Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1,721, Thomas Colby, N.H.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE|[blank]|NUMBER
N.H.|Colby, Thomas|W. 1,721
[blank]|Eunice|BLWt 8460-160-55
CONTENTS
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[verso]
580
Maine.
Eunice Colby widow of Thomas Colby who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private N.H. Line. 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 24 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of June 1850 and sent to Hon. John Otis House of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act ['February' crossed out] July 29/1848, Page 2 Vol. 1 Book A.

[recto]
Reported
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[verso]
69.481} Act Mar 3/55
Rec Apl 16/55
Eunice Colby wid of Thomas Colby Priv
N.H. Mil. 
ad: 160 acres Oct:17 1855, Boynton
War of the Revolution
Act July 48 - 580
U.S. Pensioner under act July 1848
[overwritten: cert no 8460 iss Oct 20/55]
Boynton
Ref'd JLY
Geo W. Morton
Augusta Maine

[recto]
90
Vol. C2 - 7.
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643
Eunice Colby wid of Thomas
Maine
act 29 July 1848
married 1796
Otis of Maine
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Declaration, In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 29th July 1848. 
State of Maine. 
Kennebec County, S.S. 
On this 23d day of February 1850, personally appeared before the subscriber Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Kennebec, Eunice Colby a resident of Litchfield in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged Seventy seven years, who being duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed July 29, 1848. That she is the widow of Thomas Colby who was a resident of Newtown, New Hampshire, and who she has reason to believe and does fully believe served as a private in the year 1776 in Capt. Samuel Noys (Noyes) Company, in 1780 in Capt Eastman's Company, Col. Bartlett's Reg't Stationed at West Point, and in 1781 was one of the men raised by the State of New Hampshire to serve in the Army at West Point. She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas Colby on the sixteenth day of October, in the year Seventeen hundred & ninety six, that her husband the aforesaid Thomas Colby died on the twenty third day of March 1806 that was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the second of January, eighteen hundred, viz, at the time above stated. She further swears that she is now a widow and that she has never before made any application for a pension. 
/s/Eunice Colby
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February 23, 1850
Kennebec ss. Personally appeared before me the within named Eunice Colby & made oath that the foregoing declaration by her subscribed is true & correct. 
/s/Dan'l Williams Judge of Probate for the County of Kennebec
State of Maine
Kennebec County, ss. 
I, the subscriber, Register of the Court of Probate for said County, do hereby certify that the Hon. Daniel Williams is the Judge of the said Court, and that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Judge in the matter of the application of Eunice Colby for a pension
[court seal] Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this twenty third day of February A.D. 1850
/s/Wm. R. Smith Reg'r of Probate for said County
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69,481
Eunice Colby widow of Thomas Colby
Claim of [blank] 
TO BOUNTY LAND. 
ACT OF MARCH 8, 1855.
Has not rec'd bounty land. 
Revolutionary Pensioner 
Act July 29, 1848. 
Thos. Colby, husband
was a private in Revolutionary War.
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[margin note: Pension Certificate. "Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under Act February 29, 1848. Page 2, Vol. 1 - A. 
J. P. Chase Clerk"]
BOUNTY LAND CLAIM. 
STATE OF MAINE, 
COUNTY OF Kennebec}ss. 
On this Eleventh day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me, Josiah True a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Eunice Colby aged eighty two years, a resident of Litchfield in the State of Maine, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the ['identical' crossed out] widow of Thomas Colby who was a private in the Revolutionary War, that she is the identical Eunice Colby who is now in receipt of a pension under the Act of July 29th 1848, on account of the services of her late husband Thomas Colby, in the Army of the Revolution and the identical person naming in an original Pension Certificate of which the following is a true copy - viz 
(No. 580) "Department of the Interior Widow's Pension
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 29, 1848 Eunice Colby of Maine, widow of Thomas Colby who was a private in the Revolutionary War, is inscribed on the Pension list at the rate of twenty four dollars and ten cents continuing for life, unless she should again marry, in which case, the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage. 
[facsimile: Seal] Given at the Department of the Interior this 8th day of June one thousand eight hundred and fifty. 
/s/T. Ewing Secretary of the Interior"
Examined and Countersigned
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions"
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the BOUNTY LAND to which she may be entitled under the "Act approved March 3, 1855." She also declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor had any other application therefor. and that she is still a widow. 
/s/X her mark Eunice Colby
We, Cornelius Toothaker and Ebenezer Toothaker residents of Litchfield in the State of Maine, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Eunice Colby in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she  represents herself to be, and they further declare that they are personally acquainted with the said Eunice Colby, & know that she is still the widow ever since his death, and that she is the identical Person above stated
/s/Cornelius Toothaker
/s/Ebenezer Toothaker
The  foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have interest in this claim. 
