Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3737, for Daniel Talmage, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn.
Talmadge, Daniel or Talmadge, D.
11 3737
B.L.H. 26,647-160-55
Rebecca
CONTENTS

1860 Sept 1855 Shoreham Vermont
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1860 } Connecticut 1861 } Sept 1860
Rebecca T. T. marriage and of Daniel T. T. marriage list
No 2664 Revolutionary war
Rev Purdie Conn July 48 - no 976
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Vol I. page 6.
William H. Clark New Haven Conn

N o 991 Om
Rebecca Tallmadge application for Widows Pension wid of Daniel Connt.
Act 29 July 1848.
Let Oct 5, 1851.
Geo. Finley New Haven Conn.

Declaration of Rebecca Tallmadge widow of Daniel Tallmadge for Rev Pension State of Connecticut } City & County of New Haven }
On this 11 th day of June 1883 Eighteen Hundred and fifty one personally appeared before me a Notary Public duly authorized by law to admin- ister oaths within and for the County & State of said Rebecca Tallmadge aged eighty years a resident of said City who being duly cautioned and sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress entitled "an act for the relief of certain surviving widows of the Officers & Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army" Approved July 28 th 1848. Daniel Tallmadge late of said City about the 15 th day of July seventeen Hundred and seventy six entered into the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War as a Sergeant in the 2 d company of Light or Light Dragoons commanded by Capt or Lieut Woodruff in the Regt of Light Dragoons (Conn Militia) commanded by Maj. Hart; that he left New Haven and joined the American Army near New York that he was at the battle of White Plains and several skirmishes in that vicinity that he returned to New Haven about the first of December of that year

and was engaged during the winter in drafting & enlisting soldiers for the Army in the spring of 1777 he joined the Army again at Poughkeepsie N.Y. and continued in the service until after the surrender of Gen Burgoyne that while the British fleet was on the Hudson River he was sent with dis- patches by Gen Putnam across the river to Gen Clinton in a small boat with horse and being discovered by the British they opened a brisk fire upon him but he escaped unhurt and delivered his dispatches that he was in the battle with with the British at the time they attacked New Haven in their roving expedition under Gov Tryon in which battle a dis- tinguished British Officer was killed and said Daniel lost his horse that he was after- wards engaged in collecting & transporting provisions to the American Army at Newport R.I. and was the first to cross the Connecticut River with his horse & sleigh on the ice when overflowed by a freshet to satisfy others that it was safe — that she has no documentary evidence rela- ting to claiming of service but herewith sends two commissions of a higher grade of of- fice which he held in the same company soon after the close of the war

She further declares that she was married to said Daniel Tullmadge on the eighth day of April Seventeen Hundred and ninety eight that her husband the aforesaid Daniel Tullmadge died at said Newbern on the 17 th day of May Eighteen Hundred and thirty one that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but his marriage took place previous to the 2 day of January Eighteen Hundred vij at the time above stated she further declares that she is now a widow and has never before made application for a Pension
In presence of Julia Tullmadge
Rebecca Widow Tullmadge mother
Subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and year aforesaid according to best of her knowledge & belief to wit
Geo. Spidley
Notary Public

Dec 24 1857
Rebecca Gallmeyer
Widow of Daniel Gallmeyer Capt or Lieut Woodruffs 2 d Comp, 2 d Regt Cal Horse or Troop C Militia Rev War
Record of marriage

Copy of Record of the marriage of David Fullinwidge and Rebecca Potter. 1798 One thousand seven hundred and ninety eight. April Eighth, Daniel Fullinwidge was mar- ried to the widow Rebecca Potter, by James Dana"
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record of the marriage of Dan- iel Fullinwidge and Rebecca Potter, except of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows, to wit: "1798 April 8"
Leonard Bacon, Pastor of the First Church in New Haven, Connecticut.
I Leonard Bacon, above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Pastor of the First Church in the city of New Haven, State of Connecticut, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said society, with the exception above named as certified by me; that I have been Pastor of said Church since the year 1825, during which time said Records have been in my custody; and that the same is in the hand writing of Rev. James Dana D.D. Pastor of said Church at the time of said marriage.
Leonard Bacon.
New Haven December 20, 1837.
Subscribed & sworn to before me on the day & year aforesaid Ezra Litchfield Justice of the Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, COUNTY OF NEW HAVEN, COUNTY COURT, CLERK'S OFFICE. } ss.
I, Robert H. Osborn Clerk,
of the County Court, within and for New Haven County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commission of Justices of the Peace for said County, hereby certify:—THAT,
George Lindley was during the year 1850 until
was on the 20 th day of December 185 1 and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, having full power and authority by the laws of this State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and other instruments, and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; that full faith and credit may, and ought to be given to his official acts, and attestations; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and that the signature to the instrument hereto annexed purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature ; and that said instrument is executed, acknowledged and duly authenticated according to the laws of this State.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the Seal of said Court at the City of New Haven, in said County, and State, on this 23 rd day of December A. D. 185 1
Robert H. Osborn Clerk.

Bounty Land Claim.
State of Connecticut } ss. County of New Haven }
On this 3d day of March A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Rebecca Talmadge aged 84 years, a resident of New Haven in the State of Connecticut who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Daniel Talmadge deceased, who was a Sergeant of Company commanded by Captain in the Regiment of
in the Revolution in the Revolutionary War , that she is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of forty five dollars per annum payable at the Harford County  that her said husband  under act of 1848 at on or about
the day of A. D., for the term of and continued in actual service in said war for the term of  and was at on the day of A. D.,
She further states that she was married to the said Daniel Talmadge in New Haven on the 8th day of April A. D. 1798 by one Rev. Sedah Dana a Bap. Clergyman and that her name before her said marriage was Rebecca Potter that her said husband died at New Haven on the 17th day of May A. D. 1831
and that she is a widow at the date of executing this her declaration, and having obtained a Bounty Land warrant under act of  for  whereby No.  which she has legally transferred and disposed of, and not within her power to return,  when which she was  Rebecca she refers to said declaration for evidence of her husband's service, and her marriage, &c.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under act approved March 3, 1855. She also declares that she has never received nor applied for Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress, except as above stated. This case
Rebecca Talmadge
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written; and I certify that I believe the claimant to be the identical person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in said claim.
William H. Clark Justice of the Peace
AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES.
STATE OF Connecticut } ss. Town of New Haven COUNTY OF New Haven }
On this 3d day of April A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, H. R. Denslow and James Harrington residents of the State of Connecticut and County of New Haven who being duly sworn according to law, declare that they are personally and well acquainted with Mrs. Rebecca Talmadge who saw her sign her name (or make her mark) to the foregoing declaration, that they know her to be the identical person therein represented, and that she is now a widow; and they swear they are disinterested witnesses.
State of Connecticut } ss. } County of New Haven }
H. R. Denslow
James Harrington
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and submitted before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the claimant is the person described in and who signed the same to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
William H. Clark Justice of the Peace

