Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4229, Robert Gray, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Gray, Robert
Corp. R. 4229
CONTENTS

Affidavits in relation to (Robert Gray) - and Robert Gray's Declaration.
No 1386
Parsons July 30 1852 Oppa
Robert Grays Declaration 25 th July
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DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-YORK, COUNTY of Albany } ss.
On this twenty fifth day of July 1832, personally appeared before the Justices Court of the City of Albany.
Robert Gray a resident of the Town of Guilderland in the county of Albany and state of New York aged Eighty Seven years
on 25 Sept next
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 1775, with Capt. Lewis Dubois and served in the regiment of the line, under the following named officers: That Lewis Dubois was Capt. and according to his best recollection one Van Brunschoten was one of the Lieutenants, the other Officer he does not recollect, that he was soon afterwards appointed Sergeant Major, and soon after Ensign, then promoted soon afterwards first Lieutenant, and towards the close of the War a Captain of a Company under Col. James Livingston, in which Regiment he served a considerable time, that he does not now possess any of his several Commissions, they having been with the documentary proof and papers lost or destroyed, that attempts were frequently made by the enemy, and particularly by one Bell, to capture the Deponent about the time he attempted to make a prisoner of General Schuyler near Albany, that this Deponent has been informed, a reward was offered by the British, of fifty Dollars, if this Deponent was made a prisoner and brought into Canada; that this Deponent, not having made any written memorandums which ascertain the period, the length of his service on each occasion, yet he can with confidence say, and does hereby declare, that the whole period of his Revolutionary Service, amounted to more than two Years
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
J. G. Wapson Clk
Robert Gray
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
I John G. Wapson, Clerk of the Justices Court of the City of Albany together with the annexed affidavits DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Robert Gray for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty fifth day of July 1832.
Together with the annexed affidavits, was intitled before subscribed J. G. Wapson
J. G. Wapson Clk
City of Albany ss. In the Justices Court of the City of Albany
On the 25 July 1832 personally appeared in open Court Isaac Denniston, to this Court well known, who being duly sworn, saith, that he is well acquainted and has been for forty years last past, with Robert Gray who now resides in the Town of Guilderland, and who hath subscribed before to the above declaration; and that he is a man of strict truth and veracity.
Sworn in open Court this 25 day of July 1832.
J. G. Wapson Clk
Isaac Denniston

State of New York City of Albany
ss I Robert Gray, who on the 25th of July last past, subscribed and made oath to the within Declaration, do now, on this 3rd Nov r 1832, make this my Supplementary Declaration, as the same is contained in the contents of the Subjoined testimony, in the form of an Oath, to which I have subscribed my name, at the age of eighty seven years, on the 25th day of September now last past, to wit: "Before the Justices Court of the City of Albany. In open Court, on this 3rd Nov r 1832, personally appeared, Robert Gray, the person, who, on the 25th July last subscribed and made oath to the within written declaration, and now subscribed & was duly sworn, to the following Supplementary declaration, to wit:
"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 two weeks *** I served as a private; For two months years , I served as Sergeant major; For three months * I served as an Ensign; For one year ** I served as Second and first Lieutenant; and for One xxx years, I served as Captain; and for such service, I respectfully claim a pension."
Subscribed and sworn to by the above named Robert Gray on the day and year above mentioned.
In Testimony whereof, I John G. Watson, Clerk of the Justices Court of the City of Albany have hereto, subscribed my name and set my Seal of Office on the day and year aforesaid.
Robert Gray's
Declaration

