Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10426, for Samuel Taylor, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass.
Taylor, Daniel Ruth
NUMBER _____
NUMBER 7P 10426
CONTENTS

13.362
4
New York
Samuel Taylor
of Jefferson County in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson of the Mapachene line, for the term of Two years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 29 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 of July 1818 and sent to Calvin M c Knight Watertown New York
  Arrears to 4th of Mar 1818.  81.56    Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 Sep 1818.  48.00    10 Mo \frac{2}{30}  \frac{4}{31}  $129.56  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
due Oct 1819
Application sent to the Com ee on Pensions for a Pension

State of New York Otsego County } ss; On this 25 day of June 1839 Personally appeared before the Hons. Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county of Otsego, At being a Court of record (now sitting) Ruth Taylor, A resident of Guilford Chenango County State of New York, Aged Seventy Eight Years, Who, being first duly Sworn, according to Law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of congress, passed July 7 th 1838, Entitled "An act granting half pay and Pensions to certain widows," That she is the Widow of Samuel Taylor who was a Soldier of the Revolution, and served as a private Soldier as he informed this deponent for three Years most of the time at and near Fort Point N.Y. name of the Officers not recollecting, refer to his Service being had to record on file in the Pension Office on which the said Samuel Taylor received his pension until his decease.
She further states that the Pension Certificate hereto annexed is the Certificate on which her late husband drew his pension, and that the same has been in her possession ever since his death.
She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Taylor in the month of October Seventeen Hun- =dred and Ninety three by Elyon Enos at a place that is now called Guilford Chenango County N.Y. That it was then called Oxford, Tioga County - that she does not recollect the day of the month, or the Christian name of the Justice who married her. That she has no family record, and has not been able to obtain any record whatever of her marriage.

That her husband the aforesaid Samuel Saylor died on the Twenty Second day of March Eighteen Hun- dred and Twenty Seven (1827.)
That she was not married to him prior to his having the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, Seventeen Hundred and Ninety four, v z . at the time above stated.
Sworn to and subscribed { on the day & year above } Written before.
his Ruth x Saylor mark
Jesse Rose Clerk
I certify that the applicant Ruth Saylor by reason of age and infirmity is unable to write her name and therefore makes her mark
Jesse Rose Clerk

Samuel Taylor
13362
8 July 1817

STATE OF NEW YORK, JEFFERSON COUNTY, ss. } On this Sixth day of July 1820 personally appeared in open court,
being a court of record by a law of said state for the said county Samuel Taylor aged fifty five years, resident in Rodman in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: as a private in Capt William Story's Comp y . of Infy. 8th Regt commanded by Col. Mr. Jackson  Massachusetts line - The date of his original declaration April 29th 1818 - the number of his Pension certificate 13,362 - He also subscribed his oath to the following
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War, passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Schedule - I own one Pot 1 Skillet 1 Tea Kettle - 6 old Chains - 4 Knives & Forks 3 Spoons - 2 Pails - 6 cups & Saucers - 1 Table - 6 plates 1 Tea pot - 6 Bowls - 3 pans Samuel Taylor
He further states that his occupation is a farmer his wife Ruth is fifty eight years of age and very feeble - which comprises his whole family residing with him
Sworn to and declared before George Andrews Clerk on the 6th day of July 1820
I Geo. Andrews Clerk of the county of Jefferson, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Twelve dollars, and twenty nine cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, on this twelfth day of July 1820 George Andrews Clerk of the county of Jefferson

State of New York Rensselaer County
On this thirty ninth day of April 1818 before me the undersigned Clerk of the Superior Court of Common Pleas for said County personally appeared Samuel Fowler aged 53 years resident in said District who being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the person described in the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" that he the said Samuel Fowler enlisted in Feb. 1781 in the State of Massachusetts in the Continental Service commanded by Captain William Stone 8 th Regt of the Mass. Continentals Continental Line commanded by Col. Michael Jackson & that he continued to serve in said Service in the Service of the United States until Oct 1783 when he was discharged from service at West Point State of New York & that he is in reduced circumstances and expenses in view of the assistance of his Country for support & that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said Services.
Samuel Fowler Sworn & declared to the day & year above written
Calvin M c Knight Judge

