Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [BLANK], Aaron Copp, Resided In N.H.
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SERVICE
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Copp, Aaron

NUMBER
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Dis. pension
No Papers

Resided in M.H.

CONTENTS
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[Imprint of Pension Office stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
Sept 19 1916
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HOME 52031
Rev. M
WARREN CHAMBERLAIN TUDBURY
ASSOC MEMBER AMERICAN SOCIETY CIVIL ENGINEERS
CIVIL AND LANDSCAPE ENGINEER
NOT STREET
CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK BLDG.
Washington, D. C.
September 5, 1916.
MAIN 7212
Hon. G.M. Saltzgaber, Commissioner,
Bureau of Pensions,
Revolutionary War Records Section,
Dear Sir:
my great grandmother was Anna Copps of Salem, N. H.
and later of Methuen, Mass. There is a tradition in the family
that either her father or grandfather served in the Revolution
probably from Salem, N.H. or vicinity (i.e. Atkinson, Plaistow,
Hampstead, Perry, Windham, Pelham N. or Haverhill, Mass) She
had a daughter born at Salem, N. H. in 1823.
Unfortunately I have not positively been able to
ascertain the name of her Revolutionary ancestor, but I
Believe that he was either AARON COPPS of SALEM, NH. who
was wounded and received a pension, or Ness or DAVID COPPS S.3670
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of that place or vicinity.
Copp W. 14.504
If consistent with the rules of your Bureau, will you
kindly send me abstracts of the records in your office of
these and other Revolutionary Pensioners of New Hampshire
furnishing me especially such items as names of wife, children
relatives or other items of a genealogical nature in them. The
Revolutionary service is in my case of secondary importance
as I believe I have the service of every Copps who served in
the Revolution from Massachusetts and New Hampshire, but I
should appreciate Revolutionary service as well if you care
to include it.
I remain,
Trusting I am not asking too much and thanking you,
Yours very truly,
Warren C. Tudburg
P.S. My reason for making the above request from you is because
have not been able to obtain the lineage from other
sources. I have examined the Vital Records of all these
New Hampshire towns filed at Concord, N. H. and all the
Vital Records of Massachusetts towns in Essex County without
result. Possibly your files contain the very information
I lack or a clue to it,
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
August 31, 1926

[Handwritten text]
her letter in claim of Richard Heath W.1279

Mrs. Frank N. Becker
93 Guy Park Ave.,
Amsterdam, N. Y.
Madam:
I have to advise you that the name Aaron Copp appears
in the report of the Secretary of War printed in 1835, on
the list of Invalid Pensioners of the New Hampshire roll,
whose residence and other information could not be ascertained
, in consequence of the destruction of papers when
the War Office was burned in 1800 and 1814. Said list records
him as a Sergeant, annual allowance $60, pension
commenced March 4, 1789, Act of June 7, 1785.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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[Somewhat faded imprint of stamp]
Mar 11 1939 AM
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[typewritten letter]
[receipt stamp: ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE RECEIVED MAR 11 1939]
GEORGE HOLDEN TINKHAM
10TH DISTRICT MASSACHUSETTS
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.

March 9, 1939

A. D. Hiller, Executive Assistant to the Administrator
Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.

My dear Mr. Hiller:
Sincere thanks for your communication of February 28, 1939, written in reply to my letter of February 24 addressed to the Honorable Omer W. Clark, your reference BA-J/MMHF:MLB.
In this connection permit me to transmit to you herewith for appropriate attention and advice a self-explanatory communication which has just been received from Mr. Ferrin. May I ask you kindly to return the enclosed letter with your report?
With appreciation of your attention, I remain
Sincerely yours,
/s/George H. Tinkham 
GEORGE HOLDEN TINKHAM
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[typewritten letter]
[margin notes: See misc. files send to Tinkham for first letters in regard to this matter 'misc' crossed out]

March 17, 1939
xxxxxx
COPP RECORDS
REV. WAR
BA-J/MMHF: LLB

Honorable George Holden Tinkham
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.