County of Albany ss. I Robert Gray, the same, who on the twenty fifth day of July and third day of November now last past, made, subscribed and swore to the annexed declarations, original and supplementary, having heard read to me, by my agent James Van Ingen, of the City of Albany, and my son Elias Gray (now forty four years of age) a written communication addressed to the said James Van Ingen, by J. L. Edwards Esquire, of the Pension Office, in the War Department at Washington City, bearing date the 10th November 1832. - whereby it appears, that in examining my said original and supplementary declarations, I have been considered as belonging to the Militia in the State of New York; whereas the truth and fact is, and such I do now declare the same to be, that I have never belonged to the militia but that all my services during the War of the Revolution rendered by me to the United States, were altogether in the New York State line of the Army; and that the Regiment, in which I stated as having served for a considerable time towards the close of the War as a Captain, was commanded by Colonel James Livingston of the New York line - That with respect to my affording any precise or detailed Statement of my services, as seems to be called for, in Mr. Edwards' letter to Mr. Van Ingen, I do hereby declare the same to be wholly out of my power, by reason of extreme old age and loss of memory, being now in my eighty eighth year; and I therefore respectfully crave leave, to submit my case, with cheerfulness to the decision of the Honorable the Secretary of War, and those Gentlemen whom he has selected (and called to his assistance in the laborious and responsible duties of carrying into Effect, the generous intentions of the act of the 7th June 1832: and whilst I would now confirm all I have heretofore stated, in relation to my services, I at the same desire to express my entire confidence in the honor, integrity and justice of the Secretary of War, as well as in the Gentlemen whom he has associated with himself, in designating to me, such an amount of pension, as shall be just and proper; and I hereby relinquishes all claims &c, upon the United States for the services rendered them by me, who was at all times their friend and faithful Soldier, and who was not 15 feet from the gallant Montgomery, when he fell before the walls of Quebec, exclaiming, in my

Hearing, "Harrah, my brave boys, the day is our own !"
Subscribed & sworn to } the 18 Dec r 1832 } John G. Wagoner
Robert Gray

We whose names are hereunto subscribed, Citizens of the City of Albany, do hereby declare, and certify, that we are well and intimately acquainted with Robert Gray, who after the Revolutionary War, resided for some years in this City and afterwards removed to the Town of Guilderland in the County of Albany, of which place he is still a Resident; that we have always known him, as a man of good character and reputation, and as a man of probity and veracity - and that it is generally reported and believed that he was a Revolutionary Soldier; and that we believe he is now of the age which he represents himself to be - Dated at Albany, the twenty fifth day of Jan y 1832 -
Subscribed and sworn to before the Justices Court of the City of Albany, in open Court - J. G. Wason Clerk -
J. H. Van Rensselaer
Charles R. Lockhart
J. A. Van Ingen Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Albany, now and for the last 20 years, has been a pensioner
Daniel Shields a revolutionary Soldier & now
J. V. M. Attorney & Counsellor at law
I John Pool, al: die: Vanderpool, of Guilderland, in the County of Albany, Formerly, do hereby certify and declare, that I am well acquainted with Robert Gray who will make and swear to the annexed declaration, which I believe to be true; that I well remember to have seen him, when he was an Officer at the Siege of Quebec, at the time General Montgomery was killed - that I have known him since the peace of 1783, and that he sustains the character in the neighborhood, as the worthy of a man of strict truth and veracity - and is now a Revolutionary Soldier, and that he served faithfully as such.
Subscribed and sworn to before the Justices Court of the City of Albany in open Court - J. G. Wason Clerk
John his X Pool al: die: Vanderpool mark

affidavits returned to Mr. V. Black
4.2.29
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Albany April 18. 1833.
Dear Sir, At the request of Mr. Gray, the son of the applicant, I take the liberty of sending you the enclosed affidavits of Garick Goeway, Nich! Jeroleman, and Abraham G. Lansing, intended as additional proofs of the services of Robert Gray in the Revolutionary War, for which he has an account of which he has applied for a pension, under the act of Congress of June 7 1832. The original application & papers were, as I am informed, prepared by Mr. Van Ingen, & sent to the proper departments some two or three months ago - It is understood that the proofs of service were defective, but which they were, or what the defects were, I do not know - Mr. Gray thinks that the affidavits now sent will supply the defects, and that his father will soon be able to obtain a pension.
Will you have the goodness to present them in person to Mr. Edwards of the Pension office, and endeavor to procure a favourable decision of the case, with as little delay as may be - I do not know whether you are acquainted with Goeway & Jeroleman, but I know you are with Mr. Lansing, and you will be able to state your knowledge of his standing & character, if required - I have been unfortunate in writing to Mr. Edwards on business of the kind, having written to him several times for information respecting

