An 1838 letter in the Revolutionary War pension file for Samuel Tyrel
Source:
Ancestry.com database: Revolutionary War Pension
and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900, Samuel Tyrel (wife:
Eunice), New York, No. W19480; image set T / Trask, Benjamin - Tzor, Gabriel /
Tyler, Joseph - Tzor, Gabriel, image 1052. From NARA
microfilm series M804, roll 2433.
Transcribed by Conrad W. Terrill, DOR-Terrill, 19 Nov.
2011
This is
a letter letter from Marinus Fairchild [Esq.], of Salem, NY, (who appears to
have been the lawyer who acted as pension claim agent for Samuel and Eunice
Tyrel), to James L. Edwards, Esquire,
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, DC.
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Salem (Wash : Co : N.Y.) Septr 1838
Sir
herewith I send you the papers of Eunice
Tyrel for pension under the act of 7 July 1838
Your early attention to the matter will be a favor
The leaf from the family Bible being already
loose I thought it as well to give you the original
the writing on which is not very legible, but as I
decipher it is as follows
Holy Bible the property of Sam
Bot of David Yong price four Dollars ~~~~
Born on the 22d day of February in the year of our Lord 1758
and was married on the 22d day of January 1782
consort was Born on the 6 day of April 1762
first child Rachel was born May the 14th 1784
2d child Rebeca was born June 7 1786
3d child Ezra was born July 16th 1788
4 child Samuel was born July 17th 1790
The difficulty in accurately deciphering the writing
is one reason for attaching the original.~ The residue
of the name after “Sam” appearing to have been torn
off of the first line is also another reason
If any thing further is to be done, please advise me
as soon as possible
Respectfully Yours
Marinus Fairchild
James L Edwards Esquire
commissionr of Pensions