, and that Sometime in the months of December or January following the Said Samuel returned to Captain Hoyts Company, and as this deponent believes was discharged from the Army in the Spring of the year one thousand Seven hundred and Eight at Morristown in the State of New Jersey
[signed John St. John Late Capt
in the Revolution war
Subscribed and Sworn before me the twenty Sixth day of March 1819
{signed} John Pettit Commissioner JC

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State of New York
Saratoga County
I Thomas Palmer Clerk of the said County and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County: Do certify that John Pettit whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the within affidavit was at the date thereof a Commissioner to take affida-vits [illegible] of the State of New York residing in the said County of Saratoga. duly commissioned under the authority of the State. and Sworn. and that the within is his signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court the Thirty first day of March in the Year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Nineteen. and of our Independence the Forty third
[signed] Thomas Palmer 
Clerk

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State of New York Greene County } ss
On this 20th day of April in the year 1819 before me the Subscriber First Judge of the court of Common Pleas of the said County of Greene, personally appeared Samuel Foster aged fifty eight years resident in the town of Catskill the said County & State who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled an act to pro=vide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revo-lutionary war," That he the said Samuel Foster enlisted in Ridgefield in the State of Connec-ticut in [caret] a company commanded by by Captain Samuel Hoyt in the fifth Connecticut Regiment commanded by Col Philip B Bradley that [illegible ink smeared] for nine months and in April 1777 he enlisted in the company & Regiment aforesaid for the term of their years that he served as is stated in the annexed affida-vit of Germantown & Monmouth and at the [illegible] Stony Point Fort under General Wayne that his was discharge at Morristown in New Jersey in the Spring of 1781 and he has lost his dis=charge. that he is in reduced circumstances & is in need of support from his country
[signed] Samuel Foster
Sworn to & Declared before me the day & year aforesaid
[signed] Moses J. Cantine

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I Moses J Cantine, First Judge of the court of Common Pleas of the County of Greene aforesaid do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Samuel Foster did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceeding (sic) declaration, against the common enemy for the term of three years - on the Continental establishment. and further that I know the said Samuel Foster to be in reduced circumstances, and in need of assistance from his country. And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and exhibited before me, to the Secretary for the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the afore mentioned act of Congress

[signed] Moses J Cantine

I William Van Beyer Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said Court of Greene Do certify that Moses J Cantine was first Judge of the said Court of Common Pleas in the 20th day of April 1819 & that his signature to the above certificate is genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereinto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court the twenty first day of April 1819~

[signature]Wm Van Beyer

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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 applicant was a revoluion=ary soldier and said as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that Isaac N Wyckoff who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the Village and in the town of Catskill, in the County of Greene and that William Van Bergen who has also signed the same is a resident in the said Village and town of Catskill in the County of Greene and is a credible person and that their statement is submitted to credit and the Court further certify
[signed] Dovianed Kertland
[illegible
[signed] Wm. Polley
[illegible handwritten notation and flourish vertically to the right of signatures]

I William Van Bergen Heermance  Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Greene do hereby certify that the foregoing and annexed papers contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Foster for a Pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office, this sixth day of February 1833.
[signed] William V. B. Heermance Clk

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aomd
2 [illegible] [underlined]
80$ [underlined]

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1 [circled]
State of New York
Greene County ss. Ezekiel Whitney of the town of Catskill, in the County of Greene and State of New York, being duly sworne deposeth and [illegible], that he is aged Seventy Seven years. that he has a family record of his age, which is in his possession. that he has known Samuel Foster of the town of Catskill, in the County of Greene and State of New York before and since [word crossed out] and during the American revolution. that this deponent was borne in the town of Ridgefield in the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut and knew the said Samuel Foster [illegible] he resided there. that this deponent enlisted into the American Service in the year 1776 in the latter part of May in that year. that he enlisted at Ridgefield [illegible] into the Company commanded by Gamaliel Northrop of Ridgefield aforesaid for the term of six months. that he went from Ridgefield to the City of New York with the said Company, that [illegible] a four weeks after being in New York he then deponent by the permission of Capt Northrop, he [illegible] [illegible] with a soldier, then in the Regiment commanded by Col. Philip B Bradley lying in New Jersey at a place called Bergan town. that the person with whom he [illegible][illegible] took his place in the Company commanded by Capt Northrop and this deponent took the place of the said person

