Major William Barber, A.L.S. Poughkeepsie [N.Y.] Decr. 17th 1785 : to Capt. Jonathan Dayton Eliz.Town

Major William Barber, A.L.S. Poughkeepsie [N.Y.] Decr. 17th 1785 : to Capt. Jonathan Dayton Eliz.Town

Poughkeepsie, [N.Y.] 1785

[3] p. on conjugate leaves ; 23 cm.

MSS L2015F179 M

Letter written concerning the review process for revolutionary war veterans claims: "... Persons (as I doubt not there are many on those Islands [Lond Island & Staten Island]) may make out a well supported claim, who perhaps, from their conduct in the late war may not be entitled to this privaledge [i.e. privilege] ..."
Major Barber was aid to General Maxwell & Lord Stirling, wounded at Yorktown during the revolutionary war; original member of the NJ Society.
Docketed: "Capt. Jonathan Dayton Eliz,Town. From Major Barber Decr 17th 1785. Assistant Inspector of the Army in 1783. J.A."
Partial wax seal remains.

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