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REPORT
Of the Committee of Claims in the case of Tobias E. Stansbury,jun.
and William Stansbury.
MARCH 2, 1818.
Read and committed to a committee of the whole House on Monday next.
The Committee of Claims to whom was referred the report of the
Commissioners of Claims in the case of Tobias E. Stansbury,
jun. and William Stansbury,
REPORT:
That from the evidence adduced in this case, it appears, that
some time in the night of the 11th of September, 1814, a company of
cavalry, commanded by captain Benjamin Wilson, and a battalion of
,riflemen commanded by major Beale Randal, arrived at the farm
then in the occupancy of the claimants, and took possession of the
dwelling-house, and such of the out-houses as were not filled with
grain and hay, and occupied'the same till about one o'clock in the
afternoon of the succeeding day, when a squadron of the enemy as-
cended the river, and on coming up against the house, commenced
a discharge of rockets and shot: some of the rockets, it is alleged,
fell very near the house; upon which the troops retreated, and seve-
ral of them, who are witnesses in this case, state, that, when they were
about half a mile from the farm, they discovered that two stacks of
hay, upon said farm, were on fire.
Frederick Obrien states, that he resided on a farm situate imme-
diately on the Patapsco river, near the city of Baltimore, and ad-
joining the farm in the occupancy of the claimants; that on-the night
of the 13th of September, 1814, a party of the 'enemy came to his
house with lanterns, and proceeded to the farm of the claimants, and
burned their dwelling-house, granary, barn, and a large brick build-
ing, called the still-house, but which for many years had been used
as a granary or barn; and that there were many houses and farms
in view, and convenient to said property, but that none of the houses
except those of the claimant's, were burned by the enemy.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.usccsset/usconset37776&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)