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in the Company he was in which Noble Benedict commanded and which company was in the Regim-ent commanded by Philip B Bradly. that after forming the said Company, this deponent found the said Samuel Foster then doing duty in the new Company and [illegible] there from the said Samuel Foster. that he had enlisted for six months. that this deponent continued att=[illegible] to the new regiment during the remaining [illegible] of his enlistment. that they [illegible] [word crossed out] Fort Lee after said deponent joined said regiment. that General Green commanded the American forces at the said Fort. and when they retreated and the British took possession of it the said Samuel Foster was then in said Company commanded by Benedict as aforesaid and was in the retreat of the said American Army. that before the taking of Fort Lee by the British, this deponent had been selected from the said Company by Doctor James Pell of [illegible] in the state of Connecticut as his servant. that the said Pell was the surgeon of the  Regiment commanded by Philip B. Bradley. that he was taken prisoner [illegible] to New York. in consequence of which the sick of the said regiment was under the care of this deponent. who went immediately with the said [illegible] to Fishkill and

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[illegible] there then in the Hospital. that this deponent staid there attending upon the Sick untill the [illegible] day of February 1777.
When he was discharged and his term of enlistment had [illegible] some time before that this deponent returned home to Ridgefield aforesaid. and on his way he again enlisted for thrice years in the town of Salem in the State of New York [illegible] joins the Connecticut [illegible]. that he entered into a Company commanded by John St. Johns of Ridgefield. that he staid at Ridgefield during the winter of 1777. & in the spring of that year joined a Brigade commanded by General McDougal at Peekskill on the Hudson river. that this deponent saw the said Samuel Foster about a fortnight. after he returned home in the spring of 1777. an aforesaid that while that deponent was at Peekskill aforesaid the said Samuel Foster came there in a Company commanded by Capt Samuel Hoyt of Stamford in the state of Connecticut. that the said Samuel Foster by the consent of the  said Captain and by the consent of the Captain commanding the Company to which this deponent [word crossed out] belonged joined the company in which this deponent was, in the place of a person who joined the company commanded by the said Hoyt in the place of the said Foster. that this deponent ad the said Samuel Foster remained at Peekskill

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until the Army was asked to march to Pennsylvania. that this deponent and the said Samuel Foster went with the army, through the [illegible] and joined that [illegible] of the army under the command of General Washington at Morristown in the State of New Jersey. that from there the army, with the said Samuel Foster & then deponent moved on to Pensylvania at a place called Brandywine. that a Battle was fought there late October 1777. when the Battle was fought at Germantown, that the said Samuel Foster was in the Regiment commanded by the said Bradley. and this deponent also. that this deponent was taken prisoner at that Battle by the British and was taken by them to Phyledelphia & there put in goal. that Foster was not in that Battle, being unwell at the time it was fought. that the deponent was in Phyledelphia goal eight months & a half and when the British left Phyledelphia this deponent was put on [illegible] in British [illegible] and kept there six weeks.  and then [illegible] to the City of New York & was there confined [word crossed out] till the general exchange of Prisoners took place which was soon after Burgoyne was taken. after Being exchanged, this deponent was not ashore at Elizabeth town point in New Jersey

