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REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION CLAIMS

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REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION CLAIMS
<b>623. REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION CLAIMS </b>Manuscript D.S. 3pp. legal folio, Clinton County, Ohio, Sept. 1820 in which Dennis O'Laughlin swears that he ".<i>..enlisted as a private soldier [at Philadelphia] to serve during the war into the company of Captain Street in the eleventh regiment...under Brigadier Gen Wayne in the Pennsylvania line he served in this regiment until after the battle Guilford [Courthouse] immediately after said battle the said eleventh regiment was transferred to and consolidated with the tenth Virginia regiment he continued in the last mentioned regiment until the treaty of peace...he was in the battles of Germantown, Brandywine, at Trenton, at Monmouth, at Guilford...</i>". O'Laughlin, illiterate, signs twice with his mark on the claim. Together with another D.S. 3pp. legal folio, Canton County, Ohio, Sept. 1820 also signed twice with an "<i>x</i>" by Dennis O'Laughlin, an affidavit of inspection of O'Laughlin's property for qualification for a pension. Two pieces, light soiling, usual folds, overall very good condition. <b>$100-150</b>