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Revolutionary War Pension Petition Presented in New York Mayor's Court in 1820 [Partially-Printed Form with Handwritten Additions]
William Curtis, Revolutionary War Veteran; Benjamin Ferris, Clerk of the Court; Peter A. Jay, Recorder
Language: English
Published by New York Mayor's Court, New York, NY, 1820
- Manuscript / Paper Collectible
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Good. One sheet of chain-laid paper, folded into four pages, with a partially printed form on the first three pages and handwritten entries and responses. Tape to old folds. Presented on June 24, 1820. William Curtis, age 63, swears that he is a veteran who fought in the Revolutionary War and petitions to…continue receiving his pension. According to his statement, "I entered in as a soldier in Capt. Edward Hull's Company, 5th Regiment of the Virginia line on the Continental establishment commanded by Colonel Daniel Morgan at Northumberland County in Virginia int he month of August 1777 during the war, after which I was commanded by Capt. Samuel Booker in the spring of 1780. I was at the taking of Stony Point under General Wayne after which I was at the siege of Charlestown 1780 under General Lincoln in which siege I was captured." Curtis is illiterate and signs with his mark, witnessed by the clerk, Benjamin Ferris. Seal of the Court on page 3 and the deposition is attested and signed by the clerk as well. The recorder, Peter A. Jay, is the oldest son of Founding Father John Jay.