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and from there went to Peekskill and from there to the Pine plains & there joined the American Army commanded by General Washington who was then there - Note this deponent was sick when he left New York xxx of it, he obtained a furlough from General Washington at Pine plains for forty days. That he returned home to Ridgefield. and remained there about Six months being too unwell to do duty. and that he did not join the American troops again till they came to Winter quarters at Redding in the State of Connecticut. This deponent then joined their [illegible] found the said Samuel Foster with the army and in the same Regiment commanded by Col. Bradley - that in the spring following in 1779 this army moved to White plains and the said Samuel Foster and this deponent went with them
at White plains this deponent & the said Samuel Foster with the rest of the said Company was detached from the Regiment and put into a Regiment of Light Infantry - commanded by Col. Meiggs - and was sent over the River & [illegible] Between Fort Montgomery and West point. Built that Fort and a Fort at West point. that this deponent and the said Foster was at the storming of the Fort at Stormy Point by General Wayne. this deponent further says that soon after the storming of the said Fort

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and in the year 1779. twelve hundred men were selected from the other troops, and called the Light Infantry and placed under the Command of General La Fayette. that Capt. John St John who commanded the company in which this deponent and the said Samuel Foster and went with the troops under the command of said La Fayette to the south and the said Samuel Foster went with them that this deponent also went with them and the other troops as far as the head of Elk river in the State of Virginia. that the said Samuel Foster was there. that at this place the troops under the command of General Greene [word crossed out] were stationed. that by the [illegible] of General La Fayette the [illegible] commanded by Capt St John has ordered back to the north. that the said Samuel Foster being in the Company, was permitted to join another company and to remain in the service with the troops under the command of La Fayette. this deponent returned to the north  with Capt St John and came back to the White plains. that this deponent continued with the Northern Army till his thrice year expired  then returned home at Ridgefield [illegible] and then enlisted again for [word crossed out] nine months in the place of a man by the name of Shadrick Morris of Danbury, Connecticut. that after being at home eight days

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this deponent joined the same Company and Regiment to which he before belonged and continued in the service till the nine months expired. he was discharge and returned home. that he did not see the said Samuel Foster after he left him at the head of Elk river in Virginia untill the termination of the War, when the said Samuel Foster came to the said town of Ridgefield aforesaid. this deponent says he has a pension from the government and obtained it in the year 1819.
[signed] Ezekel Whitney
Subscribed and sworn in open court February 6th 1833. and I do hereby certify that Ezekiel Whitney who has made and Signed this affidavit is a credible person and that his statement is Entitled to credit.
[signed] William F. B. Heermance Clerk of the Court aforesaid

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Rcd 23 Feb 1830. 1385.
Catskill 19th Febuary 1830
I herewith transmit to you my ap=plication under the Act of 1828. I have hitherto delayed my application i order to [caret] obtain some further proof of my Service I have however not been able [caret] obtain to all the proof I could wish; but I trust sufficient to sustain my Claim
I would further take [caret] the liberty of mentioning how, that when I was detached with the Light Infantry to go to South and I served in Capt. St Johns. Company in the Regiment commanded by Col Gemat or Gemet a French Officer I have been this particular in stating the OIfficers names under whom I served as far as I recollect, hoping that it might afford some facilities in identifying my Service
Please direct the returns to me, Care of Lewis Wakeley, at Greenville, Greene County, New York as the most [illegible] Post Office
Very respectfully I am your humble obt sevt
[signed] Samuel Foster

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E. Whitney's
AH [handwritten flourish]
OWJ
# 13.043

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1830.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act entitled "an act for the relief of certain Surviving Officers and Soldiers of the army of the Revolution" approved on the 15th of May 1828
I Samuel Foster of Catskill in the County of Green and State of New York do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the War, and continued in its Service until its termination. at which period I was a Private in the first Regiment of the Connecticut Line (the Company I do not remember) And I also declare that I afterwards recieved Certificates for the Reward of Eighty dollars, to which I was entitled under a Resolve of Congress passed the 15th of May 1778
And I further declare that I was not on the fifteenth day of May 1828 on the Pension List of the Unites States 
And I further declare that at the close of the War I recieved a regular discharge signed by General Wash=ington and containing a Badge of Merit for six years faithful Service. I believe it was also signed by Col But=ler; I left my discharge in the State of Connecticut a=bout forty years ago, but on Sending for the same I find it has been either lost or destroyed I further declare that I enlisted under Col Bradley in the year 1777 was in the detatchment to the South under La Fayette _ was engaged at the Seige of York Town where I also assisted in Storming a Red [illegible] & was discharged in the Highlands of this State
Given under my hand this nineteenth day February 1830
[signed] Samuel Foster