application made for pensions, but not having been able as yet to obtain an answer - As long ago as last August I sent him the papers (prepared by myself) in the case of Joseph Ramey, and have repeatedly written to him for information respecting them - but without success - I am willing to make all due allowances for the public affairs, who must have so much business, as Mr Edwards must have, but really think I ought to be attended to in my turn - I have lately written to him complaining of the neglects I have experienced, and hope my remonstrance may have the desired effect - Presuming you are not entitled to the privilege of franking, and thinking this a case of such a nature as ought to entitle the my letter & its enclosure to an exemption from postage, I shall send them under cover to Deborah R. Hobbey Esq., of the Genl. Post office - The form of an answer is requested -
Excuse the liberty I have taken and believe me to be, Dear Sir, with sincere esteem & respect - Your Friend J. S. L. C. Laurence L. Van Klief Esq. Lemuel Jenkins

See Chapus List of names 1832
M r — Gray N.Y.
Robert Gray N.Y. act 1832 suspended Th. Runkin Atty.

Albany Nov. 25 th 1882.
H. A. Gilbert Esq.
Dear Sir:
I am a relative of the late Robert Gray residing in this County, & wish you to examine his Case about which I have spoken to you before. As near as I can learn he made an application for a pension in the Year 1833. He was in service during the entire war of the Revolution as a Soldier & an Officer. By some misunderstanding with his Colonel he was picked as a deserter, which  was well known at the time to be not only untrue in fact but outrageously unjust towards my Grandfather who had served so long & faithfully.
Please write me after you have made investigation of the result.
Unjustly & fully Yours
Stephen Gray
P.S. He died Dec. 11 th 34. Widow Fanny 26. 1838

No 2
In the matter of the application of Robert Gray for a Pension under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832.
An additional declaration & aff d &c -

State of New York Secretary's Office
I Certify that it appears by the Military Register in this office that Robert Gray was Commissioned as an Ensign in Colonel James Livingston's Regiment on the 2 d of February 1777 and that he deserted on the 15 th of August in the same year: And I further Certify that the first appointments by the Governor and Council of Appointment of this State were made at Kingston in the County of Ulster on the 20 th day of September 1777.
Given under my hand and the seal of this Office at the City of Albany the thirty-first day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Arch d Campbell Dep y Secretary

In the matter of the application of Robert Gray for a Pension under the act of Congress of June 7. 1833.
Additional proofs of service
State of New York Albany County 333 I, Leonard A. Van Eyck Clerk of this said County do hereby certify that General Jenkins Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn to have been sworn to on the day of the date of the same and of the sitting of the Board in and for said County That I am acquainted with his handwriting and verify before his signature to the said Affidavit is his free hand writing and signature. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal this 31 st day of May 1833.
C. A. Van Eyck Clerk for James W. Water Deputy

State of New York
Albany County ss. First Knoweth of the City of Albany, being duly sworn, deponeth as follows - to wit - This deponent is upwards of seventy five years of age - He was a Sergeant in the Revolutionary Army, and is now a Pensioner of the United States, under the act of Congress of June 7. 1832 - This deponent knows Robert Gray who now resides, as this deponent is informed and believes, in the Town of Guilderland, in the County of Albany - The said Robert Gray is an aged man - older than this deponent - but this de- ponent does not know his age - believes him to be seven or eight years older than this deponent - This deponent knew and was acquainted with the said Robert Gray in the time of the Revolutionary War - He This deponent knew him when he was a Corporal, a Sergeant, and a Lieutenant in what was called the Canadian Regi- ment - This deponent belonged to & served in the same Regiment about nine months, as near as he can now recollect - The said Regiment was commanded by Col. James Livingston - deponent also recollects that Richard Livingston was a Lieutenant and Abraham Livingston was a Captain in the same Regiment - This deponent does not now recollect the names of any other officers of the said Regiment, except the said Robert Gray, and the said James, Richard & Abraham Livingston
This deponent recollects seeing the said Robert Gray with the said Regiment, as an officer in the same, at a place called Fort Plain, near the Mohawk River, about seventy miles from Albany; - This deponent is confident that the said Robert Gray served in the said Regiment, as a Lieutenant during the Revolutionary War more than one year - And believes that he served in said