I, Calvin M c Knight, do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Samuel Taylor did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; & I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the above-mentioned act of Congress.
Clerk of the
Calvin M c Knight Judge
I certify that the above named Calvin M c Knight was on the 29th day of April 1818 a judge of said county and duly qualified to act as such.
one the Matter of Sam l Taylor 29 Apr 1818 - private 8 th Regt Jackson Miss s 16 Feb. 81 to Oct. 83 - Wanted the judges certificate of the alleged circumstances of the claimant.
Proof of Service is required B Skinner Clerk off New York Admitted
I certify that Sam l Taylor the applicant within named has proved to my satisfaction that he is in such indigent circumstances as to stand in need of the assistance of his Country for support Calvin M c Knight Judge

State of New York } So Mary Groomon of the town of Henderson Jefferson County } in Said County a person of proper age being Duly Sworn Doth Depose and Sayth that She was personally knowing to the fact that Samuel Taylor of Rodman in Jefferson County now here present did Enlist in to the United States Service for the term of three years in the Spring of the year 1781 in the Town of Great Barrington in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts and continued in the service till the fall of the year 1783 and further the Said Samuel Taylor was at home on a Furlough in the winter of 1782 that when the Said Taylor obtained his Discharge was sick and could not get home without the assistance of his friends and that I frequently saw the Said Taylors Discharge and was personally acquainted with him before and after the war and further Saith not Mary Groomon
Subscribed and Sworn before me this 8 th Day of May 1819
John S. Otter Justice of the Peace

I certify that I am personally acquainted with Mary Groom who has subscribed the within affidavit and that in my opinion she is a woman of truth and veracity and a credible witness — May 5 th 1819 John S. Porter Justice of the peace
Clerks Office Jefferson County
State of New York
§ I certify that John S. Porter was a Justice of the Peace at the time of taking the within affidavit and is duly qualified and sworn as such — Given under my hand and the seal of the said County this 19 th day of June 1819 Lee Ladd Dep Clerk

State of New York Onondaga County ss.
I am Fuller of the Town of Otis in said County aged fifty five years being duly sworn doth depose & say that he is personally knowing to the fact that Samuel Taylor of Rodman in Jefferson County & now his present abode, served in the Eighth Massachusetts Regiment from some time in the Spring of the year 1701. until the fall of the year 1703 - That this deponent was a soldier in the Fifth Massachusetts Regiment from the Spring of 1701 till the close of the war & was well acquainted with said Taylor before he went into the army & saw him frequently during said period in the army - & after the expiration of the war on the return for which this deponent & said Taylor had enlisted was not yet expired the said Taylor continued in service until the month of October or November 1703 - & was then discharged & this deponent was discharged in January 1704 - That this deponent does not recollect the company to which said Taylor belonged, but as the regiments were quartered near each other & this deponent frequently visited said Taylor he is perfectly satisfied that it was the eighth Massachusetts Regiment to which he belonged - & further saith not
Subscribed & sworn this 18 th day of May 1819 before me Thomas Hunt Deputy Clerk Court
James H. Fuller

I certify that I am personally acquainted with James Fuller who has subscribed the within affidavit & that in my opinion he is a man of truth & veracity & a credible witness. - May 10, 1819.
Joshua Forman
First Judge of Onondaga Common Pleas
State of New York Onondaga Clerks Office May 24, 1819
I certify that on the day of the date of the within affidavit and above certif- icates Joshua Forman was first judge of Onondaga Com. Pleas and that the signatures are in his own proper hand writing
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court
Truman Adams CLK

In the matter of Ruth Taylor An Application for a pension
Ruth Taylor of Gilford in the County of Chenango appeared and was sworn in open Court and examined and testified and proved that she is the widow of Samuel Taylor who was a United States pensioner at the time of his death, that he resided in his life time at Gilford aforesaid and that he died on the 22 nd day of March 1827, that she was married to the said Samuel Taylor in the month of October 1793 by Esquire Gurn. in Gilford Chenango County formerly called Oxford Tioga County, that she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service but previous to the first day of January 1794 viz at the time above stated and that she is 78 years of age that she has been residing for a short time past with her friends in Otsego in the County of Otsego and being so residing is the cause why she makes her application in this Court instead of the County of Chenango her usual residence.
State of New York Otsego County
I Jose Rose Clerk of said County and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County it being a Court of record do hereby certify that the foregoing has been compared with and is a correct copy of the minutes of said Court and that the same was adjudged by the said Court to be satisfactory evidence of the facts therein stated.
Witness my hand and seal of office this 20 th day of June 1839
Jose Rose Clerk

