Name/Title
Letter 1838 Peter Bull of Hamptonburgh, NYEntry/Object ID
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Peter BullSubject
… Be it known, That I Peter Bull, of the Village and Town of Hamptonburgh, County of Orange and State of New York, the Place of My Nativity and Residence to the Present Day, May the [blank] One Thousand Eight hundred and thirty Eight, Just Eighty five years Old, who served in the Militia, through the American Revolutionary War, With Great Britian…
Whose Father was Constitutionally An infirm Man, Who Seemly Died, With Pure Old age near Sixty five years Old, and Who had a Son, that was a Lame man, a Cripple, Who together With My Father, Was classed Among the Exempts… Nevertheless Upon Certain Immergency through the American Revolutionary War, Were Called upon, And Some times Drafts took place among the Exempts, as with the Common Militia, to Raise a Soldier for Certain purposes… And were Classed accordingly to Raise a Man, Or Were Detached, at the Direction of Our Officers…
When Such Proceeding fell upon My William [and] Isaac [inserted] Father & Brother… I the Said Peter Bull, took their places, in Several instances, Upon the Frontier, West of Shawangunk Mountain… and in the interior of the County, in that, of Patroling the Roads, to Detect, if possible in the Night, Men Who Were going to and Coming from the Enemy… Such as was Claudius Smith… &c… putting all these Militia Services together During the American Revolutionary War, Also, for Several Days Carting Flour With a Double team, from the Village of Warwick to New Windsor, for Washingtons Army, When Col. Pickerings office was kept, at the Old Stone House, of Hansbroucks, Newburgh—
I say, putting and Comprising all these Militia Services together During the American Revolutionary War, I hesitate not to Say, My Services Exceeded Six months through the War…
P.S. I forgot to mention, in this Selected Memorandum of the American War, When the Militia Was Classed to Raise a Soldier, & one & all Chose to hire a Man… I was placed Several times, as the Head of the Class… Which Cost me more time & trouble to find a Suitable Man… to See him Mustered & Entered in the Service on the frontier, and to pay him, or See him paid after his Service Which was more troublesom, than many People Would imagine, Who never had the trial — for which and all together I Claim the indulgence of a Pensioner, on the Pension List.
Peter Bull
[Small note at bottom]: I was never as I can recollect marked as a Delinquent in militia Services.
Top Section (First Hand):
This is
Peter Bull son of William Bull
Sarah Wells.
Signature/Date (Second Hand):
Elba M Eager Aug 10th 1934
Middle Section (Third Hand - a correction):
This is a mistake as William + Sarah
had no son Peter — MWJ
Bottom Left Margin (Rotated):
for the favor + indulgence
of a PensionRelationships
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