Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7411, for George Mc Cully, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
McKully, George Ann
No. 7411.
U.S.A.
{ B. Mt. 1426 - 300 - bapt. Issued Nov. 5, 1789. No papers.
CONTENTS

1436
Pennsylvania. (Pitts Co)
John McCully son of George McCully
died on the 24 th November 1793 Alleghany Co, in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Captain in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the reg t _____ commanded by Col _____ in the Pennsylv line for the war.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 1880 Dollars _____ Cents, per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Sept. 1837 _____ and sent to Hon R. Biddle. N.R.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept '37 $3120 - Pemi=annual allowance ending 4th mo 38 240 -
$3360.-
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 }
Attest by Wm Wilson Clerk. Vol. 2 Page 198
St to Hon R. Biddle Mar 12. 1840
1883 Examined by Barrett a new 10-15 paper man
See Diary of McCully's & Lucas' Jour- ney to Detroit & also copy in Book entitled "Pennsylvania Militia Rolls, Mar 8 1812"

2551
Ann McCully Pennsylvania
admitted
Capt #480
part of documents proofs with Mr. Edwards,
Mr. R. Biddle AR

State of Pennsylvania }et
On this Eleventh day of September one Thousand eight hundred & Thirty seven personally appeared - before The Honorable John Bannister Gibson Esquire Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Ann Wbully a Resident of the City of Pittsburgh in the County of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania aged Seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose & say & make the Following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed 4 th July 1836 (or of the 2 d Section of the act of Congress of 3 d March 1837 explanatory thereof) That she is the Widow of the late Major George Wbully who was a Captain in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War & appointed or commissioned a Major by Brevet in the same service on or about the Thirtieth day of September 1783. which Commission or appointment has been lately by her request & Approval forwarded to the War Department as Evidence in support of her Claim to a Pension under said Acts & as she is now informed has been filed in the Pension office That according to the best of Deponents knowledge or belief her said Husband served under Col Richard Butler afterwards General Richard Butler who fell in St. Clairs defeat & that he entered the service at the Commencement of the Revolutionary War and

continued in the Military Service of the United States untill the end of that War & untill the Army was Finally disbanded that she has no knowledge of What Battles her said Husband was engaged in but has under- =stood & believes he marched with the Army to Ca- =nada & was also at the Siege of York Town & also in other engagements with the Enemy that she has no Documentary Evidence in relation to the Services or Rank of her said Husband other than the Commission of Brevet Major before stated to which she refers as also to the records of the War Department for Infor- =mation which she believes will be satisfactory. That she is in possession of a manuscript Book in the hand writing of her said deceased Husband containing a Diary or Journal of a Tour from Pittsburgh to Detroit in Com- =pany with Ephraim Douglass she believes then a Cap- =tain in the Army of the United States & others. The said Party left Pittsburgh on the 7 th of July 1783 & arrived in the neighbourhood of Detroit on the 24 th of July August of the same year that from sundry entries of Speeches entered therein as made to & by different parties or Tribes of Indians it would appear that her said Husband & said Ephraim Douglass were then in the employ of the United States on a Mission of Peace &c She further declares that she was married to the said Major George McCall at Carlisle on the 30 th day of September 1783 the military works at which place were then called Washington that she was married at the Dwelling house of her late Father Captain Nathaniel

Irish who was as she believes a Captain in the Corps of Artificers then at that place that she has no Certificate of her marriage but for further proof thereof Refers to the Depositions of Ann Armstrong & Boyle Irwin heretofore lately taken & intended to accompany this that her said Husband died at Fort Washington on the 24 th of November 1793 as she understood & verily believes at which time he had been in the service of the United States in the Commissary Department under the late Col l James O'Hara. And that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to said Depositions that said Claimants Hus- -band resided as she believes & has always understood in Pennsylvania & in the County of Cumberland when he first entered the service of the United States
Sworn & Subscribed on the day & year before written before me & I do also certify that the said Ann McCully the Applicant cannot from Bodily infirmity attend the Court —
Ann McCully
John B. Gibson
Western District of Pennsylvania ss.
Edward Simpson, Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of the Western District of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do hereby certify that John B. Gibson before whom the foregoing declaration was made by Ann McCully, and who has certified the same, now is and was at the time of taking and certifying the same Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and that the signature of John B. Gibson thereto annexed is his genuine signature —
Simpson
Witness my hand and the seal of the said Court at Pittsburgh this twelfth day of September Anno Domini 1837

