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Claims and Memorials |
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To the Honourable the Commissioners appointed by a late Act of Parliament further to enquire into the Losses and Services of the American Loyalist &c &c &c |
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The Memmorial of Willet CARPENTER late of Westchester County in the Province of New York but now of Queens County in the Province of New Brunswick Most Humbly sheweth That your Memmorialist for his Loyalty to his King and firm attachment to the British Goverment was Compelled to to [sic] fly for Refuge and Protection to the Royal Army than at New York as Early as the year 1777 March the 12th Day and your Memmorialist hath Rendered Goverment the Services and on Account of his Said Loyalty hath Suffered the Losses Stated in the Schedule and Estimate hereunto annexed. Your Memmorialist therefore Prays that his Case may be Taken into your Consideration in order that under your Honours Report that your Memmorialist may be Enabled to Receive Such Aid and Relief as his Losses and Services may be found to Deserve.
Willet CARPENTER
Province of New Brunswick Great Britain, Public Record Office, Audit Office 13, Volume 21, folio 86. Click here for ---> More New York Claims
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