Questions pertain to Rev. War pensioner, NY Line 1777. I hope someone knows the answer to these questions. 1. Did this Act require a petitioner for a Revolutionary War pension to return to the state/county in which he served in order to file the petition? 2. A 1937 letter written to an inquirier about a petition, told her," in order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid...you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Name, Certificate No 463 Issue date, June 20, 1843 Rate, 37.77 per annum Commence date, March 4, 1843 Act of March 3, 1843, New York Agency." This letter is signed by A. D. Miller, Executive Assistant to the Administrator. The problem is, there is no letterhead address, no referral address and unfortunately no envelope. This letter was included with the copy of a Rev. War pension that was granted and copied for me at the NARA, Washington. The other problem is, the applicant became a widow of the pensioner in 1835. She gives that date in her petition. By "commence date, 1843" she would have been 82 and that is a long interval to take to file for continuance of a pension following decease of the pensioner in June 1835. My questions: Who would Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division be today? What city? New York, where they lived? Albany, the capitol of the State where they lived? or Washington, DC? Any known reasons for the interval? (My records tentatively note she died 1843.) I would appreciate help from someone better versed in the military legalities of pension procedures. thank you Jan