Hon. R. Biddle H.R.
Disposition: Boyle Irwin

Western District of Pennsylvania Jr.
Before the Honorable Thomas Irwin Esquire Judge of the District Court of the United States in and for the Western District of Pennsylvania personally appeared Boyle Irvine of the City of Pittsburgh in the County of Allegheny in said District and being duly sworn on the Holy Evangel- s of Almighty God doth depose & say that the fol- =lowing extract is a true copy of an Entry made in the Family Bible of said Deponent To wit
"Ann Irish Born 29 th Dec r 1760"
"Married to Geo: McVilly 30 th Sept 1783" That said Entry was made upwards of thirty years ago by said Deponent & was truly copied by said Deponent from an Entry then being in the Family Bible of the late Captain Nathaniel Irish then residing in Pittsburgh & said Bible then being in his Possession & said entry made therein in the hand writing of said Nathaniel Irish, with whose hand writing he was well ac- =quainted from having frequently seen him write, according to the best of his knowledge & belief - that said Nathaniel Irish departed this life in the month of September one Thou- =sand eight hundred & sixteen & that said Deponent

within a few days last past made Enquiry respecting said Bible from a Nephew of the last wife of said Nathaniel Irish who survived him some years & had the Possession of said Bible after his decease with which said Nephew she resided some time before her Death & at where having she died; with a View of procuring said Bible in order to insert a copy of said Entry directly therefrom but could not procure the same & was informed the same was in possession of a person at the distance of upwards of fifty miles from Pittsburgh - The Deponent saith that the reason of his transferring said Entry from the Bible of said Nathaniel Irish into his own arose from the circumstance of his having on the 21 st day of April eighteen hundred & three having married Eliza McEully the only child of Major George McEully & Ann McEully his wife which Ann McEully was a Daughter of Captain Nathaniel Irish deceased in which said Bible of said Deponent & on the same page & immediately following the said Entry therein is the Entry of the marriage of this Deponent with the said Eliza McEully & the Date thereof & the Date of the Birth & names of all his children - Thirteen in number - That this Deponent Emigrated to this Country in the year one Thousand seven hundred & ninety eight & arrived in Pittsburgh in the year one Thousand seven hundred and

ninety nine & of course knows nothing of his own knowledge respecting the following particular but has always understood & believed & it was so understood & believed by all their acquaintances & so always reported & reputed that said Ann McCully was the Daughter of said Nathaniel Irish & that she was then the Widow & had been Lawfully intermarried with said Major George McCully & that said Eliza McCully his wife was their Daughter & has never heard to the contrary after a residence of nearly Forty years & ever since his first arrival in Pittsburgh & its vicinity
Boyle Irvine
Sworn & subscribed before me the 28 th of August 1837. & I certify that I have examined the family record in the bible of Boyle Irvine & that it corresponds with his statement in his deposition. I also certify that the said Boyle Irvine is a credible witness
Th. Mowin J. Judge Cl. P. D.
United States Western District of Pennsylvania
I Edward J. Roberts Clerk of the District Court of the United States for the District aforesaid. Do hereby certify that Honorable Thomas Irvine Esquire, before whom the foregoing deposition of Boyle Irvine was

was taken, & who has certified that the said Boyle's name is a credible witness, & who hath in his own hand writing, in due form of law, signed & certified the same, was at the time of taking such deposition, & certifying to the credibility of said witness, such, & only is, Judge of the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania & acting as such, to whose official acts full faith and credit, are, & of right ought, to be given, throughout the United States & therein here.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, & affixed the seal of the said Court, the 7th day of September A.D. 1837.
E. J. Roberts
Clerk.
Disinterested People's Journal
Hon. R. Biddle H.R.