10426
P. O. Ruth Taylor
Service: Samuel
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Soldier File No
Alleges: 42444 _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Amantius reply to letter this is the only one identified May 6 92

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APR 12 1892

New York, April 7 th 1892.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:
My great grandfather Samuel Taylor enlisted from Orange Co. New York, and served in the Revolutionary war. Wishing to join the "Society of the Sons of the Revolution" and endeavoring to establish the fact of his service could you kindly inform me, at your earliest convenience whether he drew a pension, as I understand he did, for wounds received in such service. He died in 1831.
By conferring such a favor, you will greatly oblige, your obedient servant
Harry G. Graff 275 Skillman St Brooklyn, N.Y.

Hon. J. Edwards Com. of Rivers Washington

Leicester. July 31 st 1839
Wm. L. Edwards, Com. of Pension
Dear Sir I enclose you the application papers of Ruth Taylor widow of Samuel Taylor for a pension Your Early Attention is requested Respectfully Yours &c
E. Davis

Hon. J. L. Edwards, Com. of Pensions Washington
2

Coopers Town June 6 th 1840
Hon. J. L. Edwards } Com. of Pensions }
(Dear Sir, In answer to your favor of the 21 st ult. in relation to the application of Mrs. Ruth Taylor widow of Samuel Taylor for a Pension. I herewith transmit to you all the additional evidence I have been able to procure in support of her claims. from the evidence produced. I think there can be no doubt that her marriage took place in the fore part of October 1793. I trust therefore you will have no hesitancy in placing her on the Pension list.
respectfully yours
Charles Lewis

Mountlepton N.Y. Nov 28 th
free
Hon John H. Philip M.C. Washington D.C.

Wm. J. H. Prentiss H. R.

Mount Upton Nov 28 th 1840 Hon J. H. Brewster
enclosed I send you the petition of Widow Taylor. - There are important papers on file in the office of Com. of Pensions - papers which will go to show the claims of Mrs Taylor - consisting of the certificate of the Secy. of State of the State of N.H. Certifying that Mr Enos the officer who married Mrs Taylor, was an acting Magistrate at the time named by Mrs - Taylor. Also affidavits of others who were knowing to the transaction - Will you see that the papers alluded to are placed before the Hon Congress -
Yours Truly James Leavitt
in behalf of Ruth Taylor -

Hon. J. L. Edwards, Com. of Pensions Washington

Coopers-town March 20. 1840.
Hon. J. S. Edwards, Com. of Prisons }
Dear Sir. In answer to Your letter of 9. Oct. last. in respect to to the case of Mrs. Ruth Taylor for a Pension. I have to state that I have been only able to procure affidavits as to the appo- intments of Isaac Enos Esq. who married the said Samuel & Ruth Taylor there are no records whatever to be found of the marriage. I presume an Examination, You will be satisfied with the proof now before You on that subject viz. of witness actually present at the marriage and also proof of the appointments of such justice by the certificate of the Secretary of State, &c An Early examination is respectfully solicited
Your obedt. Servt.
Christian Davis

Chenango County, ss.
Joshua Burlingame a resident of the town of Norwich in said County being duly sworn deponeth and saith that Soab Emos was an acting justice of the peace in the year 1793 in the town of Oxford then in the County of Tioga now in the County of Chenango, and that the said Emos was the Father of the wife of this deponent, and that he was married to the daughter of the said Soab Emos and by the said Soab Emos on the 7th day of Feby. in the year above written, and this deponent further saith that the said Soab Emos is now dead, and further this deponent saith not
Joshua Burlingame
Subscribed and sworn to This 26th day of October 1839 Before me Levi Ray Jr. Justice
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Joshua Burlingame the above deponent and know him to be a person of truth and veracity Norwich Oct. 26. 1839
Levi Ray Jr. Justice
STATE OF NEW-YORK, CHENANGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE,
ss. Cyrus Wheeler
I, PEREZ RANDALL , Clerk of the County of Chenango, and of the County Courts of said County, do hereby certify, that Levi Ray Jr. Esq., whose name is subscribed to the annexed, or foregoing, Affidavit was on the 26th day of October 1839 a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly qualified, and that full faith and credit are to be given to his official acts, as such, and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Levi Ray Jr. and verily believe that the signature to the annexed Affidavit is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, the 26th day of October 1839.
Cyrus Wheeler CLK

