Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1,769, Reuben Case, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Case, Reuben
R. 1769
CONTENTS

State of Connecticut
County of Hartford - District of Granby 11
On this 13 th Day of August 1834. Personally appeared in open court before the court of Probate for the District of Granby now sitting, Amos base, a Resident of Simsbury in the County of Litchfield aged Seventy Seven 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 he entered the Service of the United States under the following several officers of the United States - viz - That on or about the first of August 1776 - he was drafted as a private for the term of five months & joined a Regt. commanded by Col. Jonathan Pitkin of the Connecticut Militia, that he marched from Simsbury towards New Haven the Company to which he belonged? Placed a Captain who was either Jonathan Pitkin or in or about base, & which he cannot distinctly remember both then being with them at New Haven - From New Haven they marched to New York & was at New York at the time of the Battle on Long Island in August 1776, and after the British took possession of New York, we fell back to White Plains, Turtle Bay, above Seven Miles from New York on the Hudson River, & there we built a Breast-Work & Remained there until about the 15 th of December in the same year, & were then attacked by a General Officer & he believes it was Douglas, having been in this town a term of not less than four short months

The Quillets in this town a lot known who was here? & of being here —
That he again went into service as a private, by voluntary enlistment, the year of 1777, in the New York Continental Army, of Saratoga, for a term of two months, that he marched from Saratoga, when he then was, to Little Falls, Danbury & Fishkill, October 1777, at West Point & was discharged? at West Point & came home in June in the same year, having served in this town a term of not less than two months — he remembers being near Danbury when that place was burned by Gen. Tryon —
The further Deeds that in 1777, he belonged to a Matineu Company in Saratoga County commanded by Capt. Pat back, that about the first of September in that year, he was drafted from Company for a term of five months, as a private & joined a company commanded by Capt. Eliphalet Groot, Lt. Elyas base & as he believes in Col. Cook's Regt. of March? Detached to Red Hook on the Hudson River & from there to Saratoga & he was at Saratoga at the time of the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne's Army on the 17th of October 1777. & remained there until the about the first of January 1778 & was discharged? & returned home having served in this town not less than four months. The Quillets in this town of being here for four months. Capt. & Ransche & remembers a Capt. Wilkinson — The further stats that in these towns, he was in the

General Battle, but was frequently in skirmishes with Scouting Parties of the Enemy -
That he resisted in resisting of arms and when barefooted into Service, when he has always been, excepting a few years in the adjoining town of Hanby - That he has no documentary evidence of his Service I know of no living testimony he can prove to his of arms Service -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or Annuity. But at the present I declare that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Army of any State -
He states as the reason why he has not sooner applied in application, after his papers were returned. I think from the Department, that about three years ago he suffered an amputation of his left leg above the knee. Since that time he has been very much confined within doors. He has been for the most part of the time in a very low condition & unable at times to converse at all & not un- frequently lost all recollection of past events -
He would further declare that the Service stated in his former declaration under last head was for two months & not for two years, & that he meant to be so understood - Owing to the circumstance of his being very deaf, he supposes, that mistake happened -

He states as the reason why he cannot prove the baptism of a clergyman, that the Rev. Samuel Stubbins, in whose Parish he Resided has been dead above 40 years, & the clergyman living in this vicinity are young men I wholly unacquainted with him   Residing in this case I have I believe the boy & man of this kind Witness John W. Matthews before Mr. Joshua R. Smith, Judge
We William Mitchellson & John Latham both now residing in Sevier in Kentucky County State of Kentucky do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Rubin Gass who has I believe I know to the young declaration, that we believe him to be twenty seven years of age that he is reported to be in the neighborhood when he Resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we believe in that opinion  I have I believe the boy & man of this kind Witness John W. Matthews before Mr. Joshua R. Smith, Judge
Wm Mitchellson John W. Matthews