August 14, 1930
Mrs. George La Vallie 113 Sacra Via Marietta, Ohio
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section EEL:
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.7411, that George McCully, while residing in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, entered the service at the commencement of the war, served as Captain in Colonel Richard Butler's Pennsylvania Regiment, and was in the expedition to Canada, at the siege of Yorktown and in other engagements.
July 7, 1783, in company with Captain Ephraim Douglass, he went on an expedition from Pittsburgh to Detroit, arriving at the latter place on August 4 of the same year, bearing the news of the restoration of peace to the military posts on the northwest frontier.
October 10, 1783, he was commissioned Major by Brevet.
He subsequently served in the Commissary Department of the United States under Colonel James O'Hara, length of this service not stated.
From 1790 to 1792 or 1793, his place of residence was on the Monongahela River at the mouth of Nine Mile Run.
He died November 24, 1793, at Fort Washington. The date and place of his birth are not shown.
The soldier married September 30, 1783, at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Ann or Anne, the daughter of Captain Nathaniel Irish, a Captain of Artificers. They were married at her father's home. She was born December 29, 1760, and was one of thirteen children, their names and the name of her

mother not shown. Captain Irish later resided in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The widow, Ann McCully, was allowed pension on her application executed September 11, 1837, at which time she was residing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with her son-in-law, Boyle Irvin.
George and Ann McCully had one child, a daughter, Eliza, who married April 21, 1803, at the age of seventeen, Boyle Irvin, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who had emigrated to this country in 1798.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

Wid. File 1411 George McCall
Geo McCall's diary of Gen. Ephraim Douglass' journey as bearer of news of restoration of peace to military posts on North Western Frontier.
has been sent to the Library of Congress on Feb. 9, 1909 by written order Seth Sarfield

Wid. File 7411
George Mc Cully.
"Poor Will's Pocket Almanack for the year 1783" Phila. belong- ing to Charles Lukens.
Has been removed from this claim and was for- warded to the Library of Congress on Feb. 9, 1909 by written order of J. R. Garfield Secretary
In said Almanack was the following entry;
"Sept. 30. bapt George Mc Cully married to Ann Irish at Washington. "

1907. Aug. 10. Mr Wm. Abbatt infd. that this Bureau is not authorized to allow publication of papers filed in pension claims SEP 10 1907 letter to J.
Franklin Jameson regarding the copying for publication of the diary of Gen. Douglas. (See Copy.)
Also advised Miss Alice E. Brown as to what has been written Mr. Jameson. (See Copy.)
C.M.B.
1907 Nov. 30 Mr Wm. Abbatt infd. journal of Ephraim Douglas belongs to this claim, and no data in regard to same in E. Douglas' claim S.F. 6804.
1909 Feb. 9. Poor Will's pocket almanack for 1783. sent to Library of Congress. ❖
Rev. WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7411
Ann McCully
Wid.
Rev. McCully
Capt. Pauline
Act: July 21/26, sec. 3d
Index: — Vol. 86 , Page 20
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1908 Apr. 6. Hist. of soldier to C. H. Burton. aw ✦ 1909 Feb. 9. Diary of Gen Ephraim Douglass' four- ney to North West Frontier sent to Library of Congress by written order of J. P. Garfield Secy Int. War Receipt for this and other papers locked up with Miscellaneous receipts in Rev. War section aw. 1930-Aug 14, Hist. to Mrs. Geo. La Vallie EOK

Ann V c Cully Pennsylvania
Suspended
See letter Dr. Sept. 1837 Hon. R. Bidwell do. 20 th Sept. 1837
File # 7,411

The documents from within require filed with Mr. Edwards, who has ordered a certificate to be opened.
29 Sept '37

War Department Pension Office September 20, 1837
Sir,
The declaration of Mrs. Ann McCulley widow of George McCulley has been examined and filed with the other papers in her case. She should send to this office all the documentary evidence in her possession connected with her husband's services, as required by the regulations, and particularly the manuscript book referred to in her declaration containing a journal of a tour from Pittsburgh to Detroit performed by her husband in July 1783. That journal will, I presume be sufficient to complete the evidence in the case.
I have the honor to be Very Respectfully Mr. Mr. H. St.
J. L. Edwards
Wm. A. Biddle House of Representatives

