Registering Ezekiel
Pvt. Ezekiel Osborn’s widow, Lucretia, submitted this illustrated family record in support of her claim for a pension. During the Revolutionary War, Osborn served...
Running on empty
In August 1778 the paymaster general of the Continental Army informed Gen. George Washington that the military chest was entirely exhausted. Washington passed this...
Sergeant in the New Jersey Militia
Jespar Vliet was a sergeant in the Hunterdon County (New Jersey) Militia during the Revolutionary War. He served at Paulus Hook and saw action at Staten Island and...
Settling the interior
The United States and Great Britain granted land to those who had been loyal to their cause during the Revolutionary War, forcing those who had not to leave. Loyalist...
Son of a soldier
In 1842 Margaret Dickisson, widow of Revolutionary War veteran Isaac Dickisson, filed a pension application with the War Department. She received $96 a year based on...
Souvenir of British occupation
Sarah Osborn of New York followed her commissary sergeant husband Aaron of the 3rd New York Regiment during the Revolutionary War. She submitted this deposition to...
Strawberries and vines, with a needle
Laura Goodale, daughter of Chester and Asenath Goodale, made this family record with its strawberry and vine border around 1809. Her mother submitted this sampler...