Power of Attorney.
Know all men by these presents, That I,
of the County of
and State of
and the widow of
deceased, who was a soldier in the service of the United States, do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
my true and lawful Attorney, irrevocably, for me and in my name, to prosecute and receive from the United States the Bounty Land certificate, or warrant, due me by virtue of my deceased husband's service in the United States, under existing Laws granting Bounty Lands to the officers and soldiers, or their widows and minor heirs, for services rendered in the different wars, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, an attorney or attorneys under him, for the purpose aforesaid to make, and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do, or cause to be done, in and about the premises, as much so as if present myself.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this
day of
, in the year one thousand eight hundred and
fifty-
Acknowledged and subscribed before me a and State of
this
in and for the county of
day of
, 185
No 48698
BOUNTY LAND.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Mrs. Rebecca Salwadge Widow of Daniel Salwadge
Mrs. of the Heirs
PRESENTED BY
WILSON H. CLARK,
Attorney, New Haven, Ct.
J. W. Benham's Steam Press, 35 Orange Street, New Haven

Pension Office July 11. 1855
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Milton H. Clark of New Haven Conn: and have satisfactory evidence that he was on the 4 th day of July 1854 and ever since has been and still is a Justice of the Peace for the and for the County of New Haven, and that the signature purporting to be his appended to this declaration is genuine —
A. M. Brewster
Clerk

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Daniel Talmadge or Tallmadge a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W. F. 3737.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July, 1776 to Dec. 1776 Sergt. Capt. or Lieut. Woodruff 2 d Co, Light Dragoons Conn.   {Served at various other times, on recruiting service and as Coast Guard.  
Battles engaged in, White Plains, 2 d battle of Saratoga, New Haven
Residence of soldier at enlistment, New Haven, Conn.
Date of application for pension, June 11, 1851. Her cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, New Haven, Conn.
Age at date of application, 80 yrs.
Remarks: Soldier mar. in 1776, name of wife not stated. She died a few years after and he mar. at New Haven, Conn., Apr. 8, 1798, Rebecca Potter, a widow. He died at New Haven, Conn., May 17, 1831, aged 81 yrs. Two daughters of soldier by his 2 d wife, referred to, one named Julia, name of the other not stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

No 48698
Wm L. G. utao Comm ee of Pensions Washington D.C.

✓ 26, 647
5 New Camp

No 991
Rebecca Talmadge widow of Daniel Connt.
Act July 29 th 1848
To Geo. Lindley Oct. 5 th 1857
Mrs. J. Talmadge
Dec 27. 1857
To Geo. Lindley Febry 21 st 1858
Hon. C. M. Ingalls the 13/5-2.
Rept to Secy May 17/5-2.

Y.L.W. Rev. War Section.
June 4, 1918.
Mr. George McK. Roberts, 301 Parkwood Boulevard, Schenectady, New York.
Sir:
In response to your letter dated the 28 th ultimo, you are herewith furnished the records of the Revolutionary War pensioners George McKinsey or McKinsey, W. F. No. 2,226 and Eli Denslow W. F. No. 25,528, and are advised that the Revolutionary War pensioner Daniel Talmage or Tallmadge, W. F. No. 3,737 original number 991, a history of whose service was furnished you May 22 1918, is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau. Said records fail to afford any information in regard to Sergeant Joseph Convers and Daniel Cummings described by you.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rebecca widow of Daniel Gallun Sergeant 2 d Company 2 d Regt. Troop or Horse Col. Militia Rev. War widows Pension
Dec 3. 1857
Geo. Linder
Mr. Wilson Col.

Declaration of Rebecca Tallmadge widow of Daniel Tallmadge Rev. Sol. for Pension State of Connecticut New Haven County
On this 20 th day of December eighteen hundred & fifty one personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for said County Rebecca Tallmadge aged eighty years a resident of the City of New Haven in said County who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath deposes make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress entitled "an act for the relief of certain surviving widows of the Officers & Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army" approved July 28 th 1848. Daniel Tallmadge late of said City in the month of July seventeen hundred and seventy six then residing in said City of New Haven entered into the service of the United States in the Revolutionary Army as a sergeant in the 2 d Company 2 d Regt of Troop or Horse of the Connecticut Militia commanded by Capt or Lieut Woodruff that he left New Haven at that time and joined Genl Washingtons Army near New York in the latter part of July 1776 and was in the said service until about the 10 th of December of the same

year when he was detached on recruiting service in Milhaven and vicinity until about the 15 th of March 1855 when he joined the Army again at Peekskill N.Y. and continued in said service through the campaign of 1855 that he was at the battle of White Plains and Saratoga at the time of the surrender of Gen Burgoyne and in the general performance of Dragoon service during the campaign and returned to St. Haver about the first of December 1855 that said Daniel with his company was in the engagement against the British forces at their attack upon the Americans at Milhaven that he served in said company as "Coast Guard" during the years 1858 & 1859 during a portion of which time he was engaged in collecting & forwarding provisions & supplies to the U.S. Army that she has no documentary evidence relating to said claim of service She further declares that she was married to said Daniel Tallmadge on the 8 th day of April seventeen Hundred and ninety eight That her husband the aforesaid Daniel Tallmadge died on the day of May