N 2551 Ann McCall Mrs McCall Pennsylvania
5
Sept 1783 June 84
on Pa roll book B paid to Nov-1783. page 180
Hm R Biddle HR

Sir
Treasury Department 3 d Auditor's Office 17 th April 1834
I have the honor to return herewith Mr Boyle Irwin's letter of the 17 th of February last, to you, together with the certificates therein mentioned, and I have to state that it appears from the Revolutionary records, in the in this Office, that George M. Cully has been fully settled with for his pay &c, as a Captain in the Pennsylvania line, including his commutation of Five years full pay in lieu of half-pay for life -
With great Respect John Hagner And
Hon.
Harmar Denny House of Reps -

Western District of Pennsylvania Sc t
Before the Honorable Thomas Irwin Esquire Judge of the District Court of the United States in & for the Western District of Pennsylvania Personally appeared Anne Armstrong in the City of Pittsburgh in said Western District of Pennsylvania & being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God doth depose & say that she is well acquainted with Ann W o ully Widow of the late Major George W o ully that said Ann W o ully is now living in Pittsburgh & resides with her son in Law Boyle Irwin who is now residing in that place - that said Ann W o ully has never been married since the Death of her late Husband the said Major George W o ully who is now deceased and who departed this life in or about the year one Thousand Seven hundred & ninety three as generally reported understood & believed at the time & ever since so understood & believed as far as she knows or believes - That the said Deponent was well acquainted with the said Major George W o ully in his life time & while he resided on the Monongahela River at the mouth of the nine mile run above Pittsburgh from the year one Thousand Seven hundred & ninety to the year one Thousand

Seven hundred & ninety two in the said Disponent during said Period resided within about one mile from the said Residence of said Major George Mc Cully - and that during said Period he resided & cohabited with said Ann Mc Cully as his wife and as Husband and wife during all said Period they were known, esteemed & reputed by all who knew them & understood reputed & believed by all who knew them to have been married many years before said period, while residing at said Place they had one child residing with them a Daughter named Eliza afterwards in the year eighteen hundred & three at about the age of seventeen years married to Boyle Irvine of the City of Pittsburgh - That she was well acquainted with Anne Mc Cully ever since the Period first stated who was always known, esteemed & reputed to be the Daughter of Captain Nathaniel Irish for many years a resident of Pittsburgh - That amongst a number of Papers & other Documents received from her deceased Mother the wife of Charles Lukens Deceased formerly a Commissary of military stores in the Revolutionary War, was the Small Pocket Almanack called "Poor Wills Pocket Almanack for the year 1783" & herewith annexed & Identified by the Signa- =ture of this Disponent on the Inside of the cover fronting the Title page which was delivered to her with the other papers including a number of old Pocket Almanacks of a similar kind as having been the Property of her deceased

Father the said Charles Lickens in one of the Blank leaves of which Almanack & on the leaf immediately following that of the month of December & on the second page of said Blank leaf is the following entry in writing to wit -
"September 30 th Cap t George" "Wholly married to Ann" "Irish at Washington"
That said Deponent can say nothing of her own personal knowledge as to whose hand writing the said entry is in. That her Father the said Charles Lickens died when she was in her infancy about the age of three or four years as she has always understood & believes - But from numerous Papers & Documents she has seen in possession of her said mother & shown her by her said mother as the Papers & hand writing of said Charles Lickens her Father & purporting so to be amongst which his signature frequently occurred she verily believes the said entry an extract of which is inserted in this Deposition is made in the hand writing of said Charles Lickens her Father & was written by him & of this she has not the least doubt on her mind & also that the numerous written entries on the Blank leaves in said Almanack are all like wire in the hand writing of said Charles Lickens her Father
Second Subscribed this 25 th of Aug. 1837 Th. McLean
Ann Armstrong

