Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6611, for Joseph Sunderland, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Sunderland, Joseph Elizabeth
W 6611
B.L.M. 31710-160-55-
CONTENTS

25,883-  Pennsylvania  Joseph Sunderland
of Lycoming Co in the State of Penn a who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Richey of the 1 st Reg t commanded by Col. Hunsicker - in the War for —
18 th C y — $40.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of July  1831 to Joseph Sunderland  18 th Penn a Vol y Inf ry Co. H
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1831 100.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 31 20.00 $ 120.00
} Revolutionary Claim, } } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. S. [unintelligible] Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 51 Page 54

850 Penna Phila Elizabeth Sunderland widow of Gen l Joseph Sunderland who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 Dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of April 1837 and sent to
A. N. Easton Esq Pittsburgh Pa
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 111 Vol. A ,
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176.409. Act Mar 3/55. June 30/55.
Elizabeth Sutherland widow of Joseph Sutherland Prio.
Capt. R. H. H. Col. L. H. H.
Pa. Mil. 45th
No. 311
Revolutionary war
Penn July 48-850 M c :1600 aafm. 20756 B. H. H.
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A. L. Gage Washington City Present.
Vol 2. page 145

W. 988 Elizabeth Sunderland widow of Joseph Pa
Was 29 July 1848
Married 1798
Hus d died 1838
Adm d 1 st J ry 1840 for annum. Comy 4 March 1848
Sheila
A. P. Workman Pittsburgh Pa

State of Pennsylvania County of Lycoming
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personally appeared before me William Elmer Associate
Judge in and for said County Elizabeth Sunderland aged seventy years, resident of Washington Township in said County who being first duly sworn doth on her oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed February 18, 1831.
This declaration
states she is the widow of Joseph Sunderland deceased late a resident of the said County who was a revolution- ary soldier and pensioner of the United States at the rate of 40 00 per annum and who died on the 30th day of April in the year eighteen hundred & thirty eight (1838).
This declaration states that her maiden name was Elizabeth Smith and that she was married to the said Joseph Sunderland in the month of February in the year seventeen hundred & ninety eight (1798) in said County of Lycoming by a Methodist Clergyman whose name was James Moore and from the time of her said marriage to the time of the death of the said Joseph Sunderland she lived with him in lawful wedlock and that since his dea- th she has not again married and that she has no record of her marriage publick or private.
This declaration further
states that one child was born to her as the fruits of said mar- riage prior to the year eighteen hundred (1800) whose name was Daniel Sunderland.
Sworn to and subscribed
Elizabeth Sunderland Mark
on this 5 th day of Aug t A.D. 1831
before me
William Elmer Associate Judge

I certify that by reason of old age and bodily infirmities the aforesaid Elizabeth Sunderland is unable to appear in open court and that satisfactory proof was made before me that Joseph Sunderland and the husband of the aforesaid declarant died on the 30th day April in the year eighteen hundred and thirty eight (1838) and that his aforesaid widow has not again intermarried since his death.
W m Elmaker
State of Pennsylvania County of Lycoming } SS
I Lewis Martin, Notary Public of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Lycoming and State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that William Elmaker whose name is herein subscribed is one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid duly commissioned and that the signatures herein purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this day of
Lewis Martin Frotty

   Names Quantity Rate Improvement & Property Rate per acre Valuation Total Valuation Tax     Sunderlin Joseph 200 6 1 Cow — ..75 150.00 8.00 158.00 ..79   Sunderland Daniel 200 6 ..75 150.00 150.00 ..75  
I, J. S. Maxwell do hereby certify that the above is a correct transcript as taken from the assessment of Washington Township for the year 1821 in the county of Lycoming and State of Pennsylvania. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal and affixed the official seal of the Commissioners office at Williamsport this sixteenth day of July A.D. 1851
Attest
J. S. Maxwell Clerk To Commissioners of Lycoming County
State of Pennsylvania } County of Lycoming } ss
Personally appeared before me J. G. Rathmell a Justice of the Peace in and for said County William Ellmaker Associate Judge in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that Joseph Sunderland whose name is above stated as having paid tax in Washington Township in said county in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty one was a revolutionary Soldier and pensioner of the United States in said county of Lycoming
declarant further states that Daniel Sunderland whose name is above stated as having paid tax in the aforesaid Township of Washington was the reputed lawful son of said Joseph Sunderland the pensioner
Sworn to and subscribed on this 12 th day of August 1851
Before me
J. G. Rathmell J.P.
Wm Ellmaker