Before me James Pinckney, Commissioner in the County of Green in the State of New York personally appeared this day, Joel Bellamy Esqr and Egbert Bogardus of the said County who did severally make oath, that Samuel Foster by whom the aforegoing was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been a Soldier in the army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated
[signed] J Pinckney Commiss. [illegible]
[words obscured] York

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State of New York
County of Green } SS
I Chas C Abeel Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that James Puckney before whom the aforegoing affidavit were sworn, was at the time, and also on the 29th day of January 1830 (being the date of the accompaning affidavit) a Commissioner and duly empowered to administer oaths. In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court this nine=teenth day of Febuary 1830
[signed] Chas .C. Abeel Clerk

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[right edge of page is missing]
State of New York
County of Greene SS }
Ezekiel Whitney of the town of Catskill in the sa[word cut off]
County aged seventy four years & nine months being du[word cut off]
sworn doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with Samuel Foster of the town & county aforesaid and has known him from his in[word cut off]
that the said Samuel Foster was born in Ridgefield in Fairfield Coun[word cut off]
and state of Connecticut (the deponents place of nativity also) That in the year one thousand and seven hundred and seventy seven the sai[word cut off] Samuel Foster enlisted as a soldier in the Regiment of Col. Philip B. Bradley of said Ridgefield during the was; that this deponents was in the same regiment as a Soldier; that at the storming of Stony point he and the said Foster were in the same Regiment and did the duties of Soldiers; that afterwards they acted together at the Battle of Monmouth as Soldiers, that the said Samuel Foster and this depone[word cut off] continued together in the same Regiment and Company til the army arrived at the head of Elk, from which place the said Samuel was annexed to eh Troops under Marquis La Fayette and went on to South to join Gen. Greene.that this deponent continued in the Regiment of Col. Bradley and was taken prisoner at Germantown; And this deponents further says that he cannot be mistaken in this matter, as he and the said Foster were neighbours children, in Ridgefield and brought up together during their early life; and this deponent further says that he received a pension on the Evidence of Captain Saint John, and that this same Captain (under whom he and said Foster served) did testify that the said Samuel Foster enlisted for the War an served as long as he com-manded the company, which was until 1781 and further says [illegible]
[signed] Ezekiel Whitney
Subscribed and sworn to this 29th day of January 1830 before me
[signed] J. Pinckney a Commiss.er to take affidavits for the County of Greene } Greene SS. I certify that I am well a[word cut off]
quainted with Ezekiel Whitney above named and believe him to be person of truth and veracity dated 19 Feby. 1830
[signed] J. Pinckney Commiss.er

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1830.
Revolutionary Claims.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 23 Feb 1830.
Samuel Foster of Catskill - in the county of Greene - in the State of New York - has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled " An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termina-tion, at which period he was a Private - - in captain [blank space]'s company, in Col Bradley's Regiment of the Connecticut line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By Order of the Secretary,
[signed] F A Dickins.
#13.043 [illegible]
Act [illegible] O.K
File no 27.814 [illegible]
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE, 25. February 1830
[the following sentence has been crossed out: It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to   in the     ]
It further appears that a man by the name of Saml Foster is now on the pension [illegible] list of the New York _ _ _ _ _ agency, [words crossed out] at the rate of 5 33 1/3/100 _ _ dollars per month. but no payment has been made to him for several years past
The name of Samuel Foster cannot be found among those of the Connecticut line to whom certificates for the gratuity of eighty Dollars were issued _
It appears from the Register of  Mus=ters of the Connecticut line that a man by the name of Samuel Foster enlisted in Col. Bradleys Regt. on the 26th May 1777 for 8 months, and that he was discharged on the 1st of February 1778
[signed] Peter Hagner Aud.

