1895 Letter American Revolution Memorial Day Burial Ground Receipt & Request

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American Revolution Memorial Day Burial Ground Receipt and Request Shirley, Massachusetts
In May of 1895, a request
was
sent by
John Hazan on behalf of
the
Descendants
o
f
the American Revolution to a Mr. Abel Page Walker requesting funds to maintain the
Revolutionary
War
cemetery in
Shirley.
Mr. Walker’
s g
reat grandfather
was a Revolutionary soldier in Captain Henry Haskell’s company in Colonel Jam
e
s Prescott’s regiment. He
was
one of the Revolutionary soldiers who marched from Shirley on th
e alarm of April 19, 1775.
He is
buried in
the Shirley, Massachusetts Revolutionary War
cemetery.
Mr. Abel Walker responded with the requested Contribution and has received a handwritten
thank you and
receipt dated May 28, 1895 from Mr. Hazan.
The original printed form, the receipt and the sta
mped envelope are all included and in excellent condition
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