and the interrogations put by the board as presided by the Superintendent of War, the President has given the answers as follows —
1. That he was born in Linnsey upon Sept. 15, 1756 — 2. That he has no record of his age — 3. That when called into service he lived in Linnsey upon which he has always lived, except a few years in the adjoining town of Greenfield, where he now lives — 4. — First time he was drafted — 2 d Vermont? — 3 d he was drafted 5. — He remembers seeing a Genl. Douglas, Genl. Lee & a Col. Knowlton — and as Saratoga Genl. Brantley Gates, General Horatio Wilkinson — 6. — He remembers receiving an honorable discharge, but he has lost it — 7. — He states the names of Hon. Ethan Allen, Col. Harrison Dy — Wm. Matchett Esq. & John Latham, as persons who bore testimony to his character for truth & veracity & the belief of his Revolutionary services —
Witness John M. Latham
Richard H. his Clerk Mark
Sworn to before me the day & year aforesaid —
Before me John R. Swift, Judge

and the House has hereby declared it to be their Opinion after the investigation of the Matter, and after putting the Impeachment, presented by the Department of War, that the above named Apphens W m a Soldier of the Revolution I see as he states of the House further certifies, that it appears to them that William Mitchellson & John W. Latham Esq s are both now Presidents of House of Commons as an English Prison & that their Statement is entitled to credit —
Joshua D. Scott, Judge

Reuben Case Suspended Law 1832 Connecticut
from Brad Loyo
Weather Case
Feb 1853

State of New York } ss. Weatherhead Case being duly COUNTY OF Oswego } sworn according to law, deposes and says that She is the Widow of Reuben Case deceased, to whom a pension was probably due, and who was an applicant for a pension from the State of Connecticut that this deponent is directly interested as one of the claimants in said claim.
Weatherhead Case
Sworn and subscribed before me this 11 th day February 1853 and I do hereby certify that the said Weatherhead Case is a respectable person, and that I have full faith in the truth of the above statement sworn to by her as being directly interested in said claim. A.S. Wing Justice of the Peace
Know all Men by these Presents, That I Weatherhead Case of Mexico, Oswego County and State of New York  Widow of Reuben Case deceased, to whom a pension was probably due, who was an applicant for a pension from the State of Connecticut do hereby constitute and appoint ARAD JOE, of Ovid, N. Y., my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name as one directly and personally interested, as also for and in behalf of all others interested in the claim or application for a pension as above mentioned. Witness my hand and seal, this 18 th day of February 1853
SEALED AND DELIVERED IN } THE PRESENCE OF }
A.S. Wing Abad Smith
Weatherhead Case
STATE OF New York } Be it known that on the 11 th day of February 1853 County of Oswego } before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State duly authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgements, personally appeared Weatherhead Case above named, and duly acknowledged the above Power of Attorney and affidavits to be her act and deed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and date above mentioned.
A.S. Wing Justice of the Peace

August 29, 1932
Bernice Case P. O. Box #17 Capitol P. O. Albany, New York
BA-J/MCS Reuben Case R. 1769
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter requesting information in regard to Reuben Case who served in the Revolution.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, R. 1769, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Reuben Case, the only soldier by that name that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
He was born September 15, 1756, in Simsbury, Connecticut, and was the son of Elijah Case.
He applied for pension July 31, 1832, while living in Simsbury, Connecticut, and he stated that he had always lived there with the exception of a few years when he lived in Granby, Connecticut.
The following service was alleged: that he enlisted about the first of August, 1776, served as private in Company which was commanded by Captain Jonathan Pettibone, Junior, or Captain Job Case, in Colonel Jonathan Pettibone's Connecticut Regiment and was discharged about December 15, 1776; that he enlisted early in April, 1777, served about two months as private in Captain Noah Phelps' Connecticut Company; that he enlisted about the first of September, 1777, as private in Captain Eliphalet Curtis' Company in Colonel Cook's Connecticut Regiment, his father, Elijah Case was the lieutenant, was at the surrender of General Burgoyne and was discharged about the first of January, 1778.
The claim for pension was not allowed as the soldier failed to furnish proof of the alleged service in accordance with the requirement of the pension law.

