Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5870, for Phinehas Palmiter, Connecticut

SERVICE
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Conn.
Paliniter, Phinehas
S 5870.
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War of 1812
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CONTENTS

14250 New York
Phinehas Palmer
of Chautauqua in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Canajoharie by Captain West of the N.Y. commanded by Col. Topping in the R.R. Island time for 15 months & 23 days
R.D. & Comm May 5/1904 Records OK A.O.T.
Enrolled on the Roll of New York at the rate of 52 Dollars 54 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of May 1833 — and Rev. Mr. H. H. Hays Pamphlet
Arrears to the 14th of Ma. '33 $105 08 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Sep. 33 26 27 $131 35
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by C. C. C. Clerk, Book 60. Vol. 4, Page 70.
Rate of death record a. 13

In the Matter of Phil- ip Palmer on applicant for a Pension
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State of New York,
Chautauqua County ss. On this day twelfth day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court, before the judges of the court of Common Pleas for the county of Chautauqua, now sitting being a court of record of said county, having by law a seal and clerk, Phinehas Palmer, a resident of Butte in the county of Chautauqua and state of New York, having been born in the year 1764 aged seventy years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832 - That in the month of March 1778, he entered the service of the United States, having enlisted, for one year into the company, commanded by Captain Benjamin West - his lieutenant's name was Barber Puckham - his captain's name, Charles Brewitt - The regiment to which he belonged was commanded by Col. John Tappan or Tappan - The Lieut. Col. was now Hawkins and the Major - Philips. The regiment was raised by the state of Rhode Island as he is informed and was attached to the brigade of Gen. Israel Cornell who commanded the detachment, except when Gen. Sullivan of the regular army was present. - This deponent was born at Westerly in the state of Rhode Island, as he is informed - enlisted at a place called Hopkintown in the same state and joined

The army at Tiverton - He served out the period of his enlistment and served was honorably discharged at Tiverton aforesaid. - Afterward, he was hired by one Daniel Norton as a substitute for two months, and was stationed at Fort Griswold in the town of Groton and state of Connecticut. He served out his time & was discharged. - This was in the Connecticut militia and in the year 1779 - His Captain on this occasion was one Dickinson - Major Ledyard commanded the fort. - On his return he served one month and then engaged again as a substitute for one Sabin Holmes to go to New London for one month and served that period. His Captain was Christopher Brown - Lieutenant was one Billings and the ensign Joshua Whitford. This was also in the Connecticut militia. - In the year 1780 he was drafted at Hopkintown Rhode Island and marched to Tower Hill. Thence to Opdikes Norton was absent half a month and discharged. - The Spring following he was drafted for one month to go to Rhode Island and was present when Gen. Washington received the French Troops - His Captain was Phineas Mason - After he had served eight days his company was dismissed at Newport Rhode Island - He was in no battle except that at Rhode Island under the command of Gen. Sullivan. Towards the close of the war he removed to Farmington in the state of Connecticut where he lived several years - He then

state - Thence to Frankfort in the county of Herkimer where he lived about ten years - Thence he removed to the county of Chautauqua in the year 1873 - In the year 1882, he served as a substitute for Elias Wilkinson in Capt. Nathan Adams' company, and was in service three months, the greater part of the time at Ogdensburg in the county of St. Lawrence - And he further states now having received a written discharge that he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services without great inconvenience, with the exception of Eliphalet Steward and Stephen Wilcox, whose affidavits are hereto annexed - He hereby relinquishes any claim of pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the United States of any state - I have subscribed the day of the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty three -
Phinehas Palmer
W. Walworth
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
State of New York,
Chautauqua County ss. - On this Twelfth day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court, before the judges of the court of Common Pleas aforesaid, Eliphalet Steward of the town of Berne in the county of Chautauqua & state of New York, who, being sworn according to law, saith, that he has been acquainted with Phinehas Palmer

iter whose dislocation is hereto annexed, since the year 1778. In that year, this deponent enlisted into Colonel Topping's regiment of Rhode Island state troops, and served in said regiment and as one of the general's life guard, two years. Whilst attached to that regiment, he became acquainted with Mr. Palmeter who was a soldier in West's company of the same regiment one year. He was also knowing that afterward, the said Palmeter was marched to Groton as one of a company of Connecticut militia , and vividly believes that he served in that company, as he has stated - That he has known the said Palmeter ever since their first acquaintance, having lived a neighbor to him in the counties of Otsego, Herkimer, and Chautauqua, having been his near neighbor in the latter county about twenty years. -
Sworn & subscribed in open court, the day & year aforesaid }
BLISS H. STWARD
M. B. W. Webb
Judge Chase from Mass.
State of New York,
Chautauqua county ss. Stephen Willcox of the town of Butts in the county of Chautauqua and state of New York, being duly sworn, deponeth and saith, that he has known Phinehas Palmeter, whose dislocation is hereto annexed since the year 1778 - That this deponent in March of that year enlisted into Capt. Spring's company, Topping's regiment of the Rhode Island state troops, and served in said company

and regiment, one year - Mr. Palmer during the same period was a soldier in West's company of the same regiment and served in that com- pany one one year - He also states, that he knows that said Palmer did serve for a short time at New London in the Connecticut Militia That he has been acquainted with said Palmer ever since, and has been his near neighbor a considera- ble part of the time. -
Sworn & subscribed this 20 th day of September A.D. 1832 before me -
E. J. Foote
Attest B. G. Root
Chautauqua County ss. - I Eliab T. Foote, first judge of the court of Common Pleas for the county of Chautauqua aforesaid, do certify, that I have been acquainted with Stephen Willcox whom affida- vit is hereto annexed containing, that he is at present too infirm to attend court as a witness, and that the said Stephen Willcox has ever been reputed to be a man of truth and veracity. -
E. J. Foote Judge
We Filer Sackett residing in the town of Chaut- auqua in the county of Chautauqua and Alfred of Elliott county aforesaid Willcox, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Phinehas Palmer, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be twenty years of age; that he is reputed and

believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. - Felix Luskett - I have submitted the } day of year of record - } C. H. Wilcox
W. Walcutt
Judge Chas. Ben. Pleas
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named appli- cant was a revolutionary soldier, and would as he states, that it appears to them that Felix Luskett and Alfred Wilcox - - who have signed the proceeding certificate, certificate are residents in the Town of Chautauqua & Elliott , near the residence of the said Phineas Palmer and on credible per- son, and that their statement is entitled to credit. -
I, James B. Lowry, clerk of the court of com- mon Pleas for the county of Chautauqua do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the origin- al proceedings, in the matter of the application of Phineas Palmer for a pension. -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto

set my hand and seal of office This twelfth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
James B. Lowry Clerk
I James B. Lowry Clerk as aforesaid do hereby certify that Elias T. Foote and Benjamin Walworth Esquires are judges as above stated and that their names subscribed to the certificates of Affidavits in the foregoing proceedings are genuine
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said County of Chautauqua this 12 th day of September 1832
James B. Lowry Clerk

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Phinehas Palmer Chautauqua co New York
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Abner Washburn Jamestown N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted 1778 1 private Capt. West. Lieut. Pickham Col. Tappins Lieut. Col. Hawkins 70 Westville Rhode Island 2 Notes for 1 year & believes the balance of the time living witness & tradition   Substituted for one Daniel Newton 2 Capt. Dickerson Gen. Cornwall Maj. LeGarde Rhode Island Tiverton Fort Griswold   do for Iabez Holmes 1 Capt. Mason Taunton London Town Hill Of dikes   Drafted 1780 15   do 1781 8  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant, So much service it is believed must be susceptible of proof & claimants are required to produce the best evidence in their power.
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

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

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?  { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[t] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Deposited

January 29, 1932
BA-J/AWF aw
Mrs. Emma B. Hawley 2903 Edgehill Road Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Phineas Palmetter, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 5870, based upon the military service in the Revolutionary War of Phineas Palmiter.
He was born in 1762 at Westerly, Rhode Island.
He enlisted at Hopkinton, Rhode Island, sometime in March 1778 and served one year as private in Captain Benjamin West's company in Colonel John Topham's Rhode Island regiment, and was in the battle of Rhode Island. He served in 1779, two months in Captain Dickinson's company under Major Ledyard in the Connecticut troops, at Fort Griswold, and a little later served one month in Captain Christppher Brown's Connecticut company. He served in 1780 about two weeks in the Rhode Island troops, no officers stated, and in the spring of 1781 served eight days in Captain Phineas Maxon's Rhode Island company.
Towards the close of the Revolution he moved to Farmington, Connecticut, then to Whitestone, New York, then to Otsego County, New York, then to Frankfort, New York, and in 1813 to Chautauqua County, New York.
In 1812 he served three months in Captain Nathan Adams's company of New York Militia, at Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, New York.
He was allowed pension, on account of his services in the War of the Revolution, on his application executed

October 13, 1832, then a resident of Busti, Chautauqua County, New York.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Phinehas Palmiter, S. 5870, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., citing all of the following data-
Phinehas Palmiter Certificate number 14250 Issued May 15, 1833 Rate $52.54 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 New York Agency
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Rev War
5870
INVALID.
1918 Apr. 17 Hist. to Camil Palmer 1932 Jan. 29 " " Mrs. Emma P. Hawley and
File No. 5870
Phinehas Palmer
Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index: Vol. M , Page 287
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Pero 1-782
Jamestown N.Y. 349 East 2nd St. April 11 1918.
Bureau of Pensions. Washington D.C.
Revolutionary Dept. Dear Sirs -
Is there any important information on file in regard to Phineas Parmater or Palmieri , who died in Chautauqua Co, N.Y. Was a 58 pensioner and pension was payable to Comm John Parmater. My Grandfathers name was Phineas Palmieri. but I do not know what his fathers name was. I am nearly seventy years old. Kindly look this up and oblige. Resp. Yours.
Samuel Palmieri. Jamestown N.Y.

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2903 Edgehill Road, Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Dec. 9, 1931.
Veterans Bureau, Pension Dept., Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
Will you kindly send me the information given in the Pension Application of Phineas Palmetter (or Palmitter, or Parmitter) of Chautauqua Co., N.Y. He was a Revolutionary soldier, residence Busti, N.Y., died 1847 or 1849. The date on his grave-stone is not plain.
I will greatly appreciate this help.
Yours very truly,
(Mrs) Emma B. Hawley

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Phinehas Palmer a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
L. F. 5870
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Phinehas Palmer a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feb. 1778 19 mos. Pvt. Benjamin West John Topham R.I.   1779 2 mos. Dickinson Anded Major Ledyard Conn   ✓ 1 mo. Christopher Brown ✓ "   1780 1/2 mo. no officers stated. R.I.   Spring 1781 8 days Phinehas Mason ✓ "   1812 3 mos. Nathan Adams. at Ogdensburgh St. Lawrence Co. N.Y. N.Y.  
Battles engaged in, Rhode Island Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted at Hopkinton R.I. Date of application for pension, Oct. 12. 1832. His el. was al. Residence at date of application, Busti, Chautauqua Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, born in 1762 at Westerly R.I. Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.