/s/Josiah True Justice of the Peace.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Know all men by these presents That I, Eunice Colby of Litchfield in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, have constituted and appointed GEO. W. MORTON, of the City of Augusta, in the State of Maine, my true and lawful Attorney, irrevocably, for me and in my name, to prosecute and receive from the United States the Bounty Land Certificate, or Warrant, due me under existing laws granting Bounty Lands for services rendered in the United States in the different wars, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, and an attorney or attorneys under him, for the purpose aforesaid to make, and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do, or cause to be done, in the premises.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 11th day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. 
/s/X her mark Eunice Colby [facsimile: SEAL]
Witness: /s/Cornelius Toothaker
STATE OF MAINE, COUNTY of Kennebec ss: - On the 11th day of April 1855 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County Eunice Colby and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her free act and deed. 
/s/Josiah True Justice of the Peace. 
STATE OF MAINE,
COUNTY OF  Kennebec}ss. 
I HEREBY CERTIFY, that Josiah True before whom the within declaration, affidavit, and power of attorney, were made and executed, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine. 
[court seal] IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County aforesaid, this 13th day of April 1855
/s/W. M. Shatton CLERK.
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"Thomas Colby and Eunice Watson were joined in marriage by William Stinson Pastor of the church in Litchfield October sixteenth seventeen hundred and ninety six."
The above is a true copy of the records with the exception of the date which is entered on the records in fair legible figures as follows October 16, 1796.
/s/William O. Grant Town Clerk
I Wm. Oliver Grant above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town of Litchfield in the County of Kennebec and State of  Maine and the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above named as certified by me. 
/s/William O. Grant Town clerk
State of Maine
Kennebec County ss. Sworn to and subscribed on the nineteenth day of February 1850 - before me. 
/s/John Neal Justice of the Peace.
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No. 69481
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855. 
Received April 16, 1855
Thos: Colby 
Rev War
Warrant 8460-160-55
Geo W. Morton
Augusta Maine
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Ad: Pen 29"July, 48, me. 
Boynton
Litchfield July the 22 1805
For Value received I Promis to Pay Robert Patton on order Sixteen Dollars & fifty cents in Six months with interest till paid 
witness my hand /s/Thomas Colby
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8460
160 acres
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I Daniel True of Litchfield in the County of Kennebec & State of Maine aged eighty eight years, at the time of the Revolutionary war I lived in the town of Seabrook N.H. about six miles from Newtown Newhampshire. 
I do hereby testify upon Oath that I knew Thomas Colby and have no dought but what his residence was in Newtown N.H. a Soldier in the Service of the United States in the Revolutionary war about two months at one time I also knew some of the officers which it is said he served under viz, Col. Thomas Bartlett Capt John Eastman & the paymaster Worthen The Regiments were not together at all times some of the companies at one place others at another some times at West Point at Fishkill & Saratoga and vicinity the above named Thomas Colby which I knew in the service is the same man who afterwards was married to Eunice Watson in Litchfield District now State of Maine & lived with her untill his death and Eunice Colby who now makes application for a pension is the widow of said Thomas Colby and as remained such ever since his decease
/s/X his mark Daniel True
Attest /s/Benjamin Babb
/s/John Neal
Kennebec ss. February 20th 1850 Then the above named Daniel True made Oath that the above affadavit by him subscribed was true - 
Before me /s/John Neal Justice of the Peace  
I hereby certify that I have been personaly acquainted with the above named Daniel True for more than forty years & that he has sustained for all that time a good character for truth & veracity & has always been respected by his townsmen & was in early life one of the selectmen of Litchfield & still retains his faculties remarkably for a man of his age excepting his eye sight which is the cause of his making his mark 
/s/John Neal
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I Isreal Hutchinson of Hallowell in the County of Kennebec & State of Maine aged eighty five years, formaly of Lanesboro Newhampshire do hereby testify that I was in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war in 1788 & 9 and went out again in 1780 and continued untill peace took place I further testify that I saw Thomas Colby at diferent times & places as a soldier in said service. After the close of the war I mooved to the town of Litchfield in the District of Maine (now State of Maine) and there became personaly acquainted with the above named Thomas Colby who was married to Eunice Watson in said Litchfield & I am informed is still liveing & is the widow of said Colby who now makes application for a pension
/s/Israel Hutchinson
Attest /s/John Neal
Kennebec ss. March 28th 1850 then the above named Israel Hutchinson made Oath that the above affadavit by him subscribed was correct and true
Before me /s/John Neal Justice of the peace
I hereby certify that I have been personal aquainted with the above named Israel Hutchinson for a number of years & he has sustained a good character for truth & veracity he formaly lived in Litchfield within about one mile of said Colby. 
Said Hutchinson was one of Gen'l Washington life guard for a considerable length of time he informed to day that he was one of said guard at the close of the war & that he accompanied the General to his place of residence in Virginia & their remained a few days & then returned home. 
/s/John Neal
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[handwritten letter]
Pension Office, 
April 11th 1850. 