I certify that Ann Armstrong who has appeared to the foregoing deposition is a credible witness
Th. H. Davis
John Dugill D.P.
Disposition Miss Ann Armstrong
United States Western District of Pennsylvania
vs.
I Edward S. Roberts Clerk of the District Court of the United States for the District aforesaid do hereby certify that the Honorable Thomas H. Davis Esquire, before whom the foregoing deposition of Ann Armstrong was taken, & who has certified that the said Ann Armstrong, is a credible witness, and who hath, in his own handwriting, in due form of law, signed & certified the same, was at the time of taking such deposition & certifying to the credibility of the witness, a Judge of the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania & acting as such; to whose official acts full faith & credit most of right ought to be given, throughout the United States & elsewhere. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court, at Pittsburgh the 9th day of September A.D. 1837.
E. S. Roberts
Clerk.

Sept 2
Mat.
J. L. Schmidt Esq.
Pennia Ohio
Mr. Rich? Buddle A.R.

H. of Reps
1 Sept. 1837
Sir
I enclose to you the papers connected with the claim of Mrs. McCully to a Pension under Act 4 July 1836 and of 3 March 1837. The attention to them as soon as your convenience may permit will oblige
Yr very servt
Richd Biddle

Mat Sept 16 Pa. Am McCully. Pa.
John and Es. Penn in Office
Am R. Biddle AR

Sir
I now place before you the papers of Mrs. McCall, having been corrected in the particulars indicated by you. ♥
My Resp S
R. Biddle
Prof. Reips.
Friday m. 5

Sir
There is required, in a judicial proceeding now pending, the evidence submitted to you to establish the marriage of the late Mrs McCall, widow of Major Geo McCall, in which she obtained a Pension. Will you be pleased to have an exemplified copy of the same made out?
Very respt. & c
H: of R.
A. Bidwell
9 March 1840

CONGRESSIONAL.
No. _____
NAME OF CLAIMANT:
_____ P. O. { _____ _____
NAME OF SOLDIER:
_____ Co. _____, Reg't _____
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____

Mr. Davenport:
Thank you for your courtesy. The diary is worth printing from the standpoint of Mr. Abbott's magazine, and some one will call on you shortly to copy it.
E.H.

RECEIVED DEPT. OF STATE PENSION OFFICE NOV 21 1907 U.S. DEPT. OF STATE
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON.
November 21, 1907.
The Honorable, James L. Davenport, First Deputy Commissioner of Pensions
My dear Sir:
This will be handed to you by Miss Jennie A. Cook who has been commiss- ioned to copy the Revolutionary Diary concerning which I saw you a few days ago at the instance of Mr. Abbatt.
I shall be obliged to you if you will afford her the necessary facilities.
Very truly yours,
Edward Root Chief, Bureau of Citizenship.
Miss H. Cook. Will render her aid this. Davenport

THE BURTON LIBRARY.
C. M. BURTON, 27 BRAINARD ST.
DETROIT, MICH. Mar. 30, 1908.
Department of Interior, Bureau of Pensions,
Gentlemen:
The widow of Geo. McCully filed an application for a pension under 7411 Revolutionary War. In this file was a copy of a journal evidently kept by Col. McCully, of which I have a copy. I am about to print this journal, and I desire as much information as I can obtain regarding McCully, but have been unable to find a great deal. He was in the third Pennsylvania Regiment; Ensign; Second Lieut.; First Lieut. and Captain; Major in Militia in 1792, and applied to Gen. Knox for appointment in the regular army, which, apparently, he did not get. I next find him in 1793, hospital storekeeper under Gen. Wayne, and the last mention of his name in Wayne's orderly books is at Hobson's Choice. His wife's name was Ann, as appears from your records. He lived in Penn. but I do not know where. I do not know when he died, nor when nor where he was born. I do not want to ask any questions of you that the rules of your department prevent you from answering, but such information as you can give me regarding him or his family, I will be very glad to receive.
Respectfully yours,
C. M. Burton

113 SACRA VIA MARIETTA, OHIO
June 21 st , 1930.
Department of Pensions. Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen; -
Have you record in your files, of the granting of a pension to Ann McCully , wife of Captain George McCully . He died at Fort Washington, in 1793 - having served in the Revolution from 1776 until its close.

then, during the Indian troubles. Mrs M c Call died in 1839.
Thanking you for your kind attention -
Truly yours -
Florence Park La Vallie
Mrs George La Vallie 119 Laclede St - Marietta, Ohio.

