Lot 147
[Wayne, Anthony] Northwest Indian War Pension Affidavit For A Soldier Who Served Under "Mad Anthony" Wayne at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. Manuscript document, being a deposition given by John Clark, 3 pages, 11¾ x 7½", n.p., n.d., but fall of 1799 is the last date mentioned in the affidavit. Clark swears that he "served in the Northwestern Army commanded by Genl. Wayne and was engaged in the Battle with the Indians [The Battle of Fallen Timbers, Aug. 20, 1794] which took place not far from the Miami River." He was in Capt. Lyman's Company and Col. Strang's Regiment, and Major Buel was the major of the regiment. The deposition reads, in part: "After the Battle, the army went to Greenville. The Deponent assisted in building Fort Defiance … After the peace with the Indians [1795] the army was ordered for Detroit and in going from Fort Miami unto Detroit the feet of this Deponent were badly frozen in the manner set forth in his memorial. The Deponent understands that this was the first time the Port at Detroit was taken possession of by the United States; and several companies of British Troops marched out of Detroit at the time of our taking possession…" Because of his frozen feet, his officers and the physician of the Army recommended to the Secretary of War that Clark should get a pension of $3 per month, but because of bureaucratic delays and mistakes, he had still not received anything by 1799 and the paperwork could not be found. This affidavit is to reconstitute the lost paperwork. Lightly toned, else fine. Estimate Value $1,600 - UP
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