Sir:
I have the honor to return herewith Mr. Grant's letter, and to inform you that, the papers in support of the claim of Eunice Colby, widow of Thomas Colby, under the Act of 29th July 1848, have been examined and filed. 
The evidence in relation to the marriage of the parties, are satisfactory, but some further proof identifying Mrs. Colby's husband, with the Soldier for whom she claims a pension, is required.
It appears from the certificate of the Secretary  of the state of New Hampshire, that Thomas Colby, is borne upon a roll of Capt. Nay's Company, was mustered on 18th July 1776. Also on Capt. John Eastman's Company of Col. Bartlett's Regiment in 1780. for three months 13 days, and in the six months men in 1781, for 3 months 24 days. 
Thomas Colby, who rendered this last tour of service belonged to Newtown, and in order to identify Mrs. Colby husband with the Soldier referred to in the certificate of the Secretary, it must be shown that he belonged to that Town, and that the Soldier of Capt. Nay's and Capt. Eastman's Company, went from that Town also. 
The original roll of Capt. Eastman's Company in this office, shows that there were two Thomas Colby's under his Command in 1780, the signature of both of whom appear upon the pay roll, signed by themselves. 
If Mrs. Colby has any of her husband's writing in her possession she may be able, if she will send it to this office, by comparing it with the signature upon the pay roll, identify him with the Soldier bearing his name attached to Capt. Eastman's Company. 
A. Thomas Colby has been pensioned under the Act of 18th March 1818, for service viz in the New Hampshire Line in 1776, who was living a few years since. 
Mrs. Colby states that her husband died in 1806, he could not have been the Soldier who served in the N. Hampshire Line (over)
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in 1776, if so, there must have been two of the same name. Some evidence upon this point should be adduced. We cannot allow this claim upon the evidence now filed. 
I have the honor to be, Very Respectfully, Your Obt. Sv't 
/s/J. L. Edwards
Hon. John Otis, House of Representatives
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[handwritten letter]
Washington May 12, 1850

Sir,
I herewith return the communication of the 11th ult. in relation to the application of Mrs. Eunice Colby for a pension. I have since received additional testimony in the case, which I herewith enclose. They are the handwriting of Thos. Colby in 1805, the year before he died, being his signature to a note - the deposition of Mrs. Mary Bowman, and the additional certificate of the Secy. of State of New Hampshire. I trust these additional testimonials will be found sufficient to remove the ambiguity found in the former testimony in the case.
Allow me to recapitulate the points while the evidence as it now stands, may be considered as having established.
1st. The marriage of the applicant to Thomas Colby before 1800 -
2d. The identity of Thomas Colby who served in the army and married Eunice Watson with the Thomas Colby borne on the roll from Newtown.
This is shown by the Deposition, now just submitted, of Mrs. Bowman, who is a highly respectable woman with whom I am acquainted; and she could not be mistaken in his being from
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(duplicate of page 18)
[handwritten letter]
Washington May 12, 1850