My dear Mr. Tinkham;
Reference is made to your letter of March 9, in which you cite previous correspondence in regard to photostatic copies of papers on file in Revolutionary War claims for pension, based upon service of soldiers with surname Copp, in which Mr. Frank M. Ferrin, 3 Park Street, Boston, is interested. Mr. Ferrin states, in his letter which you enclosed, that he had assumed that the research had been made and the material in those cases indexed, that he is interested in the Massachusetts and New Hampshire Copp records, particularly, and at present, Aaron and Moses Copp of New Hampshire, of whose records he desires photostatic copies.
In regard to the material having been indexed, Revolutionary War claims for pension are filed alphabetically according to the full names of the soldiers and are the original papers submitted by those applicants. All data furnished by the Veterans Administration in regard to those soldiers are obtained by reading those original documents and assembling such data as are found therein, for official reports.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Moses Copp from any state.
Aaron Copp made application for pension on account of disability incurred in service in that war. His application being prior to 1800, the papers in his application were destroyed by fire when the War Office was burned in that year. In the Report of the Secretary of War printed in 1835, in regard to the Pension Establishment, the following data are shown in regard to him: that he served as sergeant, received a pension of $60 per annum from March 4, 1789, under the Act of June 7, 1785, at which time he was a resident of New Hampshire,
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the county not shown. He died about 1809. This office has no
further information in regard to him.

In regard to another Revolutionary War soldier, Ebenezer Copp,
of New Hampshire, reference to the ""American State Papers, Class 9,
page 58, reveals that the name of Ebenezer Copp was borne on a list
of invalid pensioners returned by the Circuit Court for the District
of New Hampshire, submitted to the House of Representatives by the
Secretary of War, December 14, 1792, with the information that he
was a sergeant in Colonel Read's regiment, was badly wounded in his
side, back and groin, in the battle of Bunker Hill and that he had
received a pension (New Hampshire State pension from May 28, 1792;
also, on page 108 of the same volume, American State Papers, it is
shown that his name was borne on a list of invalid pensioners
submitted in the same manner as described above, wounded, same battle,
etc., and residence given as Hampstead. In a volume entitled
Alphabetical List of Private Claims which have been presented to
the House of Representatives, it is shown that Ebenezer Copp was
granted an invalid pension by the United States, Bill No. 12, passed
by House and Senate, 3 Congress, 1st Session, and approved June 9,
1794, and again, 4th Congress, 1st Session, Bill No. 156, passed by
House and Senate and approved April 20, 1796, in his behalf. This
office has no further information in regard to him.

In regard to photostatic copies of other Copp records of
Massachusetts and New Hampshire, the approximate cost will be $17.00.
If Mr. Ferrin decides upon having these copies made, a more detailed
statement will be made in regard to cost, method of remittance, etc.

Because of the very frail condition of some of these old documents
and the great desire to take every precaution toward the
preservation of them, it would be very gratifying, indeed, if you
or Mr. Ferrin could designate some reliable research worker or
stenographer to call and copy the date in full. The process of making
photostatic copies is necessarily injurious because of extra handling,
etc.
Mr. Ferrin's letter is returned herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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The report of the Secretary of War printed in 1835,
shows Aaron Copp pensioned in the state of New Hampshire
at $60.00 per annum from March 4, 1789, under the Act of
June 7, 1785, on account of his service as a Sergeant, and
that he received $1200. 00 [Text crossed out]
he drew his pension until about 1809.

There is no further information concerning him, as there
are no papers on file in this Bureau, the same having been
destroyed in the burning of the War Office.

Owing to the great number of inquiries, and the lack of
clerical force available for the purpose, this Bureau is unable
to make unlimited investigations and reports for one in
dividual, as a courtesy, but as the records are open to the
public by a provision of Congress, any responsible person
designated by you, will be allowed to examine and copy papers
on file in the Revolutionary War claims.
Very respectfully,
Signature G M. Saltzgaber
Commissioner.

[Handwritten text]
Old Invalid book endorsed
"Dead" after Sept. 1809 paymt.
2.