State of Pennsylvania } ss County of Lycoming }
I Lewis Martin Prothonotary of said County certify that J. G. Patten Esq. whose name is subscribed to the within is and was at the time of the date of the foregoing an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and authorized to take the same
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office this 12 th day of Augt - 1857
Lewis Martin. Protho

176. 409.
Act of 1855.
DECLARATION FOR WIDOW. Who has never received Bounty Land.
Claim of
Mrs Elizabeth Sunderland
Widow of
Joseph Sunderland
FILED BY
A. S. Gage Attorney Washington D.C.

DECLARATION FOR WIDOW
Who has never received Bounty Land.
STATE OF Pennsylvania } ss. COUNTY OF Schuylkill }
On this 16 day of May 1855, personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, (duly authorized by law to administer oaths, Elizabeth Sunderland , aged 72 years, a resident of Washington Township in the County and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Joseph Sunderland , deceased, who was a Private , in the company commanded by Capt. Richrey , in the Regiment of Pennsylvania Militia commanded by Col. Hunter in the war with Great Britain .
Notarized by me
That her said husband entered the service of the United States at _____ on or about the _____ day of _____ 1779 for the term of one year and continued in actual service in said war for the term of at least fourteen days,
and was honorably discharged from said service as will appear by the Muster Rolls of said company, not having any knowledge of the manner of her said husband's discharge. She further states that she was married
to the said Joseph Sunderland , in the County of Schuylkill State of Pennsylvania , on or about the _____ day of _____ 1798 by Rev. James Moore a Minister of the Gospel and that her name before her said marriage was Elizabeth Smith , that her said husband died at Washington Township on the 30 th day of April 1838, and that she is still a widow.
Her Certificate of her marriage being lost, and no record of the same being found in the house of her said husband, and no entries in any church book...
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3, 1855, never having received Bounty Land under this or any other act, nor made any other application for Bounty Land except the present.
Alden S. Gage of Washington District of Columbia is hereby authorized to prosecute this my claim and to receive any warrant that may be issued hereon.
Elizabeth Sunderland [SEAL.]
AFFIDAVIT OF TWO WITNESSES.
We Paul J. Peppard and Reuben H. Peppard residents of the County and State aforesaid, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by the above Elizabeth Sunderland , in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
And we further declare that we were well acquainted with the said Joseph Sunderland and Elizabeth Sunderland his wife (now the widow) during the life time of the former, and knew them to live together as husband and wife, and to have been so generally reputed. That her said husband, the said Joseph Sunderland died at Washington Township on the 30 th day of April 1838, and that she is still a widow; and that they have no interest in this claim.
Paul J. Peppard [SEAL.]
Reuben H. Peppard [SEAL.]
* If no public or private record of the marriage exists, or can be procured, state the fact in the declaration, after the word widow; and in such case, such other evidence, such as the testimony of persons who knew the parties in the lifetime of the husband, and knew them to live together as husband and wife, and to be so reputed, will be admissible.
If a public or private record exist, an authenticated copy thereof must be furnished; if it be a private record, the authenticated copy thereof must be accompanied with the affidavit of some disinterested person, proving the genuineness of the original, and that the copy certified is a true and correct copy of it.
A certificate from the clergyman or magistrate who solemnized the marriage is not competent evidence, unless the genuineness of the certificate be proved, and the person who gave it be shown to have been authorized to solemnize marriages.

MAGISTRATE'S CERTIFICATE.
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that I believe the Claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
William Sedam J. P
COUNTY CLERK'S CERTIFICATE.
STATE OF Pennsylvania COUNTY OF Schuylkill } ss.
I hereby certify that William Sedam
Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavits were made, is and was, at the time of taking the same, an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature above is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office, this Seventeenth day of
May 18 55.
Geo H. Boal Clerk.