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30 March. 
1641
GreenVille Greene Co NYork
March 22nd 1830 [handwritten flourish]
Sir
Your letter to Mr Samuel Foster of the 26th ultimo has been duly received In reply I would state that it would appear there were two persons named "Saml. Foster' serving in Col Bradley's Regiment, as Mr Foster the present applicant informs me he distinctly recollects the person mentioned in your letter who was enlisted for Eight months [underlined] as does also Mr Whitney whose affidavit accompanies this letter Mr Foster appears to recollect every part of his service until after his return from [word crossed out] the south. after the siege at York Town (at which [word crossed out] he also served) when, he says, he was again transferred into a Connecticut Regiment in which he served until the close of the war. but the names of the Officers of the Regiment he has forgotten 
He was discharged at the Highlands in this State received a regular discharge containing a badge of merit for 6 years faithful service He left his dis=charge frothy years ago in the State of Connecticut from whence he removed into this State He believes his Colonel's name was Butler but is not positive
I would further mention that Mr Foster sustains a character in very respect unimpeachable

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I give these remarks with the hope they will furnish some assistance in establishing his claim
Please direct as before
I remain Very Respectfully your obt humble sevt
Lewis Wakeley
To the Hon Secretary of the Treasury
Washington City

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STATE OF NEW YORK, GREENE COUNTY, } SS. Rec'd 30 March 1830.
I CHARLES C. ABEEL, Clerk of Green County, do hereby certify, James Pinckney whose name is affixed within Certificate of [illegible] Affidavit on the annexed instrument or Affidavit was at the date of the said Certificate, a Commissioner in and for said county, duly commissioned and authorised to make such certificate : And further, that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said James Pinckney and do verily believe the signature of J. Pinckney to be in his proper handwriting.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, this 20th day of March 1830
[signed] Charles C. Abeel Clerk

was one of the aforesaid persons and to my own per=sonal knowledge served in the Army for several years; That I was well acquainted with the said Samuel Foster from the time he enlisted which was in the year 1777 until he was selected into the Light Infantry under La Fayette to go to the south
That with the other Samuel Foster I was less ac=quainted but do distinctly recollect that there were two persons of that name serving at the same time in Col Bradley's Regiment and further says not _
March 19th 1830
[signed] Ezekiel Whitney

State of New York
County of Greene } SS
Before mJames Pincknee a Commissioner of said County personally appeared Ezekiel Whitney subscriber to the aforegoing affidavit which is well known to me to be a person of respectability and truth and made solemn oath to the  [word crossed out] Truth contained in the above Affidavit Given under my hand this 19th day of March 1830
[signed] J Pinkney a Commissioner to take proofs & acknowledgements in Greene County
Note the word "Truth" interlinked before oath made [signed] JPinckney

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State of New York
County of Greene } SS [top right section of page is missing]
Ezekiel Whitney of Catskill in the County and State aforesaid a Revolutionary Pensioner being duly Sworn do depose and say's that I belonged to Colonel Bradleys Regiment of the Connecticut Line of the Army of the Revolution. And that in the said Regiment their new two persons named Samuel Foster with both of whom I was personally acquainted
That Samuel Foster of Catskill in the County aforesaid was one of the aforesaid persons and to my own per=sonal knowledge served in the Army for several years; that I was well acquainted with the said Samuel Foster from the time he enlisted which was in the year 1777 until he was selected into the light Infantry under La Fayette to go to the south
That with the other Samuel Foster I was less ac=quainted but do distinctly recollect that there were two persons of that name serving at the same time in Col Bradlleys Regiment and further says not _
March 19th 1830
[signed] Ezekiel Whitney

State of New York
County of Greene } SS
Before mJames Pincknee a Commissioner of said County personally appeared Ezekiel Whitney subscriber to the aforegoing affidavit which is well known to me to be a person of respectability and truth and made solemn oath to the  [word crossed out] Truth contained in the above Affidavit Given under my hand this 19th day of March 1830
[signed] J Pinkney a Commissioner to take proofs & acknowledgements in Greene County
Note the word "Truth" interlinked before oath made [signed] JPinckney