WILLIAM ABBATT, Publisher, 141 East 25th Street, New York.
Dealer in Old and Rare Books.
Publisher of THE MAGAZINE OF HISTORY, WITH NOTES AND QUERIES.
(The virtual successor of the old Magazine of American History, published from 1877 to 1893, and edited chiefly by the late MRS. MARTHA J. LAMB.) Issued monthly at 50 cents a number; $5.00 a year.
(Back numbers, $5.50 a year.)
Sept 15 1907.
Dear Sir,
Thanks for your 13 th , on the Douglass MS. diary.
I have asked Mr. Gaillard Hunt, of the State Dept., to call to see the diary and find me a copyist. I hope he will call on you soon about it.
Very truly W. Abbott

Record Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 30, 1907.
Mr. William Abbett, 141 East 25th Street, New York, N. Y.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the twenty-third and received the twenty-sixth instant, you are advised that the fragment of a journal relative to Ephraim Douglass' tour in 1783, was filed in the Revolutionary War pension claim (Wid. File 7411) of Ann widow of George McCully, said widow alleging in her declaration for pension that the journal was written by George McCully.
In the claim (Sur. File 6804) filed by Eliza King for arrears of pension due her father Ephraim Douglass who never applied for pension, there is no reference to said journal, nor to any service rendered in 1783.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

WILLIAM ABBATT, Publisher, 141 East 25th Street, New York.
Dealer in Old and Rare Books.
Publisher of THE MAGAZINE OF HISTORY, WITH NOTES AND QUERIES.
(The virtual successor of the old Magazine of American History, published from 1877 to 1893, and edited chiefly by the late MRS. MARTHA J. LAMB.) Issued monthly at 50 cents a number; $5.00 a year.
(Back numbers, $5.50 a year.)
No. 73 1907.
Dear Sir
I have just rec d what is said to be a copy of the journal of Ephraim Douglass, a Revolutionary soldier (about which we have had some correspondence), but it appears to be only a fragment, with neither beginning or end, name or place.
Can you give me any items about it - is it part of Douglass' pension applica- tion? - It has no connection whatever with the Revolution, being merely an itinerary of a journey in July August 1783, apparently through the Indian region now Ohio and north toward Detroit.

They can give me anything from English papers which will help me to add some particulars about the man and his services. I will be glad - as it is, it is a sort of dislocated fragment, of no value
Sincerely
M. Abbott

Carnegie Institution of Washington
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH J. FRANKLIN JAMESON DIRECTOR
WASHINGTON, D. C.
September 16, 1907.
Dear Sir:
I reply to your letter of September 10, 1907, marked "Old War and Navy Division, J. R. C." In sending the request to which you refer in my letter of August 28 I had understood from Mr. Burton that he had arranged with Mr. Abbatt in such manner that there would be no duplication or competition. As I am simply acting for Mr. Burton in the matter because of having an office in Washington, I will at present confine myself to informing him.
Very truly yours,
A handwritten signature in cursive, appearing to read "J. F. Jameson". The signature is written in dark ink and features a large, stylized initial "J" and "F".
Honorable V. Warner Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.

Record Division.
April 6, 1908.
Mr. C. H. Burton,
37 Brainard St.,
Detroit, Mich.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 30" and received the 31" ult., you are advised that from the papers in the claim, Widow File 7411, it appears that George McCully (the date and place of whose birth is not stated) served as a Captain of the Pennsylvania Troops, Revolutionary War, went with the army to Canada, was at the siege of Yorktown, in other engagements the names of which are not given and left Pittsburgh July 7, 1783 in company with Captain Ephraim Douglass on a tour to Detroit where they arrived on Aug. 4, 1783. He was commissioned Brevet Major, U. S. A., Oct. 10, 1783.
He married at Carlisle on Sept. 30, 1783, Ann, born Dec. 29, 1760, the daughter of Nathaniel Irish a Captain of Artificers. He resided on the Monongahela River at the mouth of Nine Mile Run above Pittsburg in 1790, and he died at Fort Washington, Nov. 24, 1793, at which time he had been in the Commissary Department of the United States under Col. James O'Hara.
His widow Ann was allowed pension on an application executed Sept. 11, 1837, while residing in Pittsburg, Pa. with Boyle Irwin who had married her only child Eliza McCully.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