Eighteen Hundred & thirty one by the Rev James Dona a minister of the Gospel that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but his marriage took place previous to the second day of January Eighteen Hundred & 31 at the time above stated she further swears that she is now a widow and has never before made any application for a Pension
Rebecca Tallmadge mark
R. M. Marshall
Subscribed & sworn to before me on the day and year aforesaid I further certify that the aforesaid Rebecca Tallmadge on said 2 nd day of December 1837 was unable to appear in court in consequence of a severe injury; of age & bodily infirmity
Ged Lindsey
Justice of Peace

Hannah Readerson affidavit de Pension for Rebecca Talmadge

In the matter of the application of Rebecca Tallmadge for Widows Pension State of Connecticut } City & County of New Haven }
On this 11 th day of June Eighteen hundred and fifty one personally appeared before me a Notary Public duly authorized by law to administer oaths within the County & State aforesaid Hannah Punderson aged ninety years a resident of said City who being duly cautioned and sworn declares and says that she was personally acquainted with Daniel Tallmadge an early late of said City prior to, during, and since the Revolutionary War to the time of his death in said City in May A.D. 1831; that at the commencement of the Revolutionary War he was a member of the 2 d Company of Troop or horse commanded by Capt or Lieut Woodruff in 2 d Regt of Troop Borne Militia in New Haven County; that about the middle of July seventeen hundred and seventy six he was drafted or volunteered into the service of the United States in said City and left New Haven at that time to join the Army near New York and that he furnished his own horse and was gone until the first part of December of the same year that he acted as and she believes was a Sergeant in said company that when he returned

he spoke of having been at the battle of White Plains and several skirmishes in that vicinity that she distinctly recollects the fact and time of his leaving because it was a few weeks after his marriage to his first wife who died a few years after Her friends endeavored to persuade him not to go to leave his young wife so soon after they were married but he replied that it was his country's cause and he must go. During the winter after his return he was engaged in distinguishing service for the Army about the middle of March seventeen hundred and seventy seven he left to join the Army at Peekskill N.Y. and was absent until the next winter on his return he said that he had been at the different posts of the American Army on the Hudson River and had frequently been engaged in carrying dispatches for the American commanders and on one occasion had to pass so near the British ships in the Hudson River that he was discovered and shot at by the British but by using his boat at full speed he escaped without that he saw the coming of Esopus and was at the battle of Saratoga at the surrender of Gen Burgoyne

That she saw him engaged in the battle with the British at the time they attacked New Haven in their roving expedition under Gov. Tryon; that in the last battle he lost his horse and it was reported for a short time that he was killed which created some anxiety on the part of his friends that during the remainder of the war he was engaged from time to time in collecting and transporting provisions to the American Army that she recollects what was said at the time about his crossing Connecticut River on the ice when it was covered with water about six inches deep when no other person could be found to prove the danger they were then carrying provisions to the Army in Rhode Island that said Daniel Tullidge died in said New Haven on the seventeenth day of May A.D. 1831 that he was married to said Rebecca Tullidge on the eighth day of April seventeen hundred & ninety eight by the Rev James Dana a minister of the Gospel that her name before her said marriage was Rebecca Potter that she has always resided in said New Haven since the death of said Daniel and that she is still a widow has never been married since the death of said Daniel that she is entirely destitute of property and depends entirely upon the labor of her two daughters

for support that she is now in very feeble health with but little prospect of her ever being any better that she is a sister of said Daniel Tallmadge and has always resided in said City and further deponent saith not
On motion Louisa Atting
Hannah his Runderson mark
Subscribed and sworn to on this day and year above written before me I further certify that the said Hannah Runderson is a credible witness that she is in the full possession of her mental fac- ulties of sound mind and memory
Geo Lindley Notary Public

Rebecca widow of David Tallmadge Rev. Soldier off of M. A. Osborn

State of Connecticut } In the matter of Rebecca widow New Haven County } of David Tullumadge Rev. Sol.
On this 2 nd day of February Eighteen Hundred and fifty two personally appeared before me a Notary Public duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County & state of said Minot A. H. Osborn aged forty years a resident of New Haven in said County who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he is one of the Editors & publishers of the Columbian Register published in said New Haven that he is joint owner and has joint possession with his partner Mr. B. Baldwin of the business of said paper (belonging to the office of said paper) from March eighteen Hundred and thirty five to October eighteen Hundred and thirty two in one volume in which he finds the death of Daniel Tullumadge late husband of Rebecca Tullumadge of said New Haven published in the following words to wit: "Died; In this City on the 'seventh' inst after a long and painful illness which he bore with patience last Daniel Tullumadge aged eighty one a patriot and soldier of the Revolution " the above date of the death and age of the deceased being in fair legible figures as follows "13 th inst. aged 81" instead of words so that the paper in which it is published is dated May 21 st 1831.
Minot A. Osborn

Subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and year aforesaid I further certify that the aforesaid Minot H. Osborn is a credible witness
Leo Sindler Notary Public

Rebecca widow of Daniel Sollumage
Rev Sol
Widows Pension
off of Elias Darrow

State of Connecticut } In the matter of Rebecca Widow of Daniel Norwalk County } Tollenadge of New Haven Rev. Soldier On this 22 d day of January eighteen hundred and fifty two personally appeared before me a Notary Public duly authorized by law to administer oaths within & for the County of said Elias Bassett age fifty nine years a resident of Housatonic in said County, who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he is the son of Theophilus Bassett deceased late of said Housatonic who was a member of the 2 d Company, 2 d Regt of Troop or Light Dragoons Connecticut Militia commanded by Major Hook that served in the Revolutionary War from July 1776 to December 1777 and for several short periods of time from time to time thereafter at different times as Deponent has been informed: that Deponent's father previous to his death in 1829 had frequent conversations with Daniel Tollenadge deceased late of New Haven in the presence of the Deponent from both of whom Deponent learned that said Daniel & said Theophilus were both in said service in the Company & Regt above named at New York in 1776 and at Peachkill under the command of Major Hook in the Division under the command of Gen. Putnam that both of them continued

in said service at various places on the Hudson River until after the surrender of Genl Burgoyne: that deponent has often heard both of them speak of the incidents which occurred while in said service that from what he heard them say he firmly believes that said Daniel Tullumadge served in said war during the time specified in the beginning of this deposition that said Daniel was the husband of Rebecca Tullumadge now of the City & County of New Haven
Elias Basset
Subscribed & sworn to before me on the day and year of said further certify that the foregoing Elias Basset is a credible witness
Geo Linsley
Notary Public

