Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,289, Silas Bruce, Mass.
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SERVICE
Mass

Bruce, Silas
Louisa

NUMBER
W 25,289
BLWA 26, 180-160-55
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Silas Bruce
Ervings Grant
Ms.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin County SS

On this twelfth day of February A.D. 1833, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of the Commonwealth, now sitting at Greenfield within and for the said County of Franklin, Silas Bruce, in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, aged sixty-nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:

He first enlisted as a soldier of the Revolution in the latter part of summer or forepart of July in the year 1779—I cannot tell the day—for the term of three months and served that time as a private in the Massachusetts Militia. I only can collect that the officer under whom I served at this time was Capt. Livermore. A continental officer came to Rutland, where I did duty as a guard to the British prisoners and superintended the post for a while, but I have forgotten his name.

I lived in Templeton, State of Massachusetts, County of Worcester. I, with others, went directly from said Templeton to Rutland, about twenty miles, for the purpose as before stated to guard the prisoners. We were detained there. I had no written discharge. I do not know of any witness by whom I can prove this period of service who was out with me. The best and only evidence of this period of service is the depositions of Samuel Brown and Eli Brice, which are transmitted. While on this tour of duty, I went home by permission of my captain and stayed overnight, and returned to my post of duty the next day.

I again enlisted as a soldier in the Massachusetts State service in the forepart of July A.D. 1780 for the term of three months and served that time as a private. I cannot tell the day I entered the service nor the day I left. The Colonel of our regiment was Col. Rand of Westminster. The officers of our company were Capt. Stearns of Petersham and S. Rogers. Our Lieutenant’s name was Houghton. I lived at this time in Templeton aforesaid. I, with others, went directly from said Templeton through Northampton to Great Barrington, Massachusetts, where we tarried until our company assembled, and I think the whole regiment. Thence we marched to Claverack, N.Y., thence down the river to West Point. From there, a party of us were sent up the river to cut wood. While on this excursion, news came to us that Arnold had turned traitor and deserted. We were ordered down to Fishkill, where we stayed a while, and then we were sent back again up the line to another post. I, with others, was dismissed at a place called Nine Partners and returned home. I had no written discharge.

Nor have I any documentary evidence of my services. I do not know that I can produce any further proof of this period of service than that resulting from the deposition of Philip Alward, herewith transmitted.

I further state that there is no minister living in Erving Grant. I was born October 6, A.D. 1763. I have no record of my age. I have lived since the Revolutionary War about twenty years in said Templeton, four or five years in Winchester, N.H., and about fifteen years in said Erving Grant.

I was born in Bolton.

Silas Bruce
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Declaration and Certification for Pension
Silas Bruce

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
R. E. Newcomb, Judge of Probate
Silas Bruce

Affidavit of Supporting Witnesses

We, Mosley Clapp and William N. Piper, both residing in said Erving’s Grant, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Silas Bruce, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty-nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
R. E. Newcomb, Judge of Probate
Mosley Clapp
William N. Piper

Court Certification

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above-named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states.

And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Mosley Clapp and William N. Piper, who have severally signed the preceding certificate, are residents of said Erving’s Grant, are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. It also appears to the Court that there is no clergyman residing in said Erving’s Grant.

R. E. Newcomb
Judge of Probate

Clerk’s Certification

I, Elijah Alvord, of the said Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Silas Bruce for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this twelfth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.

E. Alvord
Register
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15557
Massachusetts
Silas Bruce
of Franklin in the State of Massachusetts
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Stephens of the regiment
commanded
by Colonel Rand in the Massachusetts
line for 6 months
[illegible]
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of June
1833 and Sent
Elijah Alvord
Medfield Massachusetts
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $40.00
Semi-annual. allowance ending 4 September 1833
10.00
$50.00
Recorded by
Book
⎨ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
DD Addison
Clerk,
Volume 2nd Page 7
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183
Sir: 
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
[Table of six columns, headed:]
Period when the service was rendered || Duration of the claimant's service. || Rank of the claimant || Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. || Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service || Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Enlisted 1779 || 3 months || Captain Livermore || 69 years, Templeton State of Massachusetts || 2 living witnesses.
1780 ||3 months || Colonel Randall, Captain Stevens || ___ || ____