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Revolutionary Claims. 1830
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 23 Feb 1830.
Samuel Foster of Catskill - in the county of Greene - in the State of New York - has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act entitled " An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termina-tion, at which period he was a Private - - in captain [blank space];s company, in Col Bradley's Regiment of the Connecticut line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By Order of the Secretary, 
[signed] F A Dickins
#13.0438[illegible]
Act [illegible] O.K
File no 27.814 [illegible]
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR's OFFICE, 
25th February 1830
[the following sentence has been crossed out: It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to   in the     ]
It further appears that a man by the name of Saml Foster is now on the pension [illegible] list of the New York _ _ _ _ _ agency, [words crossed out] at the rate of 5 33 1/3/100 _ _ dollars per month. but no payment has been made to him for several years past
The name of Samuel Foster cannot be found among those of the Connecticut line to whom certificates for the gratuity of eighty Dollars were issued _
It appears from the Register of  Mus=ters of the Connecticut line that a man by the name of Samuel Foster enlisted in Col. Bradleys Regt. on the 26th May 1777 for 8 months, and that he was discharged on the 1st of February 1778
[signed] Peter Hagner Aud.

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18 3/4 [line through all numbers]
James L Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of pensions
Washington
[written vertically on left margin] April 8. for transfer
[circular seal on left side of page] FLUSHING APR 6 N.Y.
[written upside down on bottom half of page] Samuel Foster
[illegible]
Recd. and [illegible]

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Samuel Foster
[illegible]
Recd. and [illegible]
[written upside down on bottom half of page] 
18 3/4 [line through all numbers]
James L Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of pensions
Washington
[written vertically on left margin] April 8. for transfer
[circular seal on left side of page] FLUSHING APR 6 N.Y.

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- Application for a transfer -
County of Queens_ SS_
On the 31st day of March 1835 before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, for the said county of Queens, appeared Samuel Foster to me person-aly [illegible], who on his oath declares, that he is the same person, who personaly belonged to the company commanded by Capt. John St. John, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Philip B Bradley in the service of the United States, that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Connecticut that he now resided in the State of New York, where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable in future. _ the following are his reasons for removing from the State of Connecticut to the State of New York, his son Jonah Foster is a mechanic in the Village of Flushing, county aforesaid with whom he, the said Samuel Foster now resided _
[signed] Samuel Foster
Subscribed & sworn to, before me the day and year above written }
[signed] Wm. W. Lawrence Justice _

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STATE OF NEW YORK
County of Queens } SS.
I, Samuel Sherman - Clerk of the Common pleas Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Effinghaur W. Lawrence Esq is a Justice of the peace in and for the said county of Queens duly commissioned and qualified; that his Commission is dated on the Sixth - day of April - 1833 and will expire of the first - day of January- 1837 and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County, the fourth - day of April - 1835
[signed] Samuel Sherman, Clerk.
[illegible circular seal on lower left of page]

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Flushing. [illegible] 5th April 1835.
James L. Edwards Esqr. _
Sir Agreeably to directions given in a letter from [illegible] Spencer Esqr. pension office. [illegible] I herewith forward you Samuel Fosters affidavit, supported by the oath of Saml. G Lawrence _
I take the liberty of further stating that the said Foster is a very worthy old man and presume that in consequence of [illegible] formality his name was put on the wrong  pension roll his first application was made in the year 1818 as which [illegible] his services during seven years of the American Revolution were fully authenticated, as he inform me, but did not receive his certificate untill the 18th day of June 1833. _ he thinks he has been unfairly dealt by, and then the back money is justly due him.
I am a total stranger to you Sir consequently cannot expect to check any particular notice to his case. by my representations but can only say that I shall be happy if it should prove otherwise. as the the man is sober, honest and poor retaining his abilities in an unusual manner for  one of his age. _ A speedy reply to this communication with the requisite documents to obtain his pension from the New York pension office will be duly ap-preciated by
Very Respectfully Your obd. Servant
[signed] Wm. W Lawrence