State of New-York Secretary's Office
I Certify that it appears by the Minutes of the Council of Appointment of this State in this Office that on the 22 d day of March 1792 Joab Enos was appointed a Justice of the peace for the county of Tioga - that on the 7 th day of February 1794 Joab Enos was appointed a Justice of the peace for the said County - and that on the 28 th day of January 1797 the said Joab Enos was appointed a Justice of the peace for the said County of Tioga: And I further Certify that on the 13 th of August 1801 Joab Enos of Norwich was appointed a Justice of the peace for the County of Chenango, and that full faith and Credit may and ought to be given to the official acts of the said Justice of the peace from the year 1792 to 1801.
Given under my hand and the Seal of this office at the City of Albany the 7 th day of February 1840.
Arch d Campbell Dep. Secretary

Additional Evidence In matter of the Application of Ruth Taylor widow of Samuel Taylor For a Pension
C. Davis agt.
Carpentersville Otsego Co. N.Y.

State of New York Otsego County } ss
Ruth Taylor widow of Samuel Taylor de d , being duly sworn, deposeth & says that she has not been able to procure and knows of no record whatever of her marriage, that she was married to the said Samuel Taylor by Jacob Eno Esquire then of Oxford County of Tioga now Town of Guilford County of Chenango and State of New York in the month of October (1793) Seven hundred and Ninety three. from the lapse of time and consequent loss of memory she cannot state the precise day on which the marriage took place, but that it took place a number of days previous to her birth day which took place on the 22 nd day of the month of October. She further states that she never had any children or any family records. That her husband the said Samuel Taylor died on the 22 nd day of March 1827, and that she has not since married but continues the widow of the said Samuel Taylor.
And further saith not.
Subscribed & sworn before me June 1 st 1840.
Ruth Taylor mark
Christian Jarvis Justice of the Peace
I the said Justice before whom the above affidavit was taken do further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Ruth Taylor and do know her to be a person of good character for truth and veracity and her statement is entitled to full credit, and that she stated to me that she could not write her name and therefor made her mark June 1 st 1840
Christian Jarvis Justice

State of New York
Otsego County 3 d P: John Leon of the town of Guilford in the county of Otsego aged Seventy Seven Years deponeth and says that he is a pensioner of the United States, that he has been acquainted with Ruth Taylor and her late husband Samuel Taylor for more than fifty years, that the said Samuel and Ruth were married in the month of October (1793.) Seventeen hundred and ninety three, that this deponent well recollects that the marriage took place in October previous to the birth of his son Benas Leon which took place on the 30 th day of December 1793, that the said Samuel Taylor & Ruth Gregory were married by Joel Eno Esq. which this deponent was well acquainted, that the said Eno is now dead, that the said Samuel Taylor was a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death, that the said Ruth Taylor still remains unmarried and the widow of the said Samuel Taylor, and is a person of good character for truth and veracity and her statement is entitled to full credit. and further saith not.
Subscribed and sworn Before me June 1 st 1840.
John Leon
Christian Israel Justin of the Peace
I the said Justin before whom the above affidavit was taken do further certify that I am acquainted with the said John Leon and do know him to be a person of good character for truth and veracity and his statement is entitled to full credit. Dated June 1 st 1840.
Christian Israel Justin de

State of New York
Oldego County } ss: Margery Reynolds of Guilford in the county of Chenango State of New York aged Fifty nine Years being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that she was well acquainted with Samuel Taylor and Ruth Gregory. that she lived near neighbours for many years, that the said Samuel Taylor and Ruth Gregory were married in the month of October in the year (1793.) Seventeen Hundred and ninety Three, that this deponent does not recollect of being present at the wedding, but well recollects of being at the house of the mother of the said Ruth the next day after the wedding and seeing the said Samuel and Ruth and having a good deal of fun on account of their being so old, as the said Ruth was then over thirty Years old, that the said Ruth & Samuel remained in the family of the mother of the said Ruth until sometime in the winter after they were married and then moved to Rodman in the county of Jefferson, and after the death of the said Samuel Taylor she the said Ruth moved back to Guilford where she now resides, that she remains the widow of the said Samuel Taylor and unmarried, and is a person of good character for truth and veracity and her statement is entitled to full credit. and further saith not.
Subscribed and sworn Before me June 1 st 1840.
Margery Reynolds
Christ. Jarvis Justice of the Peace
The said Justice before whom the above affidavit was taken do certify that I am well acquainted with the said Margery Reynolds that she is a person of good character for truth and veracity and her statement is entitled to full credit. Dated June 1. 1840
Christ. Jarvis Justice of the Peace