I am, respectfully Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183
Sir: 
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
[Table of six columns, headed:]
Period when the service was rendered || Duration of the claimant's service. || Rank of the claimant || Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. || Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service || Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Enlisted 1779 || 3 months || Captain Livermore || 69 years, Templeton State of Massachusetts || 2 living witnesses.
1780 ||3 months || Colonel Randall, Captain Stevens || ___ || ____

I am, respectfully Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers, all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 4. Indian Spies. As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. DECLARATION. In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. Ste, Terror, or Disrits County of On this day of A.B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before in the county of and State, Territory or District of years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers: Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B. And then will follow the certificate of the Court. And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of & c. If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with and C.D. residing in (the same) who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court. And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c. Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission ; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be exexpected . All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 1. Where and in what year were you born? 2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war , and where do you now live? 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 6. ┃ Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv- The Soldiere, and what has become of it? Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what Office has become of it? 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates. The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure , taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will for low the rule laid down for his guidance. The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. ment under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Evvery claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an ammunit in the fol Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For year months, and days, served as a- Furmonths and --- days, I served as and for such service I claim a pension." It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the person for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority ; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. The opinion of the Court is always required. The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pubseal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. Mode of authenticating papers. In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. Proof of Service. In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witcertified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note applies to continental troops only. If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. ⌨ The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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May 24 [17]76 Transferred at $96 per annum
Boston to Albany for 4 December  75
GOC PA
GM

1880 December 7 [illegible] to Rachel Frank
$21.25 on [illegible] reimburse claimant advised sent [remainder of line illegible]

[Right side:]
15557
Massachusetts
Louisa Bruce widow of 
MG Silas Bruce
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a
Private Syracuse (Albany)
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of
96 dollars of
cents per annum, to commence on
the 27th July 1868. Deduct subsequent payments
Certificate of Pension issued
16th day of October 1868.
and sent to
Louisa Bruce
West Bangor
Franklin County New York
Act July 27/[18]68.


Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 9
Volume H
[illegible signature] clerk
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State of Massachusetts
Worcester County ⎬ ss On this twentieth day of February 1854 personally appeared before the Court of Probate of the County of Worcester in the State of
Massachusetts Louisa Bruce a resident of Templeton in the County aforesaid
aged Fifty one years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her
oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision
made by the act of Congress passed on the 3d day of February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is
the widow of Silas Bruce who was a private in the army of the Revolution. that
she has no means of knowing or obtaining any information of the Company, Regiment
or what officers he served under or length of time of service, other than the Records of the
War Department, to which records she respectfully refers; that her said husband
was a pensioner under the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832 that his pension Certificate
is dated the twenty second day of June 1833 and numbered 15.557. The further declares that
she was married to the said Silas Bruce at Hinsdale in the State of New Hampshire on
the tenth day of February One thousand eight hundred and twenty five- that her husband
the aforesaid Silas Bruce died at Templeton on the thirty first day of May one thousand eight
hundred and fifty one - that she is now, and has remained a widow ever since that period
Louisa Bruce
Signed in presence of
Thomas Kinnicutt
Franklin A Fairbank
Sworn to and subscribed by the above named Louisa
Bruce in the day first above written before me and I
further certify that I am in no way interested in the result of
of this application
Thomas Kinnicut
Judge of Probate
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester Ss.
I, Charles G. Prentiss register of probate 
for said County of Worcester do certify
that Thomas Kinnicutt is the Judge of said Court
Duly commissioned and qualified, and that the Signature
Of his name to the foregoing Certificate, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto set my
hand and the seal of said Court, this twentieth
day of February in the year of our Lord
One thousand, eight
hundred and fifty four
Charles G. Prentiss, Register
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"I hereby certify that on the tenth day of February One thousand eight
hundred and twenty five I joined in marriage at Hinsdale New Hampshire Silas Bruce
and Louisa Field both of Northfield Massachusetts.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of my record of the marriage
of Silas Bruce and Louiza field excepting the date which are in legible
figures as follows. viz. 10th day of February AD. 1825
Obed Slate Justice of the Peace
State of New Hampshire
Cheshire County ⎬ ss January 24 1854. Then personally appeared Obed Slate Esquire
and made oath that the above certificate by him subscribed is just and true; I also
certify that said Slate is of good moral character and that full faith and credit
ought to be given to his testimony Frederick Boyden Justice of the Peace
State of New Hampshire
Cheshire County ⎬ ss. January 24th 1854 I hereby certify that Obed State
was a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Cheshire on the tenth
day of February 1825 and was duly authorized to solemnize Marriages
I also certify that Frederick Boyden is a Justice of the Peace within and
for said County duly authorized to take depositions and administer oaths
and that his
signature above written is in my belief genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of the Superior Court of Judication of said
State the day and year above written, of which court I
and Clerk for said County of Cheshire
Leonard Bisco. Clerk
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[illegible] S. Sec October 11. [18]55
Letter S. Sec. October 26 [18]55
Volume B 2 page 68