No 991
M rs Rebecca Talma widow of Daniel, Et
Act 29 July 1848
Alt o 6 m th S pt of Sav y p 45 per annum, com g 4 March 1848
allowed by Sec'y of the Interior
Hon ble Inman Smith U.S. Senator Fitchfield Ct

Widow Rebecca Talmadge - Applicant for a Pension - On appeal from the Pension Office.
The evidence in this case proves a fraction less than six months con- tinuous service; but there is testimony of an indefinite character, going to show that the husband of the Applicant was an ac- tive Patriot, and frequently in service afterwards for short periods.
I think therefore that Mrs Talmadge may justly be allowed the rate of pen- sion for six months service, and indeed that it would be injustice to deny it. Respectfully Reuben Harper.

Ms. Catharine E. Barrow official. de. marriage record of Rebecca Tullmady

State of Connecticut } City & County of New Haven }
On this 16 day of June 1857 personally appeared before me a notary Public duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County & State aforesaid Mrs. Catharine E. Bacon wife of Rev Leonard Bacon pastor of the first church in New Haven in the County aforesaid aged thirty eight years who being duly cautioned & sworn deposes and says that her husband the aforesaid Leonard Bacon is now absent in Europe that in his absence the deponent has the custody of the Records of Marriages for the first church aforesaid and on examination she finds the Record of the marriage of Daniel Tallmadge to Rebecca Potter on the eighth day of April seventeen hundred and ninety eight which Record is in the hand writing of the Rev Dr. Danather Pastor of said church which is as follows - "April" eighth seventeen hundred ninety eight "Daniel Tallmadge was married to the widow Rebecca Potter by James Dana" That the above is a true extract from the Records of said first church except the date which is expressed on the Record in illegible figures as follows. "1798. April 8."
Catharine E Bacon

State of Connecticut County of New Haven ss On this 10th day of April 1858 personally appeared me known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed. Given under my hand and the seal of the Notary Public in and for the State of Connecticut this 10th day of April 1858. I believe it to be a true and correct copy of the original record of the foregoing instrument to all intents and purposes as the same appears to the record of the original record of the same as the same is therein specified which is as follows "1858. April 8th"
Geo. Linsley
Notary Public

State of Connecticut } City & County New Haven } S.S.
On this 16 th day of June 1857 personally before me the aforesaid Catherine E. Bacon and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit, her subscribed in my presence.
I further certify, that she is a credible witness also that I examined the aforesaid record at the residence of said Leonard Bacon and I believe it to be a genuine record and know the transcript to be in the aforesaid affidavit to a true copy of the original record except the date as therein specified which is as follows "1798 April 8"
Geo. Linsley
Notary Public

Eneas Mousan affidavit de Rebecca Tallmadge Rensselaer

In the matter of the application of Rebecca Tullner - age for Rev Pension State of Connecticut } City & County of New Haven }
On this 11 th day of June eighteen hundred and fiftyone personally appeared before me a Notary Public duly authorized by law to ad- -minister oaths within said area for said County and State Enaacas Munson a Revolutionary Pensioner aged eighty seven years residing in said City who being duly cautioned and sworn deposes and says that he was personally acquainted with Daniel Tullner deceased late of said City prior to and after the Revolutionary War that he belonged to the 2 d Company of Troop or Light Dragoons com- manded as he believes by Capt or Lieut Wooduff that he (the deponent) was absent most of the time during said War with the Regular Army that soon after the return of deponent from the War he understood that said Tullner had served in the war at different times chiefly during the years 1776. and 1777. and such has been the common report in this City and that he has never heard it questioned and from his means of information he merely believes that he served according to the claim of his widow Rebecca Tullner
Enaacas Munson

Subscribed and sworn to on the day and year aforesaid before me I further certify that the aforesaid Eneas Monson is a credible witness
Geo. Lunder
Notary Public

Department of the Interior Washington Nov. 10. 1852.
Sir,
I have examined the testimony in the case of Rebecca Tallmadge an applicant for a pension under the act of July 29 th 1848, and am of opinion that it establishes at least six months service - You will therefore please allow a pension for that period of service. The papers in the case are herewith returned.
I am very respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
Alex. H. H. Stuart Secretary.
James E. Heath Esq. Commissioner of Pensions

Will the Com n be good enough to direct his reply on the within case to his ob. Serv t
C M Ingersoll M.P. Conn.

New Haven, Conn., March 27th 1852
Hon. Colin M. Ingersole.
Dear Sir: I herewith send the Controller's certificate and two affidavits relating to the revolutionary pension claim of Rebecca, widow of Daniel up Fallmadge. As the claim will now appear, the marriage is proved by record evidence - the service, by the affidavit of Mrs. Punderson, the sister of said Daniel, showing that he left home about the middle of July 1776, with his horse to join Gen. Washington's army near New-York; that he returned about the first of December 1776, and was engaged in the recruiting service until spring when he left to join the army at Peks Kill, - was absent until after the surrender of Gen Burgoyne and returned about the first of December - was afterwards engaged in the skirmish with the British at New Haven, and was in the service several short periods after said skirmish. The affidavit of Dr Munson, formerly a revolutionary surgeon, stating that although he was with the regular army during the war, after his return from the war he was informed, and believed that said Daniel served, as claimed by his widow. Also the two commissions as Ensign and Quarter-master in the said company immediately after the close of the war being the next grades higher than that in which he claimed that he served. The affidavit of the editor of the Columbian Register showing that he died in May 1831, and at that time was reputed to be a revolutionary soldier. Also the affidavit of

