27-2Revolutionary ClaimsReport : Petition of the Heirs of M. Cryder. [409] Indian campaign of 1777-80 in Pennsylvania.1842-8

House of Representatives Report No. 656, 27th Congress, 2nd Session (1842)

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27th CoNGREss, 2d Sssion. Rep. No. 656. HEIRS OF MICHAEL CRYDER. APRIL 12, 1842. Laid upon the table. Ho. o:v REPS. Mr. HALL, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made the following REPORT: The Comm·ittee on Revolutionar.l; Claims, to which was riferred the peti-tion cif the he·irs of Michael Cryder, submit the following report: The heirs of Michael Cryder claim pay for services rendered, and sup-plies furnished, certain Pennsylvania militia, employed in 1777, '78, '79, and 1780, to guard the frontiers of that State against the Indians, to the amount of £1,462, 1'7 s. 6d. The only evidence produced to sustain the claim, is an account of charges for rations, corn, oats, and services, sworn by Israel Cryder, on the 26th of November, 1841, to be in the hand-writing of his father, Mi'chael Cryder; and the affidavit of David McMurtrie, taken in Feb-ruary, 1841, who says he was well acquainted with Michael Cryder, and boarded in his family in 1779 and 1780; and knows that, in 1780 or 1781, said Cryder furnished the militia, at a place now called Hollidaysburg, with flour, meat, a nd other provisions ; and that he acted as a commissa-ry, and was reputed to be an agent of the United States for the purpose of supplying the mil itia of the United States. There is also a paper filed, which has the appearance of a genuine original paper, by which it appears that, on the 1st of June, 1781, in pursuance of an order drawn by "Jo-seph Brady, quartermaster," Michael Cryder delivered to "Andrew Alworth, sergeant," twenty-five half pints of whiskey. This is all the evidence. Only three insuperable objections to the allowance of this claim occur to the committee at present. The first is, that no sufficient proof is made that Michael Cryder rendered service, or furnished supplies to any body, except twenty-five half pints of whiskey to Andrew AI worth ; the second is, that if Michael Cryder r.endered service, or furnished supplies, as claimed, his account for the same must be supposed, to have been settled and paid at the time ; and the third is, that the claim, if there were any, would doubtless be against the State of Pennsylvania, and not against the United States. . Wherefore, the committee recommend that the claim be rejected. 

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