[Right panel:]
65.966
Act March 3/[18]55
April 18 1855
Louisa Bruce Widow
Silas Bruce deceased private.
Applicant states that the widow 
is a pensioner under the
act of February 3, 1853-
Boston Agency
Revolutionary War
Massachusetts February [18]55- Number 3796
Admitted 160 AC May 17 [18]56
Boynton
Samuel Lee
Templeton
Massachusetts
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Louisa Bruce
65.960
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State of Massachusetts
County of Worcester
On this fourth day of April 1855. before the undersigned a Justice
of the Peace within and for said County of Worcester personally appeared Louisa Bruce
aged Fifty two years, a resident of Templeton, County of Worcester, State of Massachusetts and made oath in due form of law, that she is the widow of Silas Bruce
who was a private soldier in the revolutionary war - that she is the identical Louisa Bruce to whom under the provisions of the Act of February 3d 1853 a pension of
20 dollars per annum has been allowed her for the services of the aforesaid Silas Bruce. She further states that her pension certificate under the aforesaid act of February
3. 1853 is numbered 3796 and bears date the Seventh day of March 1854 and is
made payable at the Boston Mass Agency. she makes this declaration for the
purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act
of 3 of March 1855 never having received or known herself entitled, or made application under any previous act of Congress - In evidence of her identity and
proof of service of her husband she respectfully refers to the proofs heretofore
adduced, now on file in the pension Office, and upon which her annuity as aforesaid
was granted, and to the accompanying affidavits-- and she prays that the
Certificate thereof may be sent to Samuel Lee
Louisa Bruce
Attest Gilman Day
Stephen Gates
Sworn to, subscribed and acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and
hereby certify that I know the aforesaid Louisa Bruce to be the identical person she
alledges [sic] herself to be - a pensioner of the United States, and that I am not interested in her claim
Samuel Lee Justice of the Peace
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State of Massachusetts
County of Worcester ⎬Ss.
On this fourth day of April 1855 before me
Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Worcester personally appeared
Gilman Day
and Stephen Gates
residents of Templeton County of Worcester known to me as credible persons who made oath
in due form of law that Louisa Bruce
who in their presence has
Sworn and subscribed to the foregoing declaration, is to their personal
knowledge, the identical person to whom under the provisions of the
Act of February 3d 1853 a pension of 20 dollars per annum has been
granted for services performed by her husband as a soldier in the revolutionary
war that they have known her for four years and
derive their knowledge of the facts herein named from the following

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, SS.
I, Joseph Mason Clerk of the Judicial Courts
for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Samuel Leon
the fourth day of April A.D. 1855 was and still is a
Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and authorized by the
laws of this Commonwealth, to take the acknowledgement of deeds, and administer oaths, and that his
signature to the certificates of oath upon the declaration and affidavits hereunto is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said County, this ninth
day of April
hundred and fifty-five
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
Joseph Mason Clerk
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State of Massachusetts
County of Worcester ⎬SS.
On this fourth day of April 1855 before me
a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Worcester personally appeared
Gilman Day
and Stephen Gates
residents of Templeton County of Worcester known to me as credible persons who made oath
in due form of law that Louisa Bruce
who in their presence has
Sworn and subscribed to the foregoing declaration, is to their personal
knowledge, the identical person to whom under the provissions of the
act of February 3d 1853 a pension of 20 dollars per annum has been
granted for services performed by her husband as a soldier in the revolutionary war that they have known her for four years and
derive their knowledge of the facts herein named from the following
circumstances. Viz. because we live near neighbors to her-- and have seen
her pension Certificate
they further state that they are disinterested witnesses
Gilman Day
Stephen Gates