Elias Basset a respectable citizen of Hamden, showing that when his father was living who served at the same time and in the same company he often heard said Daniel and his father talk together about the transactions that took place while they were in the service together. The facts stated in the Controller's certificate show that the company in which it is claimed that he served, did actually serve, though there are no rolls to show the names of the persons, (they having been sent to Washington, and probably burnt at the time the Patent Office was destroyed). This company served a portion of the time at short periods, during the latter part of the war, as a coast guard. It was a very large company and was divided into small detachments and posted at different points from the New York State line to Connecticut River. I have now exhausted every source of evidence. Most of the Pensioners are dead.
It seems to me that I have furnished enough to satisfy a reasonable mind beyond a reasonable doubt. The respectable character and standing of the applicant and witnesses are so well known to you, that I trust you can assure the Commissioner that there is no ground to suspect any imposition. The applicant is now in her eighty second year, and has been unable to walk a step for more than a year past, - she is also entirely destitute of property. Were it not for the assistance of her two daughters who support her by their daily labor, she would become a town pauper. In view of all these facts, I shall hope for a speedy & favorable decision of her claim.

I beg leave to remain Sir
Very Respectfully Yours
Lyndon B. Johnson

New Haven 16 th Oct r 1887
Dear Sir
in June last. An application was made, or is said to have been made, for a pension in favour of Rebecca Talmadge widow of Daniel Talmadge, who was a soldier of the Revolutionary army. - Will you be kind enough to say whether such an application was made, and what has become of it. - Please add up your answer to Julia Talmadge New-Haven Connecticut.
Very respectfully, your Ob t -Serv t . M c W. Boardman
To the Hon Commission of Pensions Washington D.C.

Hon. Norman Smith U. S. Senate Washington D. C.

New Haven, May 10. 1852 Hon. Inman Smith.
Dear Sir:
I am informed that you have already been made acquainted with the application of a venerable and esteemed lady of this city, Mrs. Tallmadge, for a pension from Government on account of the services ren- dered by her husband, the late Dan'l Tallmadge, during the war of the Revolution. This lady has two daughters, as estimable as herself, residing with her, one of whom has corresponded with you in relation to the claim of their mother. The peti- tion has been rejected on the ground of insufficiency of evidence. They have still the right of appeal to the Secretary of the Interior, and to him they re- sorts in the strong hope of final success. Many of our most respectable citizens take a deep interest in this case, being satisfied of the justice of the claim, & having the highest respect for the lady & her daugh- ters, who I assure you are most worthy of this regard both on account of their superior intelligence and their exemplary Christian character. Although the proof of the services of Mr. Tallmadge in the war of Inde- pendence is not as strong as it would have been had they sought to collect it twenty years ago, yet it is known that pensions have been granted on similar

evidence to that which they offer and I am told that the Hon. H. L. Ellsworth who is familiar with the facts, has expressed surprise that the pension was not at once granted. It is believed here by many of your friends that if you will consent to take hold of this case with your accustomed energy, that you can accomplish the desired result upon the appeal now to be made. The Hon. J. C. Calhoun, was successful in a similar effort, after an application had been rejected much upon the same grounds. The character of the evidence to be offered by the Misses Salmondge will be submitted to you, & you will thereby be able to comprehend the whole matter.
These ladies are members of our church, and though possessing but limited pecuniary means, they have always dispensed their charities with a liberality that would put to the blush men of ample resources. Their aged mother is now an invalid, unable to walk a step in consequence of a dislocated limb, and they are in need of the aid which the government owes to them. I hope therefore for the reasons named, as well as for others that might be urged, that you will exert yourself to the utmost to secure to them the pittance for which they apply. From my knowledge of your generous sympathies and your regard for true merit, I have not hesitated to assure

them that you would take special pains to aid them, and that I believed you would be entirely successful with the case before the Secretary. Your attention to the matter, will gratify many besides those most inter- ested, & none more than your friend and obedient Servant
James A. P. Dabney

State of Connecticut Comptroller's Office Hartford March 23 d 1852
I certify, that on application for evidence of the service of Daniel Falmadge in the war of the Revolution, I have examined the Documents remaining in this office relating to that war, and do not find the name of Daniel Falmadge on any Pay Roll, nor do I find any Pay Roll of service performed under Lieut. Woodruff, and Cornet Griswold in Major Harts Regt. of Light Dragoons.
I find an entry in "Haskells Receipts," under heading, "The United States Dr. To the State of Connecticut," "for sundry expenditures for Frontier Extra Allowances, Wages &c. of Militia from said State, who served with the main Army at and near Peekskill in the State of New York," as follows, "Bills & accounts" Lieut. Woodruff & Cornet Griswold, Major Harts Regt. L t Dragoons, "For depreciation of Currency £ 55. 12 / Amount paid in nominal Money £ 55. 12 / Specie Value £ 20. 3. 3."
R. G. Pinney Comptroller by Geo. Robinson Clerk.

Pension Claim of Rebecca Tallmadge widow of Daniel Tallmadge Rev. Sol. died 1831 in May married 1798. Declaration affidavit & commission in 2 camp 2 d Regt of Horse or Troop. State Militia with a newspaper printed in May 1831 containing a Notice of the death of "Daniel Tallmadge a Rev. Soldier" sent to the Pension Office about the 15 th of June 1831

Mr Smith of Conn has met the case advanced to written with the hope that the Hon Secretary will be able to give it a favorable consideration He takes the more inter- est in the matter on account of the high responsibility & undeviating rectitude of the party applying I & of her friends - - 11. 48 (May 17 th ) Washington City Dear Friend

