Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 1013-100, Paul Whittemore, Mass.
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Mass

Whittemore, Paul

B. L. Wt. 1013-100
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1013
The heirs of Paul Whittemore
                 Private

4th Regt [regiment]: Massa [Massachusetts]: line

Warrant iss'd [issued] Dec. 18th 1821

Hon. Tho's [Thomas] R. Ross
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The heirs of Paul
Whittemore


[illegible] iss'd [issued] 1013 -
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3--565
No. _________________

ACT OF Revolutions

Received___________________________, 18_________

Heirs of
Paul Whittemore


Warrant No. 1013
FOR 100 Acres



11960b5m2-94
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[Envelope Address]

[Postmark]
Cincinnati O.
Dec 20                                            [illegible]


Hon. Thos [Thomas] R. Ross
Member of Congress
Washington City
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[Letter]

Cincinnati 20th Dec 1821

Hon. J C Calhoun
                                     Sir   
                                          You will please 
accept Hon. Thos [Thomas] R. Ross as my authorised attorney to sign receipts and records [illegible] to obtain a military bounty land warrant for the heirs of Paul Whittemore
 (deceased) for services rendered during the Revolutionary War - the necessary documents are deposited in the War Department - and to transact such other business as may be necessary [to] procure [illegible] if any be [available].
        I have the honour to be - sir
        your obed't [obedient] humble servant
N. M. Whittemore
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[illegible]    15,532

[illegible] a surrogate court held at Rome
in & for the county of Oneida in
the state of New York on the 16th 
day of October 1821 present
                      Joshua Hathaway surrogate
It was duly proven by the oaths
of three credible witnesses who were
convened & sworn for that purpose that
Nathan M. Whittemore is son of Paul Whittemore deceased
that the said Paul had also born in lawful wedlock
the following children namely Eber,
Sarah, Lucy, Lucretia, Betsey, Paul,
John, Luke & George who were all
legitimate heirs to the said Paul Whittemore deceased.
These  [illegible]  and the said surrogate do
adjudge & do certify that the said 
Nathan M. Whittemore, Eber Whittemore,
Sarah Whittemore, Lucy, Lucretia, Betsey
Paul, John, Luke and George Whittemore
are all legitimate heirs of land to the
said Paul Whittemore deceased.
In testimony whereas the seal of
office of the said surrogate is
hereunto affixed - witness
Joshua Hathaway surrogate in &
for Oneida County at Rome this 16th
day of October 1821
Joshua Hathaway
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Head-Quarters, June 9th 1783
   THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the
Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive
Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on Furlough.
                            GEORGE WASHINGTON
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                     BY HIS EXCELLENCY
             GEORGE WASHINGTON, ESQ;
General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof
Corporal Paul Whittemore
in the fourth Mass [illegible] Regiment, having faithful-ly served the United States six years & four months
                  and being enlisted for the war only, is
hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
      GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the
                             [illegible]
Command
Jo Kimbull [illegible]

REGISTERED in the Books
      of the Regiment,
                                  John Davis

THE above Corporal Paul Whittemore
has been honored with the BADGE of MERIT for six Years faithful Service
[signature illegible]