In 1853 one Wealthon Case of Mexico, Oswego County, New York, stated that she was the widow of Reuben Case. It was not stated that the above noted, Job Case, was related to the soldier. There are no further data relative to family.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

1932 Aug. 29. list. to Bernier Case. ms
1769.
RECEIVED
P. O. Ruben Case
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Dislocation filed: _____, 18
Notes: Printed list of 1852 in error, see letter of July 9, 1835
Admitted: to J. R. Jewett. &
See page 73 of
Printed List of 1852.
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Reuben Reuben Cab
Connecticut
Rejected Disbanded
DR Lewis
17 Oct 1831
S.A.J.
W same 9 July 1835
Reuben Cab born
1769

2381 Robin lease —
1. Declaration
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State of Connecticut - County of Hartford - ss
On this 31. Day of July 1832 - Personally appeared before me Nathaniel D. Esq. Associate Judge of the County Court for Hartford County in 1st State, residing here a Resident of Simsbury in 1st County Aged Twenty Six Years, Who being first duly sworn according to law both on his oath made the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of compul- sion June 7. 1832 - That he is the true & correct the United States under the following names & descriptions I have as known states - viz - That he is the true & correct the United States in the Regt commanded by Col. Jonathan Pettibone, in the year 1776, as near as he can remember Went to New Haven in Conn. from there to New York I served a term of one  not less than four months & was discharged That he again entered the service of the United States under Capt. Noah Phelps by Voluntary enlistment for a term of two years - That he went to Litchfield, Connecticut & West Point I served his term of two years fully out & was discharged. During this term of duty he saw Gen. Washington Gen. Putnam frequently Was in no Gen. Battle, Was near Danbury in Conn. When that town was burned - That from the general terms of service he was regularly discharged but has not any Discharges to produce. That in the times he entered service he was a Resident of Simsbury in Hartford County - That he has no

Documentary Evidence of his Service Afforded That he truly Adkinses Every Claim whatever to a Pension or Annuity Except the Pension & Deduct That his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Company of any State - Sworn to & Subscribed? The Day & Year aforesaid — Reuben Dole
Before me — Joel Holcomb associate Judge of the County Court for Hartford County
We Robert Mason & William Mitchell both Residents of Simsbury in Hartford County hereby certify that W. an Will Armenth W. the Pumbir base Who has Subscribed? Sworn to the above Declaration that W. believe him the Twenty Six Years of age, & that He is Reputed Herein, in the Neighborhood Where He Resides & have been a Soldier of the Revolution & that We believe in that opinion — Sworn Subscribed? The Day & Year aforesaid Robert Mason William Mitchellson
Before me Joel Holcomb associate Judge of the County Court for Hartford County
And the said Joel Holcomb associate Judge of the County Court for Hartford County does hereby declare it to be his opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations presented by the Department of War that the above named William was a

Return of the Probation Issue, in the State and the Judge further certifies that it appears to him that Robert Mason & William Mitchell Esq., who have signed the preceding certificate are Presidents of Town of Simsbury - and are credible persons, & that their statement is entitled to credit.
And the Judge further certifies that in his opinion the affiant, by reason of bodily infirmity, having within a few weeks past suffered the amputation of his left leg above the knee, could not appear in court.
certified by me - Joel Holcomb associate Judge of the County Court for Hartford County Ct.
State of Connecticut, County of Hartford } ss.
I, said Griswold, Clerk of the County Court for said Hartford County, do hereby certify, that Joel Holcomb Esq., before whom the foregoing pro- ceedings were had, was on the thirty first day of July A.D. 1832 an Associate Judge of the County Court aforesaid, duly commissioned, & that the above signa- tures, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of my said office this eighteenth day of Au- gust A.D. 1832.
I said Griswold Clerk by C. H. Walcutt