Sir, 
I herewith return the communication of the 11th ult. in relation to the application of Mrs. Eunice Colby for a pension. I have since received additional testimony in the case, which I herewith enclose. They are the handwriting of Thos. Colby in 1805, the year before he died, being his signature to a note - the deposition of Mrs. Mary Bowman, and the additional certificate of the Secy. of State of New Hampshire. I trust these additional testimonials will be found sufficient to remove the ambiguity found in the former testimony in the case.
Allow me to recapitulate the points while the evidence as it now stands, may be considered as having established. 
1st. The marriage of the applicant to Thomas Colby before 1800 - 
2d. The identity of Thomas Colby who served in the army and married Eunice Watson with the Thomas Colby borne on the roll from Newtown.
This is shown by the Deposition, now just submitted, of Mrs. Bowman, who is a highly respectable woman with whom I am acquainted; and she could not be mistaken in his being from
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Newtown, as she knew him in that place & he lived afterwards two years in her father's family in Litchfield where he married the applicant. The depositions of Daniel True, a pensioner, and of I. Hutchinson also a pensioner, with both of whom I am acquainted, & know to be very honest men, show that the husband of the applicant served with them in the army of the Revolution, and he was reputed to be of Newtown - The confusion of the handwriting I have not made; and though time may have made some changes in its character, I do not doubt it will be found to correspond with the signature of Thomas Colby of Newtown, with which you will be able to compare it. The present certificate of the Secy of State shows that Thomas Colby borne upon the roll of Capt. Eastman's Company was from Newtown. His certificate also shows that Thos. Colby Jr. was borne upon the roll of Capt. Eastman's company, and that the length of service of the two in 1780 was about the same. The Thomas Colby who received a pension in 1818 could not as you justly remark have been the husband of the applicant, whose husband died in 1806. But the testimony of True & Hutchinson establish the fact that Thomas Colby who married Eunice Watson in Litchfield and who died in 1806 & left her a widow did serve with them in Army of the Revolution.
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[handwritten letter continued]
From the whole testimony, I think it will satisfactorily appear that Thomas Colby of Newtown, who performed the services referd to in the first certificate of the Secy of State was the husband of the applicant; and that Thomas Colby Jr. was the son of David Colby, who was a brother of Thomas, and died with consumption soon after the Revolution. His name is on the roll from Newtown. If this conjecture is borne out by the testimony which can be seen by refering to the papers in the office in the case of Thomas Colby who received a pension under the law of 1818, then the whole time of the three services will be allowed. 
With high consideration Your Obt. Sev't 
/s/John Otis
Colo. J. L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions 
Washington
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State of Maine
Kennebec ss:
Be it known that on this twenty third day of April A.D. 1850, personally appeared the above named Mary Bowman, before me the subscriber, and voluntarily gave the foregoing Deposition by her signed in my presence, the same was reduced to writing by me in her presence, & after being carefully read aloud to her, & signed by her, she made oath to the truth of the same. 
Before me /s/Lorenzo Clug} Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Kennebec
Kennebec ss: I hereby certify that the above named Mary Bowman, at the time of giving & signing the foregoing Deposition, was of sound mind, & in full possession of all her faculties except sight, which being much impaired, is the cause of her making her mark instead of writing her name. 
/s/L. Clug} Justice of the Peace
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I Mary Bowman now resident of Gardiner in the County of Kennebec & State of Maine, widow of Jonas Bowman, formerly resident of Litchfield in said County, deceased, of the age of seventy seven years, on oath depose & say - 
That I am the daughter of Henry Jewell, formerly from Warner in the State of Newhampshire, who moved from said Warner to said Litchfield, about the year 1783 or 4 - That I was well acquainted with one Thomas Colby, who formerly lived in Newtown in the State of New Hampshire. That said Colby came from said Newtown as I was informed & believe, about the year 1785 in between the year 1780 & 1790 - That said Thomas Colby lived in my father's family about two years.  Soon after he came from said Newtown to said Litchfield. That said Colby was afterwards married to one Jane Neal of said Litchfield, who afterwards died, in said Litchfield. That said Colby after the death of  said Jane married one Eunice Wattson (Watson) of said Litchfield for his second wife. 
That afterward, said Thomas Colby died in said Litchfield, &  left as his widow said Eunice Colby, who is now living in said Litchfield, single as the widow of said Thomas Colby. 
/s/X her mark Mary Bowman
Witness
/s/S. C. Grant
/s/L. Clug
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[handwritten letter]
Concord April 19, 1850. 