Sworn to, and subscribed before me the day and year above written
Samuel Lee Justice of the Peace
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18/27
CLAIM FOR REIMBURSEMENT. 
12 Old War (Revolutionary  
Certificate No. 3796 
Pensioner, Louisa Bruce 
Soldier, Silas Bruce 
[stamp:]
U.S. Pension Office OCTOBER 6 1880
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AR.
APPLICATION FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
A R.
I, Rachel A Fairbank, do swear that Louisa Bruce-, late
resident of Black River  , County of Jefferson--, State of New York died on the 22 August [illegible] 3791
the 4th day of June 1880, as the Widow of Silas Bruce
formerly a soldier (or sailor) in the service of the United States; that said decedent left surviving neither widow or child under sixteen years of age, and did not leave
sufficient assets to meet the expenses of decedent's last sickness and burial; and that said expenses are correctly enumerated in the following statement, the names of the
persons who rendered service or furnished necessaries being given, with items and amounts:
[Table of four columns, headed:]
NAMES. || NATURE OF ExPENSES. || PAID OR UNPAID. || AMOUNT. 
Benjamin A Dexter || Furnishings, coffin, shroud etc. for burial || Paid ||$20.00
Emerson Scott || Digging grave || 1Paid || 1.25.
TOTAL. $21.25
I further swear that the above is a complete list of all the expenses of last sickness and burial; that they were proper and necessary; that they were all actually
paid by me except those marked "unpaid," for which no reimbursement is claimed, the parties in interest having signed a formal release; and that I have received on
account of the expenses paid by me no pecuniary return or recompense whatever except
I therefore hereby make application for reimbursement under the provisions of Section 4718, R. S., claiming the sum of £1,200 dollars.
The total value of all property of whatever kind, personal and real, left by the decedent did not exceed dollars and consisted of
decedent left no property, whatever - - -
I therefore make application for reimbursement under the provisions of Section 4718 RS claiming the sum 21.25 dollars.
The total value of all property of whatever kind, personal and real did not exceed ____dollars and consisted of __decedent left no property whatever—
 And only the sum of ___dollars of said assets has been, or can be, available for reimbursement of the above-names expenses.
The decedent's last sickness continued uninterruptedly from June 1880, to date of death, and its nature and degree were as follows:
Gradual failing of strength on account of age and infirmity
The pension certificate is herewith returned (or if not, state why not )___
My residence is at No.___on ___Street, in the Town of LeRay County of Jefferson State of New York and
my Post-Office address is Black River -
County of Jefferson, State of New York
Attest: Francelia L. Hazelton
Lucinda Stone
Affiant’s signature Rachel H. Fairbank
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 29th
day of September 1880, at Black River, Jefferson County New York
and I certify that the affiant is reputable and entitled to credit, and knew the contents of the above before swearing; and that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in this claim.
(Signature) George C. Hazelton-
Official character) Justice of the Peace
STATE OF New York COUNTY OF Jefferson SS:
I, F Waddingham clerk of the supreme Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that George C Hazleton was, on the date of the above jurat, a duly authorized Justice of the and that
his signature thereto is genuine.
GIVEN under my hand and seal this first day of October 1884
S. Waddingham, clerk
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BA-J/ILL Silas Bruce W. 25287
Miss Katherine Peters
c/o Mrs. Genevive R. Johnson 317 South 50th Street Omaha, Nebraska 
Dear Madam: August 3, 1934.  Reference is made to your letter in which you request in formation in regard to Eli (Ely) and Silas Bruce, soldiers of the Revolutionary War or War of 1812, also, the War of 1812 record of Calvin Burnham. A search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service of Eli of Ely, Bruce, the War of 1812 records fail to show claims for pension on file on account of service in that war of either Eli Bruce or Calvin Burnham, nor the issuance of bounty land warrant on amount of service of either soldier. The record of Silas Bruce has been found and is furnished herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 25287, based upon his Revolutionary War service. It is not shown that he served in the War of 1812, Silas Bruce was born October 6, 1763, in Bolton, Massachusetts; the names of his parents are not shown. While a resident of Templeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, he enlisted about July 1, 1779, and served three months as private in Captain Livermore's Massachusetts company, guarding prisoners at Rutland, Vermont. He enlisted early in July 1780, and served threemonths as private in Captain Stearns' company, Colonel Rand's Massachusetts regiment . M The soldier lived for about twenty years after the Revolutionary War in Templeton, Massachusetts, after that in Winchester, New Hampshire,