New Haven May 8 th 1852
Honorable Sir
Your kind condescension in being pleased to assure me in a letter which I received from you written at Washington Dec: 28 th 1851 that it would afford you particular satisfaction to render us all the assistance in your power to secure a pension from Government to my Mother, emboldens me to address you again. We have been in correspondence with the pension Office since I wrote you in Dec: last. now they say they cannot allow my Mother's claim till we can furnish better evidence of service rendered by my Father, if he served as stated by Mother they say there would be no difficulty in obtaining evidence of it from the Archives of the State of Connecticut. The Pension Office has a certificate showing that the company to which my Father belonged did serve in the War, but the roll of the company cannot be found, but we cannot doubt that he served as Mother has stated, for we have heard him from our childhood, till of the places and perils through which he passed, and repeat them again and again to the close of his long life, till some of the Revolution became familiar to us all. A few years since we could have proved it by the testimony of many living witnesses, but none there is not one living to our knowledge that served with Father. We are dissatisfied with the decision in the Pension Office, and my Mother will now appeal to Mr. Stuart Secretary of the Navy. Her appeal I shall enclose with this letter to you Sir, hoping you will present it, or use your influence in any way your wisdom shall direct. The Honorable Mr. Boardman whom you are aware has very kindly aided and advised me in this matter heretofore advised me to write Mr. Smith again and ask him if he could not in some way get this pension for my Mother. She greatly needs it, feels as if she must have it; it is her just due. I do believe no one private individual

rendered the Country more efficient service than did my Father and when I look back Seventy-five years and see this Country in deep distress, and think of him in the vigor of his days, full of physical strength, zeal, and energy of mind; and blessed with many means; and know he poured them all out like water for the public good, and think of him again when he had arrived at the age of four score years; his strength gone; his energy of mind abated; and he dependent upon the labor of our hands for support; when he ought to have been receiving a pension from Government; and now to see my Mother in the eighty-seventh year of her age, sick and helpless, unable for the last eighteen months to walk one step; with no means to procure the necessaries of life, except what she and my Sister can earn with our needles from day to day; and see the Country in such great prosperity; I do feel the decision in the Pension Office in my Mother's case to be unjust. It is so considered here by many whose judgment in such matters is worthy of respect.
Sir when a case is clearly established so the Commissioner can know there can be no deception, may he not depart in some slight degree from the strict rules by which he is governed?
I meant simply Sir that I am under the necessity of troubling you again; but our last ray of hope in this case consists in coming to you; if Mother's pension cannot be secured to her through your exertions in her behalf I see no way we can get it for her
Please accept our great grateful acknowledgments for all you have done; or may do for us. I speak in behalf of my Mother, my Sister and myself.
Yours with great respect
Julia Salmond
Honorable Freeman Smith

Hon. A. H. H. Stuart Sec. Interior
Copy of Hon. Sumner Smith } Washington U. S. Senate } D. C.

Palladium Office New Haven May 10, 1852 Hon. A H H. Stuart Secretary of the Interior Sir:
Feeling a very strong desire for the success of the application of Mrs. Rebecca Talmadge of this city for a pension from Government in consideration of the services rendered by her husband to the country during the War of the Revolution, I have taken the liberty of thus addressing you. The remaining members of the family consist of the wife and two daughters of the deceased soldier, all of whom have been known to me for many years. They are ladies of most exemplary christian character and are highly esteemed by many of our most respectable citizens. The mother has been long an invalid from a dislocated limb & much needs the small sum due her from the Government under the act of July 29. 1848. In the days of their better prosperity, they were liberal in their gifts to the poor, none more so in proportion to their means. They would reject now any private assistance; but they would rejoice to receive from the government the pension due to them on account of the services of the deceased soldier, their husband and father. It rests with you Sir to make glad their hearts.

by rendering to them that justice which they seek at your hands. Their claim has been rejected in the Pension Office, because the evidence is not as strong as it would have been had they been forewarned of the necessity of obtaining the testimony of those who have passed away forever. But I trust Sir that you will find enough that is satisfactory in what they offer, especially in consideration of the high character of the parties interested, who could not for a fortune, be induced to swerve one iota from a truthful statement. I learn that the Hon. H. L. Ellsworth, who has been made acquainted with this case, expressed surprise that the application was not granted at once. A similar case, however, was rejected a few years ago, the applicant residing in this city; but a simple statement of the case by one of our citizens to the Hon John C. Calhoun, brought the pension a few days afterwards. Mrs. Salzwedge, the wife  widow of the deceased soldier, is now, if I remember rightly in the 82 d year of her age. Her faculties have been wonderfully preserved, and though continually suffering from her dislocated limb, she is patient in her affliction, rich in faith towards her God, and hopeful that her country will smooth her pathway to the grave, which cannot be far off, by rendering her speedily & cheerfully the recompense; which is her due from services often & promptly rendered by her husband in the hour of national tribulation. This whole case

is now in your hands, and I earnestly hope that it may receive from you a favorable consideration.
Very respectfully
Your Obedient Servant James D. Babcock
Hon A. H. Stuart
Dear Sir
I fully concur in the above statements of Mr Babcock in regard to the worth & character of Mrs Talmadge & her daughters believing that you can place entire reliance upon their statements, and I would also add that I hope you'll be able to give the case a favorable decision.
Your friend, and
Obt serv
James Donaghe

Juka Tallmadge
Dated Dec 26 / 57 and " 28 / 57
Be present at Mrs Rebecca Tallmadge
Mr Smith of Conn respectfully refers this communication to the Comm. of Pensions in the hope that the subject will receive early attention Washington Dec 31 / 57
The opinion expressed by Hon Mr Broadman & the Rev Dr Crowell in favor of the standing & character of Mrs T should command her case to the kindened & favorable consideration of the Head of the Pension Office, —

