Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1636-400, for Joseph Pettingell, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Pettingell, Joseph
B.L.W th 1636-400. Maj.
Issued Aug. 7, 1789 to Richard Platt, assignee No papers.
CONTENTS
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334. Indiana Ave, N.W. Washington D.C. May 14 th /13
Commissioner of Pensions. Dear Sir,
Will you kindly give me the date of the death of Major Joseph Pettengill who served all through the "War of the Revolution." And after the Army disbanded settled at Newburg, Orange Co., N.Y. Was one of the Officers that bade Gen Washington Farewell at Francis Tavern N.Y. City, Also one of the Founders of the Order of Cincinnati in the Hudson. also Mass. & R Island. was from Mass. and served with Mass. Brigade in 1781.
Trusting I shall hear from Yours S r .
I remain Most - respect.
M c L Davis.
* 334. Indiana Ave, N.W. Washington D.C.

Rev. War Section.
May 6, 1913.
Mrs. L. Davis,
334 Indiana Avenue, N. W.
Washington, D. C.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 1 st and received the 2 nd instant, you are advised that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau show that a warrant numbered 1,636,
issued August 7, 1789, to Richard Platt assignee,  to one Joseph Pettinelli for four hundred acres of bounty land on account of the of Joseph Pettinelli  for his services as a Major of the Massachusetts troops in the Revolutionary War,
There is no further information concerning Joseph Pettinelli, as his papers are not on file, the same having been destroyed when the British burned the War Office in 1814. was
burned in 1800.
Very respectfully,
J. L. Davenport.
Commissioner.