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four or five years. Silas Bruce was allowed pension on his application executed February 12, 1833, at which time he resided in Ervin's (Erving's) Grant, Franklin County, Massachusetts. The soldier died May 31, 1851, in Templeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Silas Bruce married February 10, 1825, in Hinsdale, New Hampshire, Louisa Field; both parties were then of Northfield, Massachusetts. Louisa Bruce, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed February 20, 1854, at which time she was a resident of Templeton, Massachusetts, aged fifty-one years. The date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown. She was allowed bounty land in full satisfaction on account of her husband's service in the Revolutionary War on her application executed April 4, 1855. in 1868, Louisa Bruce was a resident of Bangor, Franklin County, New York, her post office, West Bangor. She died August 22, 1880, in Black River, Jefferson County, New York. In September, 1880, one Rachel A. Fairbank, of the town of LeRoy, Franklin County, New York, her post office, Black River, in said county, made affidavit regarding the funeral expenses of the widow, Louisa Bruce. One Franklin A. Fairbank was in Templeton, Massachusetts, in 1854, when the widow made application for pension. No relationship between the soldier's family and these persons named Fairbank was stated. Ell Bruce, soldier's younger brother, was a resident of Temple ton, Massachusetts, in 1832. There is no reference to children of Silas Bruce. Very truly yours, A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator. 
Should have added information regarding location of land =
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Silas Bruce 
2 Affidavits 
Baldwinville New York  
October 20th 
Mr. Silas Bruce 
Erving's Grant Franklin County Massachusetts
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I Samuel Brown of Winchendon in the County of Worcester
and State of Massachusetts of Lawful age to give evidence do testify
and say. That at the time when a part of General Burgoynes troops were quartered at Rutland in the State of Massachusetts
Silas Bruce then of Temphton but now residing in Ervings
Grant in the State of Massachusetts enlisted into that part of
the American Army that was stationed at Rutland as a
guard for the British Prisoners-- I cannot state the length
of his term of service, but I lived within half a mile of him
and knew the time he set out to Rutland and that he
visited his home once during his term of service, and returned
I also remember that said Silas Bruce enlisted for another
Campaign at West Point in the State of New York and
set out for that place, but I cannot state for what him
of time. I further testify and say that I have been
intimately acquainted with said Bruce from his youth the
the present time and have never known his character
for truth and veracity doubted or impeached in any instance-
Samuel Brown
State of Massachusetts Worcester County ss October 19th 1832
Samuel Brown the signer of the above declaration made
oath to the truth of the same before me
Leonard Stone Justice of the one
I hereby certify that Samuel Brown the signer of the
above declaration is in my opinion a man of strict truth
and veracity
Leonard Stone Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss.
I, Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Court, holden
within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify
that Leonard Stone, Esquire, before whom the foregoing
affidavit of Samuel Brown, and the following affidavit of Eli Bruce were made and sworn to
is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County
of Worcester, and that his signatures thereto appear
to me to be in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the County Seal, this
twenty first day of November, in the year of
our Lord, one thousand eight hundred
and thirty two.
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk
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Eli Bruce of Templeton in the County of Worcester
of lawful age to give evidence do testify and say that at the
time when a part of the troops of General Burgoyne were
quartered at Rutland in the State of Massachusetts Silas Bruce
then of Templeton but now residing in Ervings Grant in
the State of Massachusetts enlisted into that part of the American Army that was stationed at Rutland as a guard for the British prisoners-- I cannot state the length of his term of service, but I lived in the family with him and although
I am younger than he, I remember the time set out for Rutland
also remember that said Silas Bruce enlisted for another campaign
at West Point in the State of New York and set out for that place
and returned at the end of his term but I cannot state the length
him: I further testify and say that although he is a
Brother of mine I have uniformly found him to be a man
of strict truth and veracity
Eli Bruce
State of Massachusetts Worcester County ss. October 19th 1832
Eli Bruce the signer of the above declaration made oath to
the truth of the same before me 
Leonard Stone Justice of the peace
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above
name Eli Bruce and consider him a man of strict truth
and veracity
Leonard Stone Justice of the Peace
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I, Phillip Atwood of Nelson County Cheshire
and State of Newhampshire do testify and
say that I am well acquainted with Silas
Bruce of Ervings grant in the County
of Franklin and State of Massachusetts
and was with said Brice three in the service
in seventeen hundred and eighty at west point 
we returned together to Templeton in
Massachusetts where we boath [sic] resided at that
time
we did the service in Colonel Rands
Regiment and Captain Sterns Company
Philip Atwood