State of New York } Otsego County ss. } I, Jesse Rose Clerk of the County of Otsego do hereby certify that Chester Jarvis Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits purport to have been sworn was on the day of the date thereof a justice of the peace in & for the said County of Otsego duly elected and qualified. — And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said justice & verily be- lieve that his signature affixed thereto and to the foregoing Certificates of Credibility is genuine. Witness my hand & seal of Office this fifth day of June A. D. 1840
Jesse Rose Clerk

In the matter of 5737 Ruth Taylor widow of Samuel Taylor Application for a Pension New York
E. Janis Agt. Corpusstown Otsego Co. N. Y.

State of New York } Chenango County } ss. John Seer of the Town of Guilford in said County aged Seventy Six Years, being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say, that is well acquainted with Ruth Taylor who is the widow of Samuel Taylor (now deceased) that he was also well acquainted with the said Samuel Taylor who was a soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death; this deponent further saith that the said Samuel Taylor & Ruth (Gregory) were married in the Autumn of the Year 1793. that this deponent was present at the Marriage which was solemnized by Esquire Enos then a resident of the Town of Oxford in said County of Chenango (Then called Tioga) that the said Enos is now dead, that the said Samuel Taylor lived with his family in the Town of Rodman Jefferson County N.Y. at the time of his death, that soon after his death his widow the said Ruth Taylor removed back to Guilford, where she now resides, that the said Samuel Taylor has been dead about twelve Years; that the said deponent has long been acquainted with the said Ruth Taylor and she sustains a good character for truth & veracity and her statement is entitled to credit, that this deponent is a pensioner of the United States, and further saith not. Subscribed and sworn John Seer This 27 day of June 1839. Before me.
Joseph Forster Justice of the Peace I, the said Justice before whom the above affidavit was made do further certify that I am well acquainted with the said John Seer and do know him to be a person of good character for truth and veracity & his statement is entitled to credit. Dated June 27 th 1839. Joseph Forster Justice of the Peace

State of New York } Chautauqua County p: } Ruth Cornell of Guilford in said county aged Sixty Seven Years being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say, that she is well acquaint- -ed with Ruth Taylor who is the widow of Samuel Taylor (deceased), that she this deponent was present at the marriage of the said Ruth Taylor to the said Samuel Taylor, which marriage took place at the town of Guilford, County of Chautauqua, (then called Oxford Tioga County) that she cannot recollect the name of the person who married them, or where he was a Minister or Justice of the peace. that she thinks the marriage took place in the Autumn or fall of the Year, that she cannot state precisely what month or Year; that the maiden name of said Ruth (Mrs) Gregory. that the said Ruth Taylor is a person of good character for truth & veracity and her statement is entitled to credit. further this deponent saith not.
Subscribed & sworn this
27 th day of June 1839. Ruth Cornell
Before me
Joseph Forster Justice of the Peace
I, the said Justice Before whom the above affidavit was taken do further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Ruth Cornell, and do know her to be a person of good character for truth and veracity and her statement is entitled to credit. dated this 27 th day of June 1839.
Joseph Forster Justice.

STATE OF NEW-YORK, CHENANGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE,
ss. Cyrus Wheeler
I, REBECCA DALL , Clerk of the County of Chenango, and of the County Courts of said County, do hereby certify, that Rufus Ford Esq., whose name is subscribed to the an- nexed, or foregoing, Affidavits & certificates of eligibility was on the 27th day of June 18 39 a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly qualified, and that full faith and credit are to be given to his official acts, as such, and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Rufus
Ford and verily believe that the signature to the annexed Affidavits & Certificates is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, the
27th day of June 18 39
Cyrus Wheeler clerk

No 13. 362
War Department,
PENSION OFFICE,
July 21 1820.
SIR,
You are hereby informed that the schedule of your property has been examined ; and the Secretary of War has directed your name to be continued on the Pension Roll.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
To Mr. Samuel Taylor
Rodman
Jefferson Co
NY
Samuel Taylor Recd March 22 1827

Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of Sept. next, in New York at the U.S. Branch Bank
Recorded

File No 42444
War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Samuel Taylor late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to com- mence on the Twenty ninth day of April one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Eight day of July one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen
Isaac Hull Secretary of War.