Henry Newton Mahanay, Letters 1898
October 12, 1898
Cuba, MO
Mr. J.W. Morris (attorney representing family in pension claim)
Dear Sir,
Will write you again in Regard to my Pension Claim Childrens No. 575889 CO I, 50 Reg. MO Inf Vol.
As I had so much hard luck at Kirkwood I got dishartened and moved back to Cuba. My little girl died July 27 and the little baby died September the 7th. My wife has heart-trouble so I have had nothing but trouble for the last year and have had a hard time to make a living. I have wished many a time I could get my pension but my wishes were in vane but I hope you will examine my claim at once and consider it in my favor at once. I know my claim is justly due us and I know we kneed it worse than any one on earth. I hope you will do the best you can for us and write me at once and let me know what you can do for us and whether the evidence I have furnished are sufficient or not. The weather is so bad now that I cant get anything to do and I am in hard sircumstances and would like to hear from you at once. Hopingt you will consider our claim a just one. Write me at once.
I remain Yours Truly,
Henry N. Mahanay
Cuba, Crawford, MO
I have moved back to Cuba and would like to have my address changed back to Cuba, MO. My brother Francis M and sister Rosetta J’s address will still be Kirkwood. I hope you will do the best you can for me and have my claim called up as often as you can.
I remain Yours Truly, Henry N. Mahanay Cuba, MO
The following letter was logged into the pension office on Oct 22, 1898 and was stamped “Complaint” October 19, 1898 Cuba, MO Mr. H. Clay Evans Washington D.C.
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