Dear Sir, 
The enclosed Certificate shows all the additional evidence which appears upon our Revolutionary Documents, relating to Thos. Colby. Thos. Colby & Thos. Colby Jr. appear to have belonged to the same Company, and at the same time in 1780. 
The copy at the bottom of the Certificate shows that Thomas Colby was of and was claimed by, the town of Newtown. It is taken from a book containing the names of Soldiers from several Towns, ['and signed alphabetically' crossed out]
I(t) does not, however, show at what time he was in the service.
Very Respectfully
/s/Thos. P. Treadwell
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State of New Hampshire
[state seal] Office of Secretary of State
I do hereby certify, That the name of Thos. Colby is borne upon the Pay Roll of Capt. John Eastman's Compy, Col. Bartlett's Regiment - Stationed at West Point 1780, and that said Thomas Colby is allowed for Three months & thirteen days service, from July 16th to Octr. 24th 1780. And I further certify, that the name of Thomas Colby junr. is borne upon the above named Pay Roll, and that said Thos. Colby jr. is allowed for Three months & twenty two days service, from July 3d to Octr. 24th 1780. 
I also certify, That the following is a true copy of the original from Page 78. Vol. 4. of the Revolutionary Documents returned to this office from the War Office Jany. 1841.
(Claimed by)
"Newtown
1 Moses Farrin| 
2 David Colby|
3 Ezekiel Stone|['Hale Honneker'(?) crossed out]
4 ['Caesar Wallace' crossed out]|Rye
5 Thom's Colby|6 Mo.
6 [blank]
7  "  
Given under my hand and the Seal of the State, this 19th day of April 1850. 
/s/Thomas P. Treadwell
Secretary of State
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[margin note: Pension List Act of 18 March 1818 [illegible] 
State of New Hampshire, 
Office of Secretary of State. 
I do hereby certify, That from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the war of the Revolution, which remain in this Office, it appears that the name of Thomas Colby is borne upon "A Roll of Capt. Samuel Nay's Company in the Northern Army in the Continental Service as Mustered and paid by Capt. Ezekiel Northern Muster Master & pay Master of said Company Muster'd July 10th 1776", as a private in said company with an allowance for "advance wages & bounty" of £9.18.0 - 
And upon the "Pay Roll of Capt. John Eastman's comp'y in Col'o Thomas Bartlett Reg't of Militia, raised by the State of New Hampshire for the defence of the United States - 1780 - Stationed at West point." is borne the name of Thomas Colby, as a private in said company, with an allowance for Three months and thirteen days service, commencing July 12, and ending October 24, 1780. 
And upon the "Pay Roll for the six months men raised by the State of New-Hampshire to service in the Continental Army in the year 1781 at West Point," is borne the name of Thomas Colby as a private, with an allowance for Three months and twenty four days service, commencing August 29th, and ending December 23d 1781. "Place of abode" - "Newtown"
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[state seal] Given under my hand and the Seal of the State, this 14th day of February A.D. 1850 - 
/s/Thomas P. Treadwell
Secretary of State
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[addressed envelope]
[margin notes: Mar 1/50
Thomas Colby
NH 18[illegible]
W Alld
Hon John Otis H.R. 
Otis]
[postmark: CONCORD N.H. FEB 14] 5
Samuel C. Grant Esq
Hallowell Maine
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[handwritten letter]
Office of Secretary of State
Concord N.H. Feby 14, 1850

Sir, 
The enclosed Certificate contains evidence of all the service of Thomas Colby which appears upon the Revolutionary Documents in this Office - For the first service named, in 1776, the Pension Office has usually allowed 3 1/2 months service. 
Very Respectfully
/s/Thos P. Treadwell
Fee for search Certificate $3
Rec'd 1
Due $2.
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Hon. John Otis 
M.C. 
Washington D.C.
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[handwritten letter]
Hallowell Feby 25, 1850

Hon. John Otis
Dear Sir,
I enclose you all the papers relating to the application of Mrs. Colby for a pension viz
Certificate of Sec'y of State of New Hampshire
  Do - of mariage of Mrs. Colby & T. Colby 
Application of Mrs. Colby for Pension
Deposition of Mr. True.
Letter of J. Neal Esq to J. Otis.
Mr. Moreton says it is necessary for you to certify on the deposition of Mr. True that Mr. Neal is a Justice of the peace for County of Kennebec which you can do before you present them. I have also added a letter of mine by the suggestion of Mr. Morton which you can use if necessary. I hope the whole taken together will be sufficient to establish her claim to all the service in the Certificate. It is extremely difficult to collect testimoney as there are but few left but I believe there is not an Individual in Litchfield that does not believe she is honestly entitled to a pension for the whole service & is as well favored as it can in most cases be done. I think we were very fortunate in the roll at Concord and I presume there is none other of the name or it would have been mentioned
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by the Sec'y in his Certificate. Mrs. Colby says one Jackman now dead who always received a pension for service in Regular Army enlisted about the same time with her husband and they often talked over their adventures together as old Soldiers always do and she recolects more from hearing them than from anything her husband told her. 
I hope you will succeed in obtaining a pension for her for she is a very worthy old woman and is now becoming quite feeble. 
Yours Truly, 
/s/S. C. Grant
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[handwritten letter]
Washington April 8, 1850. 

