I obtained in all about fifty cases under the Act of 1836.
Subsequently I obtained other cases under the Act of 1838. I sent the
applications forward to Washington, and in a few cases certificates
were received in return. In a majority of cases there was a delay.
The women became anxious and their visits and importunities were
annoying. In the month of January, 1839, I joined Gen. Staples and
made a visit to Washington. Staples' object was to make mail
contracts, or to arrange existing difficulties. My purpose was to
obtain action on pension applications. Our journey was a slow one, if
not tedious. From Groton to Boston by stage, and from Boston to
Stonington, Conn., by rail; from Stonington to New York by steamboat;
from New York to Perth Amboy by steamboat; from Perth Amboy by rail, I
think, but possibly by stage to a town on the Delaware River, Franklin
perhaps. From that point to Philadelphia, by steamboat. Our journey
from Philadelphia to Washington was by rail in part and in part by
stage. We passed the creeks between the Susquehanna and Baltimore upon
a railroad.
We stopped overnight in New York, and went to the Park Theater.
Another night we spent in Philadelphia, and went to the Chestnut Street
Theater. Staples had a fondness for theaters, and on these occasions
I followed his example.
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