Joseph Sunderland Application for pension under Act of 7 June 1832.

State of Pennsylvania Lycoming County ss.
On this first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Lycoming County & Commonwealth of Penn a at its sitting Joseph Snyderland a resident of Washington Township in the County of Lycoming State aforesaid aged Seventy one years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th AD 1832:
(That he entered the service of the United States as a private soldier and volunteer in the month of May in the year 1779, in the County of Northumberland, Pennsylvania under Captain John Rickey. The Colonel of the Regiment was named — Hunter, I continued the whole of that Summer in the service guarding the frontier against the Indians — The next Summer I served as a volunteer in the same County under Captain Rickey & Captain Smith, the whole of the inhabitants able to bear arms were continually on the alert & we were obliged to tra- verse the County from place to place to protect the women & children — The Summer of 1781 I was called out under Captain Robert Smith, and served in the capacity of a soldier till the cessation of hostilities, when Cornwallis was taken — I never was in any battle with the Indians, though we frequently pursued them —

At the time of my service, the country on the West Branch of the Susquehanna river was continually infested with the Savages many murders were committed by them. I was every summer & fall for three years marching from one post to another as a soldier & volunteer to protect the inhabitants, and served under Captain Rickey in 1779 at least four months. In the year 1780 I served under Captain Rickey & Smith four months, & in the year 1781 I served under Captain Smith four months. — He had no other Officers that I recollect. —
At the time I performed the above service I lived in Herbert Township, Northumberland County Penn s . I have no documentary evidence nor do I know of any person whose testimony I can procure, who can testify to my service, as there is no person living within the country who was acquainted with my services during the Revolution.
I was born in Dutchess County & State of New York in the year 1762.
I have no record of my age — It is lost — I lived in Northumberland County when I entered the service I have lived in the same County ever since — In 1795 Lycoming County was struck off from Northumberland County & I now live in that part of Old Northumberland, called Lycoming County —
I was called into service as a minute man, or volunteer & served in that capacity as above stated —
I cannot recollect anything more particular respecting my services, nor the Officers under whom I served.

I never received any written discharge from the service. I was a private soldier I had no commission —
I am known in the neighborhood where I reside by John Shaffer Esquire and James Winters Esq - who can testify to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution.
And I do further hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State to the best of my knowledge.
Sworn & subscribed in open court this first day of May 1833.
Joseph S. S. [unclear]
Joseph S. S. [unclear]
We John Shaffer and James Winters Esqrs of Syconing County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said  Joseph S. S. [unclear] who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration, that we believe him to be seventy one years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
John Shaffer
James Winters
Sworn & subscribed in open court this first day of May 1833
John S. S. [unclear]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that there is no clergyman residing in the vicinity of the said applicant; that it also appears to them that John Shaffer & James Winters Esqrs are residents of the County of Syconing, and are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit.
John Chapman
John Cummings
A. Davidson

State of Pennsylvania Sycamore County
I, Joseph Voss Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Sycamore County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Sutherland for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 10 th day of May A.D. 1800.
J. Wood Ruthy

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
11 June 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Joseph Sunderland Lycoming County Pennsylvania
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol. May. 1779 - 4 - private Capt Richey, Colonel Hunter 71 years County of Northumberland Traditionary evidence - paper Correct   Vol. Sept. 1780 - 4 - " Capt Richey & Capt Smith   Called Sept. 1781 - 4 - " Capt Smith  
I am, respectfully;
Your obedient servant;
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
It cannot readily admitted that the above service is insusceptible of proof, and the regulations require the best evidence in the power of the applicant to be produced

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers ; the time he left the service ; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers ; ) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service ; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of hi-