New Haven Dec. 26 1851
Honorable Sir
My Mother Mrs. Rebecca Pallmudge, is entitled to a pension for her husband, my Father, services in the Revolutionary War: the late Capt. Daniel Pallmudge. He was in the volunteer service of the Country, always on duty when his services were required, from the commencement, to the close of the War. He died May 17 1831 aged 80 years. This same season, I believe, Congress passed an act which entitled the volunteer Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, to a pension. But the act was too late to benefit my Father. My Mother was married to my Father as his second Wife, April 8 th 1798, consequently she is entitled to a pension, under the act of Congress in 1848 which act, grants, pensions, to the widows, of Revolutionary Soldiers, that were married before 1800.
Early in the present year, My Mother employed Mr. George Lindly, an Attorney, at Law, in this City, to collect evidence, prepare, and send in a petition, for her. In June last, he had the papers ready, and signed, under Oath, one signed, by my Mother, Rebecca Pallmudge. One by my Father's Sister, Hannah Burderson, living then herself, over 90 years of age, and recollecting distinctly, her Brother's service, in the War of the Revolution.
Another, signed, by Doct. Enoch Morese, of this City, who was himself, Surgeon, in the Army of the Revolution, and now receives, a pension, for his services. These papers, two of my Father's Commissions, and the papers, which contained a record of his death, and spoke of him as a soldier of the Revolution, accompanied by a letter addressed to the Commissioner of Pensions. Mr. Lindly sent in June last. Six months have since passed away, and the petition has not been granted, nor rejected.
Now Sir may I a humble individual, be permitted to ask you, in your high station, to see that my Mother's claims are considered, and thereby confer a very great favor, upon my Mother, myself, and Sister. Necessity, has led

as to ask this at your hands, despairing almost of hope, unless it be through your instrumentality.
It may seem a small matter for men in office, to leave other and to them, more important business, to attend to the granting of pensions, to the widows, of Revolutionary soldiers. But it was not a small matter, to fight the battles, of the Country, in these troublous times, neither was it so considered, by those faithful men who left their earthly all, and poured their lives, in the Country's cause. It was a source of deep grief to my Father, while he lay, for many months, upon a bed of sickness, dependent wholly, for support, upon the industry, of his wife and children, that Congress, had passed no act, that entitled those that served, as volunteers, to a pension. Often did he say "Congress will wait til we are all dead before they consider our case." And now my Mother, more than twenty years after, placed, by providence, for more than a year, in a helpless situation, and likewise, dependent, wholly, for support, upon the industry, of two daughters, feels, if she could have, what was justly due her husband, from Government, that it would be a source, of great comfort, to her, during the short remainder, of her life.
Again I ask Sir, will you interest yourself, in our behalf, and receive for your reward, the grateful acknowledgments, of all those that are benefited, thereby.
Yours with great respect
Julia Pillsbury
To the Honorable Sumner Smith

New Haven 6 h 26 Dec r 1857
My dear Sir,
At my suggestion, Miss Talmadge has addressed herself to you for advice and assistance. She has made, as it appears to me very other effort, to avoid troubling you. I told her however that I had no doubt you would cheerfully attend to the matter, believing as I do that every word she has written is true. I shall feel personally obliged to you for any services you may render in the premises. —
Very respectfully
your friend Edw h ?
J. M. Boardman
Hon J. Smith
Senator
Mr Boardman was formerly a Member of Cong from Conn.

I hereby certify, that I have been acquainted with Miss Julia Talcott, the writer of the within letter, for many years - and that she is a woman of good character and strict veracity - and further, that any statement made under her hand may be relied on as entirely true.
Henry C. Crosswell,
Rector of Trinity Church, New-Haven, Conn.
Dec. 26, 1851.

New Haven June 17 th 1831
Hon James E. Heath
Dr Sir
I herewith send application affidavits &c of Rebecca Allreadge for widows Pension. The evidence is the best that the circumstances will admit of. The applicant was not aware until quite recently that she was entitled to a Pension every member of the company to which he belonged are dead and the Pensioners from this vicinity are leaving us in rapid suc- cession. I herewith send a paper containing an account of his death and a recognition of his service. The two Commissions subsequent to the Revolution I send to show the grade he held in the company soon after the war I consider it good circumstan- tial evidence
Yours Respectfully
Geo Lindley

No 48098

NEW HAVEN, CONN, April 3d , 1855.
SIR:
Enclosed please find application of Rebecca Tallmadge Bodew Heunint Tallmadge for Bounty Land, under act of Congress of March 3d, 1855.
Yours most Respectfully,
WILSON H. CLARK.
To HON. L. P. WALDO, Commissioner of Pensions, WASHINGTON, D. C.

3737
TALLMADGE'S Life and Fire Insurance
AND
REAL ESTATE AGENCY,
708 D Street—National Bank of Republic Building.
$30,000,000
Cahul Represented.
P. O. Box 730.
Washington, Feb'y 9 1875
Hon Court of Pensions
Sir:
Iowa
Twenty years since my grandmother filed a claim for pension for services of her husband in the Revolutionary war. and among the papers filed were two commissions rec'd by the Govt of Conn. in 1785 & 1787. These papers were merely filed as cumulative evidence and were not a necessary part of the evidence.
The name of soldier was Daniel Tallmadge of the Conn Militia

As a grandson of the soldier I respectfully request the return of the two commis- sions - to be preserved as family relics -
Yours Respectfully L. O. Tallmadge
Mr Prior - If they can be found, they will be returned 2. through Mr Tallmadge whose address is at the top of this letter - If they cannot be found, advise him by letter of the fact.
W. B.
Feb 10 14/75

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Hon Freeman Smith
Transmits letter from Miss Julia Tallmadge in relation to the claim of her mother for a pension —
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Recd July 5/52.

New Haven June 28 1852
Honorable Mr. Smith
Dear Sir:-
Your very kind letter to us of May 17 I received the next day; its contents filled us with grateful feelings towards you, and inspired us with hope that Mother would yet receive her pension, through the interested, faithful and friendly efforts of one so high in office and so great in influence as your Honorable Self. It is now seven weeks since you submitted Mother's claim to the consideration of the Honorable Secretary of the Interior, and we have heard nothing from him yet. Will he be pleased soon to communicate the result of his investigation to you Sir, then I know you will lose no time in forwarding it to us. It has seemed a great while to wait, our anxiety to know the result is very apology for writing at this time. If the claim is now rejected (which I hope it will not be) can Mother petition to Congress? will you present such petition for her and is it too late in the present session? I fear another Session will be too late to benefit Mother.
Under an abiding sense of obligation,
I am very humbly yours,
Julia Salmond

Mrs Smith of Conn refers the enclosed to the Hon Secy of Interior & respectfully solicits attention to the case of Mrs Salmauge now before the Hon Secy by appeal from the Commr on Pensions. Mr Smith has great confidence in the ultimate of the case. July 8/52
On

Omit
May 18 th 52 Hon' Simon Smith Appeal of Mrs Rebecca Dallmudge from the decision of the Comm ee of Pensions -
May 11 th 1852.
Appeal
Ref d to Com ee of Pensions for report: { Dept of Interior May 17 th 1852.