2380.
Ruika Case
Supplemental Declaration
Surf 2

Granby Oct. 13. W 34
Sir - In behalf of Robin Lane, I would say, that about two years he had one of his legs broken in consequence of which it was amputated above the knee - Being aged & much troubled with Rheumatism & other difficulties the was rendered so low, as to be, at times, almost deprived of Reason & of Memory - He has always sustained the Reputation of an Honest Man, & I have no doubt he has retained the terms of his Service according to his last Resolution - He has lately by assistance of some friends been enabled to find two men who were soldiers with him in 1777, whose affidavits have been induced to be attached to his Paper - beneath the Patent. With the testimony - The State that he did not recall those two men when he made his last Declaration, but have been disowned since & whose testimony he hopes will be satisfactory
I am Sir, Very Respectfully
Your Most Obedt Servt
Joshua R. Smith
Hon d J. L. Edwards

Reuka Care
entered Leg + Double Goodwin
60 in Pettibone Rep
26 Aug 1776
died 6 Sept
paid for 27 days including
travel -

State of Connecticut Hartford County - District of Groton -
On the 11. Day of October 1834. Personally appeared in open court before the Court of Probate for the District of Groton of Aaron Darrow Hopkins a Resident of Somers in Hartford County aged Seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law being duly cautioned. Deposes that that he has been acquainted with Rufus East of Somers, an applicant for a Pension for a Great War, from being born born & brought up in the same town with the said Rufus. The further says that he was in the Army of the Revolution in the year 1777, in Colonel Elphalet Gates's Company of Elijah Cane - that he was at Saratoga at the time of the Surrender of Gen. Burgoyne Army in 1777 above the 17. of Oct. & that the said Rufus was then as a soldier in the same Company & Ser. d a term of some months has long the same distinctly recollects - The Deponent further says that he came away about the time of Nov. having returned in Company as a Guard with a part of the Soldiers of Burgoyne's Army & when he came away from Saratoga he left the said Rufus here at that time, & what has since been

Saratoga in Carmel Bay — but Mr. DeForest Says that he believes? frequently with the sojourn upon the subject of the campaign, & the Plan relates to many circumstances that took place at that time, that he has no doubt David Lane must have been there in the room not up there above three months & he has been —  further the DeForest Says not  David Koshkin
Sworn to Subst. the? Day & Year aforesaid —
before me Joshua R. Dewitt, Judge,
I hereby certify that the above name David Koshkin is a Disinterested Credible Witness
Joshua R. Dewitt, Judge —
I Richard S. Porter, Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Grandy do hereby certify that Joshua R. Dewitt Esq. was on the 11, Day of October 1934 & ever since has been Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Grandy of an duly appointed Commission sworn & that his signature hereon is genuine —  I Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this 13. Day of Oct. 1934 —
Richard S. Porter, Clerk

State of Connecticut?
Hartford County - District of Granby
On the 9 th day of Oct. 1834. Personally appeared in open court before the Court of Probate for the District of Granby, now sitting David Griswold a Resident of Granby aforesaid aged 82 years who being first duly sworn, deponed and said the whole truth, before the Court that he has always been acquainted with Ruben base of Simsbury in the County of Hartford aforesaid, that he was well knowing that Ruben base was a man of duty in the Revolutionary War in a Company commanded by Col. Silliman but at the time of the Battle of Red Bank the father of Ruben the said was born about the first of September 1777, to about the first of January 1778. He remembers being there at Saratoga at the time of the surrender of Burgoyne's Army in Sept 1777. He remembers that when he was drafted for a Militia Company commanded by Col. Job Hosack for a term of five months, but the soldiers of the Company to which Ruben base belong were discharged a few days before the term of enlistment was over, how many days he cannot distinctly say but he remembers there came home about the first of January 1778 - He remembers further says that he was in the Army at the same time and place, in the same Company; that he &