JRC
September 10, 1907.
Mr. J. Franklin Jameson, Room 51, 503 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass.
My dear Mr. Jameson:
Your letter of August 28, 1907, regarding the copying for Mr. Clarence M. Burton of 27 Brainard street, Detroit, Michigan, of the diary or journal of General Ephraim Douglas, has been presented to this Bureau by Miss Alice M. Brown, to whom addressed.
It has been found that a similar request had previously been made by Mr. William Abbatt, publisher, of 141 East Twenty-fifth street, New York City, who under date of August 15, 1907, was informed that the Bureau was not authorized to allow the publication by private individuals of any paper filed as evidence in pension claims. Under date of August 21, 1907, Mr. Abbatt was informed by the Hon. Jesse E. Wilson, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, that the letter referred to above was in accordance with the regulations and practice of the Bureau, but that in view of his further explanation as to the use of the copy of said diary as a contribution to history the matter would be given further consideration to determine the propriety of allowing the copy to be made. Mr. Abbatt not having as yet been given a definite answer to his request, it was deemed inadvisable to

J. Franklin Jameson:2.
permit Miss Brown to copy said diary at this time for Mr. Burton.
It may be proper to state that it is believed that there is no impropriety in permitting the publication of this diary, but that inasmuch as the same appears to have been mutilated and is in some respects incomplete its preservation in its present condition would seem to justify the Bureau in declining to permit it to be copied repeatedly for publication by different persons. It is therefore suggested that you inform the Bureau fully as to Mr. Burton's purpose and whether his aim would not be satisfied were the diary published by Mr. Abbatt, the first gentleman to apply.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

JRC
Sept. 10, 1907.
Miss Alice E. Brown, 821 Sixteenth Street, Washington, D. C.
Dear Miss:
Herewith is returned letter addressed to you by Mr. J. Franklin Jameson.
Mr. Jameson has been written to, explaining the situation regarding the copying of these records and asking for a further statement as to Mr. Burton's purpose and whether the publication by Mr. Abbatt would not be sufficient.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
(Inclosure.)

N. Y. D.
August 21, 1917.
William Abbott, Publisher, 141 East 25th St., New York, N. Y.
Dear Sir:
In response to your communication of the 10th. inst., relative to obtaining copy of MS. diary of Ephraim Douglass, a Revolutionary officer, the said MS. diary being part of the record evidence in a pension claim, I have since you (1914) the diary was received from the Bureau and contains the information that you will find it not authorized to allow the publication of a private individual's diary unless there is evidence of a public claim, as a public statement made in regulation and practice, but with your further permission as to the use of historical material in a publication of history, I have referred the matter to the proper authorities and have been advised by acting Secretary of War, General Wood, that the diary will be given inspection in order to determine the propriety of allowing a copy to be made for publication. It is suggested that the War Department will, in the next ten days, when the matter will have been further considered in the light
of your interest in the publication of the diary, I am, Sir, very respectfully, J. P. Morgan

August 13, 1907.
Mr. William Abbott, 141 E. 25th St., New York, N. Y.
Sir:
In response to your letter dated the 9th instant and received the 10th, you are advised that this Bureau is not authorized to allow the publication by a private individual of any paper filed as evidence in a pension claim.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
publisher of Magazine of History Mr Abbott, requests that he may publish Mrs. journal of Ephraim Douglas, a Rev. Soldier
The journal referred to is that of Geo. McCreedy of Pa. and is an account of Gen Ephraim Douglas Indian Expedition — AW —

IN PURSUANCE
Of an ACT of
CONGRÉS
Of the Thirtieth Day of SEPTEMBER, A. D. 1783,
GIVEN under my Hand: at Princeton the Tenth Day of October 1783
Dear Sir,