Sir, 
I have received and herewith send you the Deposition of Israel Hutchinson, of Hallowell, in the case of Eunice Colby, applying for a pension as the widow of Thomas Colby, formerly of Litchfield. I am well acquainted with Mr. Hutchinson, he having his residence in the same town where I reside. He is a very upright man, and intelligent, having his faculties will for one of his great age. 
If there is a necessity of proving distinct service other than by the certificate on the rolls, to entitle her to pay for the longer term, upon being informed to that effect, I will write to her friends for additional evidence in that particular. I had supposed that the service expressed on the roll would be [illegible] evidence when there was not evidence to contradict it. 
With high consideration Yours Respectfully
/s/John Otis
J. L. Edwards Esq
Com'r of Pensions
Washington
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Hon. John Otis
M.C. 
Washington D.C.
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[handwritten letter]
Litchfield February 20th 1850

Hon. John Otis
Dear Sir. I have thought it mite not be a miss to refer to a incident or two which came to my knoledge in relation to Mrs. Colby's pension a few years since before the last alteration as to the time in the pension laws. 
I was called upon to assist her in preparing her papers to obtain a pension She had been with one of her neighbors to see an old pensioner who stated that he was with her husband Thos Colby in the war of the revolution this man's name was Richard Jackmon who was acquainted with said Colby ever after the war untill his Death & her since died The Statements made by Mrs. Colby were made to me before she (k)new ['that she new' crossed out] that there was any record whatever & her Statements corresponding so credit to her Statements. There are a few old people here who say they have heard him tell what took place in the war but can not state any facts in relation to it.  
At the time above refered to it was supposed that the testimony of Mr. True & Jackmon would have been sufficient without any other 
from yours with respect & esteem &c
/s/John Neal
P.S. Since writing the above I have understood that Jackmon stated that he & Thos Colby entered the continel (continental) service at the same time
/s/J. Neal
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Hon. John Otis
M.C. 
Washington City
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[handwritten letters]
Litchfield April 25th 1850

Hon John Otis
Dear Sir on the receipt of yours I went to Mrs. Colby's and inquired of her is she had any of ['of' crossed out] her husbans hand writing She informed me that She thought she had not but said she hed and old packit book with a few old papers in it 
I examed the papers but could not find any of his writing excepting his signature on the note which I here with enclose to you which is his hand writing with out any dought but may not perfectly agree with his former writing as he had been out of health for some years I expect to see Esqr Grant to day and will add some more to this if shall think proper

[illegible] 26/50
Hon John Otis 
Dear Sir
The above as well as the note of Mr. Colby was left at my house by Mr. Neal this morning before I returned home. Mr. Neal stated that the note was found in Mr. Colby's packet Book after his death and as he was confined a long time before his death by sickness it probably would not correspond with his signature made in early life. I send it however as it is and if I find any more of his signatures I will send them. 
Yours /s/S. C. Grant
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Eunice Colby
widow of Thomas
Maine.
admitted
Private 7 mos. 7 days $24.10
com 4 March 1848. 
h. d 23 March 1806
Act 29 July 1848
Hon. John Otis
H.R.
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No 643
Eunice Colby 
Me
Letter Hon John Otis 11th Apl. 1850
In examining this case look at the papers of Thomas Colby [illegible] act 18 March 1818
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Revy WIDOW, &c. [initials: own]
File No. 1721
Eunice Colby, 
Widow
Thomas Colby
Priv. Rev. War
Act: July 29, 1848.
Index: - Vol. A, Page 142
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Form VAM-51 12-5-41 Division of Veterans' Administration Archives 
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD* 
NAME Colby, William GRADE Private LINE New Hampshire WARRANT NUMBER 3021 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Oct. 15, 1792 to -not recorded-
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.