Roxbury September 10 1832
the above named
Phillip Atwood made solemn
oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him
subscribed
Before me Samuel Griffin Justice of the
justice of the Peace
Samuel Griffin of Roxbury say that I
am well acquainted with the above named
Phillip Atwood and consider him a man of
strict truth and veracity
Samuel Griffin justice of the peace
Cherwich November 20. 1832
I Salma Hale Clerk of the Judicial County in said
County certify that Samuel Griffin is a Justice
of the Peace in and for said county, and I believe
that the foregoing official signatures are his
In testimony whereof I hereunto affixed the seal 
of our Superior Court of judicature
S. Hale clerk
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Deaths registered in the Town of Templeton by
Dexter Gilbert Town Clerk and Registrar
One thousand eight hundred and fifty one, may thirty first
Silas Brunce Age, eighty seven years seven months
Place of death, Templeton, Massachusetts
Sex and condition, male Married, occupation, Laborer
I, Dexter Gilbert Town Clerk of the Town of Templeton, do hereby
certify that the above is a true extract from the Records of said
Templeton, except in the date and the age in the record is
inserted in figures, where I have injured it in writing in the
above transcript
Dexter Gilbert Two Clerk
State of Massachusetts
Worcester County ⎬ ss Feb. 26 1854 Personally appeared Dexter Gilbert and made
oath that the above extract is a true copy from the Records of the Town of Templeton (with the exceptions specified. I also certify that of my own personal
knowledge he is Town Clerk of Templeton - Samuel Lee Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, SS.
I, William A. Smith, assistant Clerk of the Judicial Courts
for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Samuel See, on the
thirty first day of January AD. 1854, was, and still is a
Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and authorized by the
laws of this Commonwealth, to take the acknowledgement of deeds, and administer oaths, and that his
signature to the certificate of a
hereunto annexed
is genuine.
Given under of hand, and the seal of said County
day of February
hundred and fifty-four
this twentieth
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
William Smith assistant Clerk
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I, John W. Werk of Templeton in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth
of Massachusetts do testify and declare, that I was one of the overseers of the
poor in said Town of Templeton in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty one
that Silas Bruce who was formerly a resident of Northfield, Massachusetts was
then and had been for several years an inmate of the poor establishment - that
said Silas Bruce was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States under the
law of the 7th June 1832 at the rate of Twenty Dollars per annum - that the
said Silas Bruce died at the poor establishment on the thirty first day of
May 1831 - I further testify and declare that I am personally acquainted with
Louisa Bruce who was the wife and now the widow of the said Silas Bruce that
she now resides in Templeton not at the poor establishment, that I am informed she is
about making an application to the proper Department for a pension - that she is
the identical person who was the wife of said Silas Bruce and is now a widow and
has been a widow ever since the decease of said Silas Bruce
John W. Werk
State of Massachusetts,
Worcester County ss. Be is known that on the 30th day of January 1854 personally appeared
for the subscriber a Justice of the peace within and for said County John W Work and made solemn
oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is just and true. I also certify that he is a man of
good moral character and full faith ought to be given to his testimony-- I also certify that the facts
Stated correspond with my own knowledge-
Samuel Lee Justice of the Peace
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LP Waldo Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
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Templeton Massachusetts February 26th 1854 
L.P. Waldo Esquire 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Herewith I enclose the Declaration of Louisa Bruce, with accompanying proofs in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of February 1833- of the pension is granted, you will please forward the Certificate 1 to me.- Yours with respect and esteem 
Samuel Lee
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[illegible]
3.796
Brief in the case of Louisa Bruce, Widow of Silas
who was a private Revolution
West Bangor Boston
Franklin County and State of
New York
2nd [illegible]
Act February 3 1853
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
[illegible]
PROOF ExHIBITED,
3.790
W