During the time of Revolutionary War, Simsbury and Granby were one town by the name of the town of Simsbury - That Simsbury that time the town of Simsbury was divided & that part of it where the Dissonance Line is called Granby - but being all one town at the time of the war it was well acquainted with each other —
David Griswold
Sworn to absent? The Day & Year aforesaid
Before me Joshua P. Jewett - Judge
I hereby certify the above name? David Griswold is a Disinterested Resident Witness — Joshua P. Jewett - Judge —
I Richard S. Porter Clerk of the court of Probate for the District of Granby do hereby certify that Joshua P. Jewett Esq. was on the 9. Day of Oct. 1834, then since has been, Judge of the court of Probate for the District of Granby aforesaid. duly appointed Commissioned, sworn - & that the signature hereunto subscribed to be his is his genuine signature in Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 11. Day of October 1834 —
Richard S. Porter Clerk

Personally appear before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut, Rubin base who being duly sworn before the Court that by reason of old age the bona fide sum of money he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his term but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned, below & in the following grades - viz -
 In 1876 - for 4 & 1/2 months - as a private  1878 - for 2 - months - as a private  1879 - for 4 - months - as a private 
Did you ever receive the pension a Pension -
Sworn to before me?
Rubin his X base Mark
The day & year first above John K. Hathaway
before me Joshua D. Swift Justice of Peace

I Richard S. Porter Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Granby, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of Rubin Case for a Pension — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand Seal of Office this 13 th Day of August 1834 —
Richard S. Porter Clerk
I Richard S. Porter, Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Granby, do hereby certify that John A. Dyer By Will on the first day of June last, since deceased has been and now is Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Granby aforesaid, & also a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut, duly appointed Commissioned, sworn & then full forth and just as the law directs in his Office acts as such Judge & Justice. Further that the Signature hereunto subscribed to him, is his genuine Signature — In Witness whereof I have set my hand hereunto Seal of Office this 13 th Day of August 1834 —
Richard S. Porter Clerk

Reuben Case Brief Objections — in the case of Reuben Case —
Lord Alcorn Granuley 84
Page 77

B R I E F objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Reuben Case which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Not the second term. V. * Has he mentioned 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? No. VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? No. VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? not found. VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
The best evidence does not appear to be adduced
XIV. †If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
no
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
No
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
no
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
None of them
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 the 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.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.

Granby Oct r 22. 1834
On — I herewith transmit to the War Department the first Declaration of Rubin Case, which was left in this office by mistake — and is now of no use. I can only say that at the time that Declaration was made he was lying on his back under the hand of Bishop Converse upon a recently amputated leg — no doubt mistake intended, which he has since endeavored to cover in his other Declarations — that he saw in the War of the Revolution as he has stated in his last Declaration, I believe there is no doubt in the mind of any one acquainted with the honesty of the man —
I am Very Respectfully Yours
At Serv t —
Joshua R. Jewett
Hon J. C. Edwards

Ela 9 th July 1835.
Love
Hon d J. L. Edwards
Commission of Pensions Washington City

Granby, Conn, July 3. 1835
Sir - The papers in the case of Zelina Burr were made out forward to the Department above one year past - As Mr Burr has not heard from them, he is fearful they did not reach the Office of the War Department He would respectfully ask your attention to his case, & if his papers did not arrive at the Office, he would make out a new set forward on to the Department
Your attention is also, respectfully solicited to the case of "Pursuer Case", whose papers were sent on to the War Department in Octo. last
Respectfully Yours &c -
Joshua A. Sewett
Hon. J. L. Edwards -

Dear Sir
P.O.
July 9 th 1835
Sir
The papers of Zebina Burr are on file and for the reasons why his claim is not admitted I must refer you to the letter from this office to you dated 16 th October 1833. Since that time no evidence has been received.
Since the papers of Reuben Gane have not been received here, full rolls of Col. Pettibone's regiment in service in 1776 have been procured by this Dept. Instead of the five months which Mr Gane has repeatedly asserted declared he served under that officer it appears by the rolls on which he was paid that he entered the service on the 24 th Aug st 1776 and was discharged on the 6 th Sept
J.R. Dewell 9 July 1835
Ms. A. 9. 2. 37 p. 10