Regiment, as a Captain and a Sergeant, during said Revolutionary War at least two years - and further saith not -
Sworn in open Court this 17 th of April 1833 John G. Watson Clerk
Gare G. Goetley
State of New York Albany County } ss. Nicholas Gerleman of the City of Albany being duly sworn, deposes as follows - to wit: - This deponent will be eighty six years of age, on the 27 th day of April instant. He was an officer in the Militia during the Revolutionary War, and served his Country at different times during said War. That he is an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832. This deponent knows Robert Gray, who now resides in the Town of Guilderland in the County of Albany. The said Robert Gray is an aged man. Deponent believes he is over a two years older than himself. Deponent knew the said Robert Gray during the Revolutionary War - was well acquainted with him and has always understood that he was an officer in the American Army, during said War - knew him as Lieutenant Gray - Does not know how long he served -
Sworn to subscribed in open Court April 17 1833. John G. Watson Clerk
Nicholas Gerleman

Albany Justice Court
I hereby certify that the above named Garret Govey & Nicholas Girolaman appeared in open court & subscribed & testified on oath to the above affidavit the day & time above mentioned and that they are credible persons. to - order of the court
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said court this 17 th day of April 1833.
John G. Wapson Clerk
State of New York Albany County I p. Abraham G. Lansing of the City of Albany, being duly sworn, deposes & says as follows: to wit - This Deponent is seventy five years of age and upwards - This Deponent formerly knew & was well acquainted with Robert Gray, who, as this Deponent is informed & believes, now resides in the Town of Guilderland, Albany County - This Deponent was an officer in the Revolutionary War, and then knew the said Robert Gray - knew him to be a Subaltern in the Regiment commanded by Col. James Livingston - but whether the said Gray was an Ensign or Lieutenant this deponent does not now recollect - is confident he was one or the other - thinks he was a Lieutenant - Deponent knows thinks that Abraham Livingston and Richard Livingston were officers in the same Regiment - This Deponent

believes that said Gray served as an officer a Lieutenant in said Regiment, more than one year - How long he served in said Revolutionary War in any other capacity this Deponent is not able to state -
Sworn and subscribed to the 17 th day of April 1833 before me
Leviathan G. Lansing
I certify that on the 17 th day of April 1833 Abraham G. Lansing Esq. personally appeared before me and made oath in due form of law that the facts set forth in the above affidavit by him subscribed, are true - and I further certify that the said Abraham G. Lansing Esq. is a credible person -
Leviathan G. Lansing Justice of the Peace
State of New York Albany County 3 rd
I, Leonard A. Ten Eyck Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Leviathan G. Lansing Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn, must in the day of the date of the same and of the Justice of the Peace in and for said County. That I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature to the said Affidavit is his proper hand writing and signature.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal this 31 st day of May 1833.
L. A. Ten Eyck Clerk in Francis Wickes Deputy
Official Seal of Service
In the Matter of the Application of Robert Gray for a Pension under the act of Congress of June 7. 1833.

