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1832 September 15 . James Schillinger DS; Cape May County, New Jersey.

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Pension claim for Revolutionary War service in accordance with the service-pension act of June 7, 1832. Schillinger served in the militia, in a company of guards at Cape May, to protect Whigs and their property from "the ravages, plunder and depredations of the Refugees, whose Boats where hovering along the Shores of the Delaware and Atlantic Ocean between Philadelphia and New York." He served a second stint in the militia under Capt. Beesley while the British occupied New York. He also spent time in the naval service on the Sloop of War Hyder Ally, under Joshua Barney. Includes details on the capture of a British ship from Jamaica.
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1835 April 18 . James Thatcher ALS to John Trumbull; Plymouth, Massachusetts.

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In response to an inquiry made by Trumbull concerning the Pilgrim Society. Mentions his experience in the Revolutionary War and describes the recent gift of "Col. Sarjeant's superb painting representing the landing of our fathers." Describes the enclosure for the Plymouth Rock and requests the picture that Trumbull would be willing to present to the society. Mentions Trumbull as a lineal descendant of the Rev. John Robinson.
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1835 May 10 . James Thatcher ALS to John Trumbull; Plymouth, [Massachusetts].

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Describes his service during the Revolutionary War as part of the army of the Northern Department, his time at Ticonderoga and Mount Independence, and the diseases the army experienced. Thatcher contacted Rev. Willis of Kingston regarding Trumbell's descent from Rev. John Robinson and enclosed his billit which is "I presume the most correct account that can be obtained."
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1837 September 15 . Thomas Hord ALS to Pennsylvania Secretary of State [Thomas H. Burrowes]; Winchester, Virginia.

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Mary Cockron, widow of William Cockron, has requested his Revolutionary War service records. He was part of the Delaware Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line and served 5 years and 2 months. Was taken prisoner at Camden. She is applying for a pension and "any information you can afford from the records.. she is very old [and] in needy circumstances."
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1837 November 29 . W[illia]m F[itch] Arnold ALS to Rt. Hon. T. Spring Rice; Little Messenden Abbey, [Buckinghamshire].

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Requesting that the Chancellor of the Exchequer not remove his Royal pension, granted to the family after Benedict Arnold's death. Arnold praises the loyalty of his father and mother to the Crown during the American Revolution and mentions the "unfavorable influence" their abandonment of the American cause had on the family fortunes. Losing the pension now would force him to relocate "for the sake of cheapness" and put an unfortunate end to the education of his young children.
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1842 January 17 . James Gregory ALS to Warren Nixon; Marblehead, [Massachusetts].

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Regarding pension claims. Thanks him for the favor while sending him condolences for his father's death. Plans to forward the affadavit to the Commissioner of Pensions. Offers payment out of gratitude, and has inclosed a list of existing Pension Laws which he hopes might be of use to claimants in his neighborhood.

With Gregory letter of Dec. 24, 1841

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1842 April 29 . George A[tkinson] Ward ALS to Hannah Jarvis; New York, [New York].

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Requesting information regarding Jarvis's father, Rev. Dr. Samuel Peters, who is mentioned in Samuel Curwen's journal, "also a refugee during the revolutionary war." Preparing the journal for press. "The period has now arrived when a dispassionate examination of the motives of many of our best inhabitants whose minds were not in unison with the popular sentiments and measures of that day." Asks after a number of other figures who were also exiled. Postage details: City of Toronto strike, with double circles. Toronto "Forwarded" in box. Red, curved "PAID." Also stamped in New York.