A Widow's Request for Mr. Gilmore's Pension
Document 1793Howell is informing Swan that the widow of a Mr. Gilmore, of Captain Smyth's company, has inquired if any money is still due her late husband. "There appears to be none of Capt. Smyth's Comp." might imply that there are no records of other survivors of that unit.
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[Address endorsement:
Caleb [Swan] Esqr
Pay Master
[undecipherable]
March [22,] 1793]
[marginalia: W. Off. No. [undecipherable] / March 23. [1793]]
War Department
Accountants Office
March 23. 1793
Sir
I enclose a continuation of the list of abstracts of [Warr?] — A poor woman the widow of Dr. Gilmore [undecipherable: came] to me [undecipherable] to know if any thing is due to her late husband on a [undecipherable] on return of the pay and the arrears of the 2d Regt for 1791 [undecipherable] Capt Smiths Comp — there appears to be none of Capt Smiths Comp— Can you give any information in this matter, is your return general or partial &—
It has become absolutely necessary the [undecipherable] should immediately have the [undecipherable: Settlement] in the year 1791 —
I am Sir
[your?] ob. St.
[undecipherable]
Caleb Swan Esqre.
Type
Autograph Signed Draft
Description
Howell is informing Swan that the widow of a Mr. Gilmore, of Captain Smyth's company, has inquired if any money is still due her late husband. "There appears to be none of Capt. Smyth's Comp." might imply that there are no records of other survivors of that unit.
Date
03/23/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Repository
Document number
1793032321001
Page start
1
Note
Draft. Cited in Swan to Howell, 04/05/1793.
Notable persons
Caleb Swan
Joseph Howell
Captain Smyth
2nd Regulars
Notable locations
War Department