Albany County ss. Be it known that on the 29 th day of May 1833 personally appeared before the Undersigned Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, Robert Gray an applicant for a Pension under the Act of Congress of June 7 th 1832, and residing in the Town of Guilderland in said County, who being duly sworn, deposes and saith - That by reason of old age and the consequent decay of his memory, he is not able to state with the particularity of his services during the Revolutionary War, any further than they are hereinafter set forth - To wit - In the year 1775 in the month of May or June of that year, I went from Somerset County in the State of New Jersey, with four or five other persons whose names I cannot recollect, to Poughkeepsie to enlist in the Continental Army - and did enlist in Capt. Lewis Dubois's Company - of which Elias Van Benschoten was first Lieutenant - said Company belonged to the third New York Battalion - I enlisted as a private - but do not recollect for what period - Very soon after I enlisted I was promoted to be a corporal and further promoted to be a sergeant - I went with the Company to Albany, and from thence to St. Lake George and from thence to Crown Point and from thence to St. Johns - There were other Companies besides ours which marched with us at that time - but I do not recollect what Companies they were nor who commanded them - I went from St. Johns to Laprairie and from thence to Montreal - Before we got to Montreal we had some skirmishing with the British, on the side of the River St. Lawrence - There were two killed belonging to our Company and several wounded - the enemy retreated - From Montreal we marched went in sloops down the River till within about twenty miles of Quebec, where where we landed and then marched on foot to Quebec - where we joined the American troops under Genl. Arnold - We were quartered within about a half mile of the City - and Genl. Arnold's troops were stationed at Wolf's down - We were on what was called Abraham's Plains - I remained there served in said Company commanded by Capt. Dubois, until after

Genl Montgomery was killed - I was present and engaged in the storming of Quebec under Genl. Montgomery - After we were defeated I went with my Company back to our old quarters on Abraham's Plains - We then retreated from there to Three Rivers and from thence to Montreal - and from thence we went to Lake George - Then I was placed in the command of a Battalion - It was in the winter that Quebec was stormed by the American Army under Genl. Mont- gomery, and I think, in the month of January 1776. - I served as a private and a corporal and a sergeant in said Company commanded by Capt. Lewis Dobbins from the time I enlisted at Poughkeepsie as above stated in the month of May or June 1775 until after the death of Genl. Montgomery in the month of January 1776 - being a period of not less than six months . I do not recollect whether I was discharged from said Company at Montreal or Lake George - but I believe that I was discharged at one or the other of those places - I do not recollect whether I received a written discharge or not - but believe I did - but if I did, it is lost or destroyed -
I was employed as a Captain in the Battalion service on Lake George from some time in the spring of the year 1776, until the latter part of the summer or fall of the same year - a period of not less than four months .
In the years 1776 & 1777 I belonged to Col. James Livingston's Regiment, commonly called the Canadian Regiment - and served in a company commanded by Abraham Livingston, in the capacity of grade of Ensign and also in that of a Lieutenant - Richard Livingston was Lieut. Colonel of the same Regiment - According to the best of my recollection and belief I had a commission as an Ensign and also as a Lieuten- ant in the said Company commanded by Capt. Abraham Livingston - but I do not recollect who signed them - It is my impression that

I did not keep said commissions, - because I had the promise from the Colonel that as soon as a vacancy occurred I should have a commission as a Captain, - I cannot say how long I served as an Ensign and how long as a Lieutenant - but I served in both of said capacities, for a period as near as I can now recollect of not less than eight months . - During that time I was stationed the principal part of the time in Albany - also at where I was taken sick - I was sick for a three and four months - with fever and ague, and what was then called the dumb ague - whilst I was sick as above stated, I was unfit for service and was not called upon to perform active duty - Whilst I was sick Genl. Bragdyne and his Army were captured by our Army under Genl. Gates - I did not entirely recover my health for eight more than a year after I was taken sick - and I did not afterwards join the Army - I am informed that where my name is mentioned in the returns on file in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of New York, as a Deserter from said Regiment commanded by Col. James Livingston - But it is not true that I ever did desert from said Regiment, or from the service of my Country during the Revolutionary War - but I served faithfully as above mentioned.
I am also informed that in my original declaration forwarded to the Department of War, by James Van Dyke Esq. of Albany, it is stated that I claim for services as a Captain in the said Regiment commanded by Col. James Livingston - If my said declaration contains any such statement it is a mistake and was not authorized or intended by me - I did inform said James Van Dyke Esq. who as my agent made out the said declaration that I had served as a Captain in said Regiment, occasionally - meaning during the absence of my Superior Officer, Capt. Abraham Livingston, who was