a pensioner on the Roll of Boston, Massachusetts at $20.00 per annum
Certificate returned-the claims increase as
provided by act of July 27, 1868.
Personal Identity & Widowhood- known
Admitted October 12 1860 to a pension at $96 per annum 
to commence July 27, 1868 deducting pay since.
W.E. Trask
Examining Clerk.
Name and residence of Agent.
Louisa Bruce
West Bangor
Franklin County
New York
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Brief in the case of Louisa Bruce widow of Silas Bruce
Worcester  County and State of Massachusetts
act  of February 3, 1853
Claim, (original, or for increase)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner under act of June 7, 1832
at
$20 per annum and paid to his death
Allowed $20 per annum to commence February 3, 1853
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
1
Marriage proved by public record
Death of husband proved by auditor, report
Identity and Widowhood proved by credible
Witnesses
Name and residence of Agent
Samuel Lee
Templeton
Massachusetts
Examining Clerk.
JL Gray
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Payment to be made at Boston by

Isaac Barnes Esquire
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Massachusetts
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
3rd, 1853, Page 41, Volume A
Clerk.
HR Weightman
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Payment to be made at Boston by

Isaac Barnes Esquire
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Massachusetts
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
3rd, 1853, Page 41, Volume A
Clerk.
HR Weightman

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853
Louisa Bruce
widow of Silas Bruce
who was a
Private
in the revolutionary war
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Twenty dollars
and cents per annum, commencing on the
3rd of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again
marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such
marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior,
this Seventh day of March
one thousand eight hundred and fifty four
R. McClellan
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
LP Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Came to Templeton 1850 April 1st. previous thereto resided in Northfield
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Pension Office 
April 20, 1858, 
Sir;
The vouchers of Louisa Price, widow of Silas Bruce, have been referred to the third Auditor of the Treasury, that the amount due may be paid agreeable to the provisions of the act of 6 April, 1838, and 23" August, 1842, 
Eli Price, Esquire 
West Bangor, New York
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Templeton (Massachusetts) October 22. 1855

