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IN StNATE
OF
THE UNITED STATES,
JANUARY 22, 1819.
The committee of claims, to whom was referred the petition of
ItEPORT: Thomas J. Ogden,
That the petitioner is represented the owner of certain real
estate, in his own right, and trustee for others, near Sackett's larbor,
in the state of New York, which was occupied for military purposes,
from an early period in the late war, until the fall of 1817, in part.
The timber, fencing, and turf, is alleged to have been destroyed, as
per estimate rendered 7,-75 value. The depositions of Elijah
Camp, taken under a commission issued by commissioner Lee, on
1st December, 1817, and of Samuel F. Hooker, of the 17th of March,
1818; a second deposition of said Camp, made to interrogatories of
the 3d of December, 1818, and of William Worm, and Hunter Crane,
and Edmund Luff of the same date, with certificates from general
Brown, and major Brown, of the 15th December, 1818, is the evi.
dence offered in support of the claim. Mr. Camp is understood to
have been the agent of the company, and present while the property
was in military occupancy, as alleged; and he recites colonel Bellin.
ger, generals Dodge, Pike, Dearborn, M'Comb, and Collins, and
colonels Dennis, and Mitchell, as commanders at different times on
that station. In his first deposition he says, their certificates could
rot be had, from the short time allowed to execute the commission.
Other testimony is now offered, but it includes the certificates of no
military officer recited as on command there. General Brown's cer-
tificateis too general, to have weight in the case. Major Brown cer-
tifies, tnat he never had any orders to pay this claim, nor any knowl.
edge of its being paid by the quartermaster's department.
The committee have no doubt some loss has been sustained; but
they consider the proofs too vague and contradictory, to allow of its
settlement and liquidation. Mr. Hooker states the wood cut, to
amount to one hundred acres, while the claim is for four. Quarter.
master Noon is represented to have occupied the ground originally;
and it is certainly singular, that occupancy should have continued so
longin the presence of th agent, without any attempt being made'to
obtain compensation for the occupancy. The committee, therefore,
submit the following resolution:
Resoked, That the petitioner have leave to withdraw his petition,](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.usccsset/usconset37779&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)