absent from the Company very often - And this statement is true. As to I did act in that capacity - but I never received a commission as a Captain, nor do I claim for services as such - At the time Mr. Van Dyke drew my declaration, I mentioned to him that I had had the promise of a captain's commission, but had never received one - I should be eighty eight years of age if I live till the 25 th day of September next -
I make the above statement without having seen my original declaration since it was drawn up by Mr. Van Dyke and shown to me - and I do verily believe that the above statement which has been carefully read over to me by Lemuel Jenkins Esq. contains the truth - I further depose that owing to age and bodily decrepitude infirmities I am not able to leave my place of residence in Guildhall, and attend to court in Albany to be examined there - which is the reason of my being examined & testifying to this declaration before a single justice instead of a court of record -
Sworn to subscribed (the 29 th day of May 1833 before me - Robert Gage Lemuel Jenkins J.P.

Albany County ss. John Vanderpool commonly called John Pool being duly sworn, deposes and saith that he was present at the Office of James Van Ingen Esq. in Albany in June last when Robert Gray of Guilderland, made his statement to said Van Ingen for the purpose of having making application for a Pension - & that said Van Ingen there drew up his declaration for that purpose - that said Robert Gray then stated to said Van Ingen that he had understood that there was a Captain's commission out for him and but that he never received it & never saw it - and that was all that was said about it - I under- stood then conversation to refer to a commission in Col. James Livingston's Regi- ment in the Revolutionary Army -
Subscribed by the deponent John his Vanderpool this 29 th day of May 1833. { Mark before me - Lemuel Jenkins J.P.
State of New York
Albany County } ss:
I, Bernard A. Ten Eyck Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Lemuel Jenkins Esq. before whom the preceding Affidavits purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the ss. County. That I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to said Affi- davits is his proper hand writing and signature -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal this 31 st day of May A.D. 1833.
B. A. Ten Eyck Clerk for Jonas Weeks Deputy

Washington
Decr 4/32
Thomas Lumpkin Appeals from the decision of the Comr Pensions in the case of Robert Gray act June 7. 1832.
Decision of Court of Pensions is affirmed
Alex H Stuart
Feby 15th/53
Ref to the Court Pensions for a Report.
Dept Int Decr 7/52

Washington, D.C.
Dec. 4th, 1852
Sir, I have filed my authority in the Pension Office to examine the case of Robert Gray suspended under Act of 7th June, 1832 New York roll. Having ascertained that the claim was rejected on the ground that the Dep'y Sdg. of New York, Arch. Campbell Esq. gave his certificate, that the said "Ro. Gray was commissioned as an Ensign in Col. Parker Livingston's Regt. on the 2nd Feb. 1777, and that he deserted on the 15th August, of the same year." I have the honor to appeal from this adverse decision, and desire to make an issue on that ground alone with the Commissioner. The Act of 7th June 1832, when carefully examined you will find gave to the soldier or Officer the full benefit of service all the service he might have rendered exceeding six months without qualification. I therefore claim that Ro. Gray is entitled to its provisions. I have the honor to be Hon. A. M c H. Stuart Secy of the D.P. very resp'y, Th. Dampkin

Robert Gray
New York
Oct. 7. June 1832.
Rejected See Letter to J. Van Ingen, Albany December 2 nd 1832.
Let. L. Lenton, 16 Sep 33
" See M ss A. 9. 2. 1. 52
N. Y.
Nov 4. 52: To Linton Feb 21. 1853. to Same

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1863.
REJECTED
4229
P. O.
Robert Gray
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Department of the Interior Washington February 16. 1853.
Sir,
I have examined the case of Robert Gray an applicant for a pension under the act of June 7 th 1832 and have affirmed your decision therein — The papers in the case are herewith returned.
I am very Respectfully, Your Obedient Servant, Alex. R. R. Stuart Secretary
James E. Heath Esq. Commissioner of Pensions

Robert Gray's no 1 P. Van Kliefen Case.
Received Supplemental Dec. 17 th 1832. N.Y.
Set to b.l. no 10.
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