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To Colonel Thomas DUNDAS and J PEMBERTON Esquire two of the Commissioners appointed further to enquire into the losses and services of all such Persons who have suffered in their rights, properties and possessions during the late unhappy dissentions in America in consequence of their loyalty to his Majesty and attachment to the British Government by an Act passed in the Twenty Fourth year of the Reign of his present Majesty and by the said Act directed to repair to Nova Scotia or any other of his Majestys Colonies in America to enquire into such Claims. |
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The Memorial of Joshua GIDNEY late of Dutchess County in the Province of New York Humbly Sheweth That your Memorialist from the beginning of the late Rebellion opposed the same to the utmost of his power and was on that Account imprisoned above Two Hundred Miles from his home near five months & confined to his Farm, near Seven Months. That in April 1777 your Memorialist effected his escape & carried with him into That your Memorialist obtained a That your Memorialist was a Volunteer at the attack of Fort Montgomery where he flatters himself he at least did his Duty. That the Rebels have seized & confiscated a Farm belonging to your Memorialist in Dutchess County aforesaid containing 225 Acres with 3 Dwelling Houses, one Barn & estimated at £ 2,000 New York Currency & on which was no other incumbrance than a Mortgage for £ 63 New York Curry. That your Memorialist has also suffered by the Rebels the following Losses viz. in stock on his Farm including a valuable stallion to the amount of £ 492. 10. Wheat in the Ground £ 60. a Chais, Waggon, sleigh & Harness & Farming Utensils £ 143. Household Furniture £ 100. besides furnishing Two Horses for his Majestys service worth £ 50. All which your Memorialist submits with the utmost defference in full confidence that such compensation & reimbursement shall be made & allowed as will be consistent with Equity & Justice.
And Your Memorialist as Great Britain, Public Record Office, Audit Office, Class 13, Volume 13, folio 28. Click here for ---> More New York Claims
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