Claim No. 198 (Lowell)

Title

Identifier

198-Lowell-Catherine

Claim Number

198

Original Claimant(s)

Catherine Lowell

Administrator(s)/Recipient(s)

Catherine Lowell

Place of Residence

St. David's

District of Residence

Niagara

Initial Valuation

283/13/6

Commission Valuation

199/0/0

Voucher Number

V1-858

Voucher Value

49/15/4.5

Additional Payments

19/18/0

Total Payments

69/13/4.5

Text

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A Statement of Losses sustained by Caty Lowell Widow of Saint David’s During the late war between Great Britain and the United States of America

Taken and Destroyed By the Enemy under the Command of General Brown about the 17^th July 1814

175.0.0	1 Frame house 33 by 30 feet 1 1/2 story high seven fifteen light windows five twelve light do valued	£250.0.0
4.10.0	1 feather Bed	6.5.0
1.10.0	1 pair blankets	1.12.6
2.5.0	3 bed Quilts	3.15.0
3.15.0	3 pair sheets	5.5.0
2.0.0	2 bed steads	2.0.0
0.15.0	1 Table	1.5.0
1.15.0	7 windsor Chairs	2.10.0
2.0.0	1 Large Matress	3.0.0
0.10.0	1 pan	0.10.0
0.5.0	1 pair Candel sticks	0.10.0
	Clothing amounting	6.15.0
	Halifax Cy
	carry over

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Carried over £283.13.6

~~I Caty Lowell of the Township of Niagara and village of Saint David’s do hereby solemnly declare that I have actually sustained the damage in the accompanying claim set forth and that I have~~

I Caty Lowell of the Township of Niagara and village of Saint David’s do hereby solemnly declare that the above is a true and correct statement of the loss which I sustained when Plundered and Burnt by a Party of the Enemy under the Command of General Brown on or about the 16^th of July 1814 and I do in like manner declare that I have not Recd any remuneration whatever on account of the loss so sustained

Catherine Lowell

Witness
Josiah Brown

WE David Secord Esq and Richard Merchant both of the Township of Niagara and village of Saint David’s do hereby Certify that as we have Carefully Examined the accompanying Claim made by Caty Lowell of the township & village aforesaid for Damages sustained by her and we do further Certify from our own knowledge that the said Caty Lowell has actually suffered the Damage for which she Claims to be remunerated and that in our estimation the sum of two hundred & eighty three pounds thirteen shillings and six pence Halifax Cy is a Just and Reasonable Compensation for the same and also that the several articles put down are not over charged

Richard Woodruff
David Secord

Witness
Josiah Brown

Class 2 Cl 85

Caty Lowell

Claim for Losses

St. David’s

Niagara

£283.0.0

Estimated at two hundred pounds

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A Statement of Losses sustained by Widow Lowell of Saint David’s between Great Britain and United States of America

One Frame House 33 by 30 feet 1 1/2 story high Seven fifteen light windows 2 twelve light do	250.0.0
1 Bed	6.5.0
1 pair Blankets	1.12.6
3 bed Quilts 25/	3.15.0
3 pair Sheets	5.5.0
2 bed steads 20/	2.0.0
1 Table	1.5.0
7 Windsor chairs	2.10.0
1 Large Matress	3.0.0
1 pan	0.10.0
1 pair brass Candel sticks	0.10.0
Clothing amounting to	6.15.0
Provincial Cy	£283.13.6

We the undersigned do Certify that we have Taken a Survey of the Losses Sustained by Widow Lowell of Saint David’s during the late war between Great Britain and the United States of America

David Secord
R. Woodruff

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Widow Lowell

Niagara

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A Statement of Losses Sustained by Widow Catherine Lowell of Saint David’s During the late war between Great Britain and the United States of America

(1814 July 18^th)

1 frame house 30 by 33 feet 1 1/2 story high 7 windows of 15 lights and 2 of 12 do. burnt by the enemy	175	£250.0.0
a feather bed	4.10	6.5.0
a pair blankets	1.10	1.12.6
2 bed quilts	2.5	3.15.0
3 pair sheets	3.15	5.15.0
2 bed steds	2.	2.0.0
a Table	.15	1.5.0
7 windsor chairs @5/	1.15	2.10.0
a large mattress	2.	3.0.0
a pan	}.10{	0.10.0
a pair brass candlesticks		0.10.0
Clothing of sundry articles	5.	6.15.0
Hlfx	199	£283.13.6

Personally appeared before me Alexr Hamilton one of his Majesty’s Justices of the Peace of the Dist of Niagara, Catherine Lowell Widow, of Saint David’s who being duly sworn doth say that the above property was taken and destroyed by the enemy on the 18^th July 1814 and that the property is not too high charged neither has she recd any remuneration for the same

Catherine Lowell (her mark)

Sworn before me at St. David’s this 24 day of June 1823

Alex Hamilton, J.P.

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District of Niagara

Personally appeared before me Alexander Hamilton one of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for said District, Richard Woodruff of St. David’s Merchant who being duly sworn deposeth and sayeth that he has knowledge of Catherine Lowell having her house burnt as within described and also the most of the within articles charged in the within account and further that he is not directly or indirectly interested in the result of the event and believing it to be a just and reasonable charge

Richard Woodruff

Sworn before me at St. David’s this 24^th Day of June 1823

Alex Hamilton J.P.

Claim No 198

Widow Lowell

Claims

Recd 25 June 1823

Claim £283.6

Allowed £199