Show A VETERANS GRIEVANCE I 1 robert wimmer was vas born bom in I 1 the state of pennsylvania 0 on n lith december 1805 and am there fore a natural bom citizen of the united states statts both my grandfathers jacob wimmer ranil and Rober kobert sherley fought in the war of the ra revolution and drew pensions from the united states government my father peter wimmer emryed under general harrison harrlson in the war of 1812 and also drew a pension from my fathel ather lafaw in raw faw david divid wilkinson was waa one of the seventy live five horsemen who cut down Tail Tarl tons lons i troops at cowpens coppens Cow pens he als ais aso 0 draw drar dro a pension T two TKO wo of my ray brothers in law wilim and david were kentucky rangers in the dieg abair allair between dudley dadley au and d the indians they were among it who went into the bull ring rings when one of them was shot and now in lix my old age I 1 with all cheso gloriana glori ong cna and p patriotic recollections I 1 am deprived of my citizenship my humage lumage and my y rights under the Cons titu tion in this nation which my an actors and kindred have done so much to establish and why sim bim ply because my religious rell roli cloua faith la is an k 0 unpopular one aud congress in answer to blind popular clamor has bass passed pp ap used a law which affects me aa as it does many other truly loyal citizens citizen s moat most disastrously aa as well ag as most moat unwarrantably no other othor 4 reason can be given as I 1 am the peer of any man wan in this nation both by birth as a citizen and my life as y f one devoted to tomy my country and its i interest in all mcdaye respectfully r ronert ROBERT wimmer |