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
aug
January 12, 1927
Mrs. J. W. Benson 1040 St. Clair St St. Paul, Minn
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 6611, it appears that Joseph Sunderland was born in 1763 in Dutchess County, New York.
While residing at Turbot Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted and served as a private in the Pennsylvania Troops, as follows-
From May 1779, four months in Captain John Rickey's Company, Colonel Hunter's Regiment.
In 1780, four months in Captains Rickey's and Smith's Companies; and in 1781, four months in Captain Robert Smith's Company, served until Cornwallis surrendered.
He was allowed pension on his application exe-

outed May 1, 1833, while a resident of Washington Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. He died there April 30, 1838.
Soldier married in February 1798 in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Smith.
She was allowed pension on her application executed August 5, 1851, while a resident of Washington Township, Pennsylvania, aged seventy years.
She stated that their son, Daniel, was born before 1800, no specific date of his birth given.
There is no further data on file as to family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Lycanning County Pa.
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Justs of the peace in & for said county of Lycomings, Mrs Rachel White, who upon her solemn oath, says that she was & is well acquainted with one Joseph Sanderland, in time of the Revolutionary war, My Father lived in fort Brewers Ecken as it was then called, at the house of a Ruth, I knew him to stand his tower at night at different times, Circumstances which makes me remember it was when a cannon was fired I was afraid said Sanderland would be killed, any further I can not remember as I was young; Despondant further Smith not;
Sworn & Subscribed this 30th day of December A.D. 1833. Before me David Fulmer
I do certify that I believe her to be believed, and that the Affidavit is entitled to credit R.C.
Witness my hand at Washington Borough L.C. this day & date above mentioned
State of Pennsylvania David Fulmer
I the undersigned Clerk of Common Pleas, said county of Lycoming do certify that David Fulmer Esq. is an acting Justice of the Peace & that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Williamsport the 22nd day of June A.D. 1833
J. Wood Worthy

J. D. Anthony saith that he has known Mr. Joseph Sunderland these fifteen years that resided within about ten miles of him during the whole of that time, he has often heard Mr. Sunderland mention the services performed by him in guarding the frontier against the Indians in protecting the lives & property of the people from destruction. He has always found the said applicant to be a man of truth & integrity & firmly believes that the statement which he has made of his Revolutionary services is worthy of belief.
J. D. Anthony Washington City
Jan 25. 1834.

Washington D.C. August 20 th 1851
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I have the honor to lay before the Department the application of Elizabeth Sunderland, widow of Ralph Sunderland of Penn, praying that she may be allowed a pension under act of 3 d March, 1831. Enclosing her declaration, a proof of her marriage June 1 st 1810, by certificate of the marriage of her son Isaac Sunderland, attested by the affixing of one of the associate judges of Lycoming county Pa.
I have the honor to be with great respect Your Honors obedt Servt J. P. Kirtland
Wm. J. L. Clarke Secy of War Washington D.C.

Brief in the case of Elizabeth Sunderland, widow of Joseph , Lycouris County and State of Pennsylvania act 29 July 1848.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner at $40 per annum. Record proof of marriage
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent.
A. S. Norton Pittsburgh Pa.
J. Cole Examining Clerk.

✓ 31. 710 W
5 Molines

1927-Jan. 12-Heir to Mrs. J. W. Benson awd.
Ray  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6611
Eliza Sunderland Will:
Joseph Sunderland B. 2. Her. War
Act: July 27/48
Index:—Vol. Me , Page 254
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1040 Sh. Clair St., St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 10, 1926.
Pension Office, Dept. of Interior, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly look up the pension record of Joseph Sunderland?
We had one daughter by the name of Sarah Sunderland Hogue and I would like to know the names of the rest of his children.
Joseph Sunderland - Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania. Rank - Private. Description of service - Pennsylvania Militia. Placed on pension roll - January 25 th , 1834. Commencement of Pension - March 4 th 1831.
In the year 1831 Joseph Sunderland was 72 years old. His wife Elizabeth Smith Sunderland drew a pension and land warrant after the death of her husband Joseph Sunderland.
Your immediate attention and reply would be very much appreciated as this is a very important matter.
Thanking you most sincerely
P.S. American Revolution
I am Mrs. J. W. Benson