To the Secretary of the Interior
The claim of Rebecca widow of Daniel Salt-madge (Revolutionary soldier) for Pension under the act of July 29 th , 1848.
The commission of Pensions having decided to allow the Pension claimed in the above case on the ground that the proof of service was not sufficient ; the Claimant begs leave to appeal from the decision of the Commissioner, and present her claim to the Secretary of the Interior for his consideration pursuant to the act of Congress in such case provided.
The declaration of the claimant in due form states that said Daniel served in the 2 d Company 2 d Regt Horse or Light Dragoons. Lt. Militia commanded by Capt. S. H. Woodruff from the day of July 1776. to the day of December 1777. and for several short periods thereafter in the Revolutionary War - first at New York with Washington's Army until about the first of Dec 1776 then on recruiting service during the winter and at Peekskill N.Y. until Dec 1777 after the surrender of Gen Burgoyne.
The affidavit of Mrs. Burleson (now deceased) sister of the said Daniel states that he left

Not known on the day of July 1776 with the company of said troopers belonged to join Washington's Army near N. York that he returned about the first day of December 1776 and was on recruiting service until the day of March 1777 when he left to join the regular army at P'keepsill N. York and returned about the first of December 1777 was in the skirmish with the British at New Haven in 1779 and served as coast guard for several short periods during the War
The affidavit of Dr. Houson of New Haven a Revolutionary Pensioner and formerly a "Pension Surgeon" that he was absent with the Regular Army during the war but on his return immediately after the War he was informed & already then understood and believed that said Daniel served in said war as claimed by his widow
The confirmatory affidavit of Elias Basset stating that he had often heard his father who was a member of the same company talk with said Daniel about the places through which they marched and the incidents that transpired while at or near P'keepsill during the campaign of 1777.

The further affidavit of Minot A. Osborn one of the Editors of the Columbian Register showing that in the notice of the death of said Daniel published in that paper in May 1831. he was then known & recognized as a "Soldier of the Revolution"
Also the further confirmatory evidence of two commissions of higher grades in the same Company with Discharge in 1883. and Quartermaster in 1885. the declaration stating that he served as Sergeant
Lastly the Controller's Certificate showing an entry in "Haskells receipts" which are receipts Washington of James H. Haskell for a repartition of currency to "Lieutenant Wooduffs and Colonel Gwynnes Light Dragoons" showing that the company served although there is no muster roll of the service to be found. It is supposed that was destroyed at the time the office was burnt at Washington
In the declaration she says that she has no documentary evidence not being aware of the entry in the controller's office. In consequence of the death of a large number of Pensioners within a few years this is the best evidence the case admits of which is respectfully submitted
Rebecca J. Tullmadge
the sum of Julia Tullmadge

State of Connecticut New Haven County May 11 th 1882 Subscribed & sworn to before me on the day and year aforesaid
Ged Linsley
Notary Public

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3737
Rebecca Talmage Widow Daniel Talmage Sergt. Rev. War
Act: July 29, 1818
Index:—Vol. M , Page 262
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1875 Feb 11 Commision Conn file
L. G. Tallmadge returning two Signed in 1785 & 1787 by Governor d in application for a pension in New Haven
1918, May 22. History to George M c K. Roberts. Sm
1918 June 4 Geo. M c K. Roberts. The This is the only soldier this name

Schenectady, N.Y., May 28, 1918. Per m.ck
Mr.E.C.Tieman, Acting Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions. Washington, D.C.
Dear sir:-
I thank you for the Pension Record of Daniel Talmadge or Tallmadge, (W.F.3737) sent me under date of May 22nd. I now desire to inquire if there is any record of the Pension of Daniel Tallmadge, father of the above, born 1711, died 1791, who was also of New Haven, Conn. I have been informed that the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution have accepted for membership his descendants, based upon Pension 991, Claim 3737, so it appears to me that there must be a record of another pension, although I note you refer to "W.F.3737" in the record sent me. I shall greatly appreciate anything you can forward me in this connection.
Would it also be possible for you to furnish me the Pension N.Y. 11116 Record of George McKinsey, McKensey or McKenzie who I understand was a Pensioner from Tompkins County, N.Y. in 1818 as the result of services in the Connecticut Line. Also of Eli Denslow, N.Y. 15528 of New Haven, Conn. who is said to have been pensioned in 1818 for services in the Connecticut Line. The latter died April 9, 1833 and the former after 1805.
Have you also any record of a Pension for the services of Sergeant Joseph Convers of Bedford, Mass. and Chesterfield, N.H. for services in the Massachusetts Militia, etc. He died February 16, 1828; and a record of a pension for Daniel Cummings, of Ward, (now Auburn) Mass. for service in the Massachusetts Militia. He died May 16 or 20, 1792. All of the persons mentioned above were ancestors of the undersigned and I am desirous of securing the records requested for use in applying for membership in the Revolutionary Societies. I trust it is not asking too much and that you may be able to furnish whatever may be of record in this connection. Thanking you kindly in advance for your courtesy, I am,
Very truly yours,
George M. Roberts
#301 Parkwood Boulevard.

Rev Sec JMS
Schenectady, N.Y., May 14, 1918.
United States Commissioner of Pensions. Washington, D.C.
Sir:-
I am desirous of securing a copy of the pension claim of Daniel Tallmadge, a soldier in the War of the Revolution, from Connecticut, and have been advised that it is filed under Claim 3737, Pension 991.
Will you be kind enough to send me a copy, or abstract, which is for my use in applying for membership in the Sons of the American Revolution. Thanking you in advance, I am,
Very truly yours,
George M. Roberts
#301 Parkwood Boulevard.