[endorsement: ...107 / Jan War / Caleb Brewster / [undecipherable] / June 21 - 1790] [endorsement: Claims / [undecipherable: Brewster] / [undecipherable] Congress] [Page] 1[9]^th [Book] [1] 10. 1 To [the] Secretary of [War] for the [O]ffice [Department?] of War to whom was referred the petition of Caleb Brewster. Report, That the petitioner was a Lieutenant of Artillery, during the late war; that he was confidentially employed in an armed boat by the Commander in Chief to keep open the communication from Connecticut to Long Island, for the purpose of obtaining intelligence. That the petitioner performed the said hazardous service with fidelity, judgment & bravery; and the approbation of the Commander in Chief, as appears by his certificate herewith submitted, dated the 10^th day of [undecipherable] 1784. That by the execution of the trust reposed in him, the petitioner became peculiarly obnoxious to the enemy, who made many attempts to take or destroy him. That in an effort of this nature, in the month of December 1782, the petitioner & those under his command, behaved with the highest gallantry in an engagement with three of the enemy's armed boats, the largest of which, with the commanding officer he captured, after an obstinate resistance. That in this action the petitioner was dangerously wounded, & carried into Connecticut at a distance from any hospital or public assistance. That the petitioner long languished under the pain of his wounds, the cure of which, & the expenses then attendant thereon, appear to have amounted to the sum of two hundred & forty one dollars & fifty seven cents, for which he has not received any compensation. That besides the said sums, it appears from the certificate of the Director General of Hospitals, dated the 15^th day of [undecipherable] 1786, herewith submitted, that the petitioner was ruptured while employed in the service, which likewise rendered him an invalid, and that he is incapacitated from obtaining his livelihood by [undecipherable: Col.]. On this petition it may be observed, that the petitioner by having submitted his case to Congress, on the 15^th of April 1786, does not appear to have been involved in the exclusion of the resolve of the 11^th of June 1788, that a copy of the said resolution & a report thereon by a committee of Congress is herewith submitted; although, it does not appear that the said petition was ever acted upon. The Secretary of War submits it as his opinion 1^st. That the petitioner is justly entitled to have the sum of 341 Dollars & 57 cents, being the amount of the expenses attendant on the cure of his wound, & the further sum of [undecipherable], being the interest thereon from the 1^st of July 1[7][undecipherable] to the 1^st of July 1790; amounting in the whole, to the sum of [undecipherable] Dollars & [undecipherable] cents; reimbursed to him by the United States. 2dly. That the petitioner is entitled [undecipherable] to be placed on the pension list of the United States, from the 3^d of November 1783, the day his pay as an officer of the army ceased, at the rate of Sixteen Dollars & [undecipherable] Per Month, being the half pay of a Lieutenant of Artillery during the late war, & that he ought to be paid the said pension from the 8^th of [undecipherable] 1789 agreeably to the act of the 29^th of September 1789, & that the sum due on the said pension previously to the said 8^th of [undecipherable] 1789, to be paid as other arrearages of a similar nature shall be paid, provided that the petitioner shall first return the amount of the certificates of his commutation of half pay for life which he received from the Office of Army accounts. All which is humbly submitted to the House of Rep^s. War Office June 21 1790 H Knox [undecipherable]