J. Minot Esquire 
Commissioner of Pensions
The communication from your office stating that the revolutionary service of Achippus Wheelock, Josiah Haskell
and Silas Bruce, do not appear of Record in your office-
Two of these men, Haskell and Bruce were pensioners under the law of June 1832 and drew pensions till the times of their death-- their widows now draw pensions under
act of February 3, 1853, the facts in relation to these two are in accordance with my
own knowledge - Now if the evidence of the services of these men in the
revolutionary war is not in your office, or that of the War Department,
pension certificates would not have been granted to them, or their widows-
I have no personal knowledge of Achippus Wheelock's claim to a pension, but believe it was made under the act of 1832-
It is not in the power of these claimants for land under the Act
of March 3. 1855, to prove the services of their husbands, otherwise than
by referring to the Records and files at Washington, and there cannot
be a doubt but that the evidence is there -
Yours respectfully
Samuel Lee
Julia Wheelock N 65955
Rebecca Haskell N65.65
Louisa Bruce 65966
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State of New York
County of Franklin SS
On this 30th
day of September, A.D. one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-eight, personally appeared
before me. Nash Dyke, a Justice of the
Peace, within and for the County and State of
aforesaid, Louisa Bruce, aged 65
years, a resident of Bangor, in the State of
New York, who, being duly sworn according
to law, declares that she is the identical
person to whom was granted pension
certificate No 3796 payable at Boston
at the rate of twenty dollars per annum 
issued under the act of February 3rd 1853
that she makes this declaration in order
to secure the increase of her pension to
which she is entitled under the thirteenth
Section of the act of July 27, 1868.
my post office address is as follows:
West Bangor, Franklin County, New York
Louisa Bruce
X
Also personally appeared Hepzibah S
Gates and James C Bigelow residents of 
Bangor aforesaid, persons whom I certify
to be respectable and entitled to credit.
and who, being by me duly sworn, say
that they were present and saw Louisa
Bruce sign her name to the foregoing
[Left margin:]
The erasure of the word month was done before signing.
Nash Dyke
Justice of the peace.
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declaration; and they further swear that
they have every reason to believe, from
the appearance of the applicant and
their acquaintance with her, that she
is the identical person she represents
herself to be, and that they have no
interest in the prosecution of this
claim
Hepzibah S. Gates,
James C Bigelow
X
X
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this
30th
day of September, A.D.
1868, and I hereby certify that I have
no interest, direct or indirect, in the
prosecution of this claim
Nash Dyke
Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF NEW YORK. CLERK'S OFFICE OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. ⎬ ss. 
I, CLAUDIUS HUTCHINS, Clerk of said County, and the Court of Record thereof, do hereby certify that Nash Dyke Esquire whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment a justice of the peace in and for said County of Franklin dwelling therein, commissioned, sworn and duly authorized to take the same, And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said justice and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine and that the said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of this State,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court and County this 1st day October AD 1868. 
W. W. Paddock Clerk,
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Act. 3rd " February 1853
TRANSFER LETTER.
Q For finance center transfer division Q
Pension Agency, Albany
Boston 7" February, 1876
Sir;
In compliance with your general order of the 29 ultimo, notifying me of a transfer from this Agency by Louisa Bruce
widow of Silas P.O.Black River Jefferson County New York
a Pensioner under Certificate No. 3796 the following
report is made:
1. Date to which last paid: 4 December 1875
2. Rate at which last paid $8 per month
3. Rate at which to be paid: $8 per month
4. Are semi-annual or annual examinations required?___
5. Is he exempt from biennial examination?
6. How many children entitled to the additional $2 per month
7. Has any child died or been abandoned?
8. How many children, or sisters and brothers; and are all the children entitled to the $2 per month
additional
9. Names of minors who have died before 16 years of age.
10. Date when minor's pension terminates:
11. Name of the acting guardian:
12. If overpaid, suspended, re-enlisted, remarried, or other objection to a transfer, report it:
18. Date when last payment was made: ⎬ 31 December 1875,
Respectfully,
DW Gooch
Pension Agent.
To:Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
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26.180
Revolutionary War
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[stamp] Templeton Massachusetts April 11
65966
Official Business
Free  
L. P. Waldo Esquire 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington D. C
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Official Business
Free
J.Minot Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
[stamp] Templeton Massachsuets October 23
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Pension Office
March 2 1854
420 [illegible]
Sir;
Please report time of
last payment to or death
of, within named pensioner
Respectfully etc
S. Cole
For commissioner
F. Burt Esquire
3rd auditor
Present
Silas Bruce act 1832
$20 per annum died 31 May 1851 paid
J. Barr
Auditor
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[Left side}
1934 - August 3. History to Miss
Katherine Peters J L L
[Right side:]
[illegible] 3796
Revolutionary WIDOW, etc.
File No. 25,289
Louisa Bruce
Widow of
Silas Bruce
Private Revolutionary War
Act February 3rd 1853
Index: Volume A Page 92
Arrangement of 1870.]
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[Left side]
3,796
Massachusetts
Louisa Bruce
widow of
Silas who
served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence
the 3d February, 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of March [18]56 and sent to
Samuel Lee
Templeton
Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners and
February 3, 1853, Page 41 Volume A
32
[Right side]
DE Cheney, March 19 /[18]58
1858.
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February 28 [18]54Number 4.351
Louisa Bruce widow
of Silas Bruce 
Worcester Massachusetts
Act of February 3. 1853 Allowed $20 per annum To commence February 3- 1853 Samuel Lee Templeton a Pension Office, Official Busin DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Pension Office
Official Business
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8121
Omaha, Nebraska
July 15, 1934
the
Bureau Veterans of Pension Department
Washington D.C.
Sirs;
Would you be so kind
as to give me what
data you have for
Ell Bruce of Massachusetts who
must have served in
Revolutionary War. Or War of 1812?
In any pension on
record of land warrent [sic]
for Eley Bruce of Silas
of Massachusetts
[illegible]
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If any land warrent
or pension, for service in
War of 1812 for
Calvin Burnham
Did Calvin Burnham have
service in was
of 1812. He was born August 6, 1793
married Mary Ann Bruce
October18 1826 at
Templeton Massachusetts
Thanking you
let me know
if
any fee, if so
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let me know before
you look this up
Write me one of
my
friend whoes [sic]
helping me as
I’ll
be away for a a few 
Weeks, I am enclosing a
stamped addressed envelope
Thanking
York
and will appreciate
Your
helpful
information soon.
Sincerely
Miss Katherine Peters
of Mrs Genevive A. Johnson
317 South 50 St, Omaha Nebraska