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1823 Declaration by Rev. War Soldier

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American Revolution

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American Revolutionary War Soldier Falls On Hard Times.
Manuscript declaration by Michael Glass, former Revolutionary War soldier, who seeks a pension, December 30, 1823, Lincoln Circuit Court [Mass.?], double sided page, Fine. Glass states that he served in the American army in the Revolutionary War, and was regularly discharged, but now is "incapable of making a support for himself in the ordinary avocations of life," and requests aid "of that Country for whome he has fought." Some foxing and soiling, but still quite good. A fascinating and poignant declaration by a war veteran who has fallen on hard times: "I Michael Glass do certify that I enlisted into American service in the year 1779 aged about eighteen in John Rogers Company of horse or Cavalry and under the command of Gen. [George Rogers] Clark and served two years or thereabouts, and was regularly discharged in the year 1781."



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