Slavery. It is clear that he has overdated his service in 1777 almost in a correspondent manner. He alleges that he marched to Saraloga in Sept 1777 and remained until January [Slavery]. It is a well known fact that if any part of the militia remained there after the surrender of Burgoyne in October Upon the statement of McCoare it cannot be recognized that he served six months and his claim has been rejected.
J. B. Leavitt Esq.
Grantsville Oct 1871

J.R. Lewitt
17 Oct 1934
ae

Department of War Pension Office October 17. 1834
Sir
I have received the supplemental declaration of Asa Brown Esq., I have placed the same on file; as no action can be had thereon until he shall return his original declaration to this Office.
I am
(J. R. Jewett Esq) N. Root Esq Wandly Conn.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC
HENRY J. KEARNEY, Dept. Commander, 1896 Hudson Boulevard, Jersey City, N. J.
ALFRED E. STACEY, Assistant Adj't and Q. M. General, Elbridge, N. Y.
Council of Administration: JOHN C. MULLINS, EDWARD M. GRIFFITHS, THOMAS H. STRITCH.
FRANK E. COOLEY, Senior Vice-Department Commander, Rensselaer, N. Y. JOSEPH BENZINO, Junior Vice-Department Commander, Buffalo, N. Y. DR. LEWIS S. PILCHER, Medical Director, Brooklyn, N. Y. GEORGE B. FAIRHEAD, Chaplain, Utica, N. Y. FRED MATHEWS, Inspector, Horseheads, N. Y. GEORGE A. VOSSLER, Chief Mustering Officer, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. CHARLES T. PECK, Patriotic Instructor, Rochester, N. Y. JOSIAH G. READ, Senior Aide-de-Camp, New York, N. Y.
OFFICE OF ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL CAPITOL P.O.
Box #17
ALBANY, N. Y. August 16, 1932.
In reply to yours of _____
Bureau of Veteran Administration, Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you kindly advise me if Reubin Case who served in the Revolutionary War from the State of Connecticut ever drew a pension, or if his widow drew one, also any other information your records show regarding his service or his family.
Will appreciate the favor of a reply.
Very truly yours,
Reubin Case
Secretary.

Stamp Enclosed
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT NEW YORK
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC
HENRY J. KEARNEY, Dept. Commander, 1896 Hudson Boulevard, Jersey City, N. J. ALFRED E. STACEY, Assistant Adj't and Q. M. General, Elbridge, N. Y.
Council of Administration: JOHN C. MULLINS, EDWARD M. GRIFFITHS, THOMAS H. STRITCH.
FRANK E. COOLEY, Senior Vice-Department Commander, Rensselaer, N. Y. JOSEPH BENZINO, Junior Vice-Department Commander, Buffalo, N. Y. DR. LEWIS S. PILCHER, Medical Director, Brooklyn, N. Y. GEORGE B. FAIRHEAD, Chaplain, Utica, N. Y. FRED MATHEWS, Inspector, Horseheads, N. Y. GEORGE A. VOSSLER, Chief Mustering Officer, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. CHARLES T. PECK, Patriotic Instructor, Rochester, N. Y. JOSIAH C. READ, Senior Aide-de-Camp, New York, N. Y.
OFFICE OF ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL CAPITOL
In reply to yours of _____
ALBANY, N. Y. Aug. 25, 1932.
Director of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly give me any data possible concerning the record of Reubin Case who served in the 18th Regiment of Connecticut Militia during the Revolutionary War, as to the time and length of his service, etc.? I am very anxious to secure this information, and will greatly appreciate any assistance you may give me.
Very truly yours,
Reubin Case
Secretary.
P.O. Box # 17, Capitol P.O., Albany, N.Y.