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Facts and Events
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tiffany, Nelson B; Chenango County Historical Society (New York); and Chenango County Historian (New York). Revolutionary War veterans, Chenango County, New York. (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, c1998)
Volume IV (S-Z), p.999; veteran no. 763. - ↑ Helen Bourbonais, transcriber. Transcription of letter from Aunt Sally (Smith ) to Lucy May Sackett Brown, Informant Address: Lake Arrowhead,.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Revolutionary War Pension File of Elisha Smith, File No S23422, Record Type: Revolutionary War Pension File, N. (National Archives, Washington, D.C.)
page 13 of 13.
- ↑ Findagrave.com (database online), Url: www.findagrave.com/
Find A Grave Memorial# 47344919.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Helen Bourbonais, transcriber. Transcription of letter from Aunt Sally (Smith ) to Lucy May Sackett Brown, Informant Address: Lake Arrowhead,.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Findagrave.com (database online), Url: www.findagrave.com/
Find A Grave Memorial# 47344919.
- ↑ Ardery, Anne Stuyvesant Tweedy, Writer Role: applicant. DAR Membership Application for Associated Member No 357900 Anne Stuyvesant Tweedy Ardery (digital image). (National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, DC, 7 January 1946)
photocopy of original application, section: Children of Revolutionary Ancestor.
- ↑ Handwritten letter from Aunt Sally to Lucy Sackett Brown:
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Sparta June 8, 1880
1 Well, dear Lucy I can not tell you 2 how glad we all are to get a letter 3 from you after waiting so long and 4 wondering so much that you did not 5 write, Smith would often say how 6 strange it is that Lucy don’t write. 7 I have got one letter from Hannah and 8 have written to her on a card but 9 did not know whether she got it or 10 not as she has not written me since 11 We thank you very much for your 12 kind letter and the pictures also 13 we are all usually well on as [Oras?] folks 14 also it has been quite sickly about 15 here and a good many deaths since 16 you were here but I am yet spared 17 for some purpose I hope to do good 18 now I will tell you what a feast
[page 2] 1 I had on my 77th birthday 2 or the same week I got a letter from 3 all my boys and six of my grand 4 children all birthday letters I wish you 5 could see them all I hope you will 6 come and see us again you can’t expect 7 to see me live a great while longer 8 you and Hannah are all there is 9 that I can talk with about your 10 dear mother O how much I think of 11 her in my lonely hours how much 12 I have thought of the last visit 13 that we had together., may we all live in 14 a manner that through Jesus Christ we 15 may be blessed with a happy entr- 16 ance into His kingdom and there meet 17 our loved ones…Give my love to all 18 your family to Hannah and her 19 family please all write soon 20 much love from Aunt Sally
[note written upside-down at top of page 2] 1 please overlook poor writing for I have 2 been out killing potato bugs and 3 my hand trembles some
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