Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25312, William Butterfield, N.H.
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Service
N.H.         Butterfield, William       W 25312
                   Chloe              BLMt. 26726--160--55
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No. 3495
Vermont
William Butterfield
of Windham Co. in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Walker of the Reg't. commanded by Col. Barnes in the N.H. Troops for 13 1/2 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermonth at the rate of 44 Dollars 99 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of Dec. 1832 and sent to Hon. H. Hubbard H.R.
Arrears to 4th of September 1832      67.48
Semi+anl. Allowance ending 4 March  22.49
                                               1833     $89.97

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book D. Vol. 4 Page 48
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3632
Vermont Montpelier
Chloe Butterfield
widow of William Butterfield
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll oat the rate
of 44 Dollars 99 Cents
per annum, to commence
on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued
9th day of February 1854
and sent to Alexander S. Campbell
Bellows Falls VT

Recorded on Roll of Pension under act
February 3, 1858, Page 34 Vol. A

1321
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67354
Act March 3/51
April 13 "
Chloe Butterfield Widow
of William Butterfield Rev
Capt. Was in the Revolution
Col War Applicant is
Enl now a Pensioner Act of
Febry 3d 1853 & refers to papers
Dis on  file
No 26.726 iss May 22 [illegible]
Vt Feby 53 3632
ad: 160 [illegible] May 17/56-
Boynton
-
Samuel Whitcomb
Springfield Vermon
Rd F
S. Whitcomb. Oct 16" 1855
let:"  " 24 "

Vol. B2 - 143.
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William Butterfield
Declaration
to be numbered and 
reported to
Henry Campbell
Rockingham
Vermont
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passedJune 7, 1832 
State of Vermont Windham County, SS.
On this 25th day of July 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Probate Court for the District of Westminster in said State now selling William Butterfield a resident in Rockingham in the County of Windham and State of Vermont Rockingham being in Westminster District aged Seventy five 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 act of Congress passed June 1832 That he entered the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war as a private, by enlistment, about the first of May 1775 in Captain William Walkers Company in Colonel Reads Regiment in the New Hampshire State troops he enlisted for Eight months & served during that time the full term of Eight months, and by request of Genl Sullivan he continued in the service one half month longer being Eight months & a half in the whole, that he was stationed at Cambridge Mass a portion of the time and at Winter hill a part of the time he was at the battle of Bunker hill on the 17th of June 1775 that he was discharged at Winter hill on or about the 15th Jan. 1776 but had no written discharge.
That he again entered the United States Service in July 1776 for five months in the company commanded by Capt William Barns in the New Hampshire State troops and marched to Charlestown No 4 thence to Skenesboro and thence to Ticonderoga that he continued in the service for the term of five months and was discharged at Ticonderoga, had no written
discharge, he was discharged in Dec. 1776 he lived at Dunstable NH both times when he entered the service he was born in Aug, 1757 at Dunstable NH but has no record of his age, he lived at said Dunstable from the close of the war until 19 years ago since which time he has lived in Springfield VT. and Rockingham Vermont he now lives in said Rockingham, he was not drafted nor was he a substitute at either time he served the first time, he served but voluntarily enlisted, but as to the last time he served being five months he served as a substitute for Capt Jonathan Lund & Deacon William Hunt, thinks his Colonels name was Col Reed his major was Sherburne.-
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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.- Wm Butterfield
Before Peter M Lays Judge
the Alexander S Campbell residing in the town of Rockingham Vermont and Royal Earl residing in Rockingham hereby certify that the are well acquainted with William Butterfield who has subjected and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Seventy 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 the concur in that opinion Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Alex S Campbell
Royal Earl
Before Peter M Taft - Judge
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 Alexander S Campbell who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in Rockingham in Vermont and that Royal Earl
who has also signed the same is a resident in Rockingham are both credible persons and that
their statement is entitled to credit and that no clergyman lives in the immediate vicinity of the said William Butterfield
Peter M Taft - Judge
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[written]
I Asa Keyes 2d Clerk of the Probate Court for the District of West
-minster aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the
original proceedings of the said court in this matter of the application
of William Butterfield for a pension  In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and the seal of office this 25 day of July
A.D. 1833.

[seal obscured]     Asa Keyes 2nd
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Declaration in order to obtain the bene
-fit of the act of Congress of February 3d 1853
State of Vermont
District of Windsor in the County of Windsor ss
on this 12th day of July A D 1853 person
-ally appeared before the Probate court within and
for the Districtd of Windsor in said county of Windsor
Chloe Butterfield a resident of Spring
-field in said District of Windsor in the County afore
said aged seventy four 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
February 3d 1853 that she is the widow of William
Butterfield who was a private in the Revolutionary
War who drew a pension at the rate of forty four
dollars and ninety nine cents per annum at the
time of his death, that he resided in Rockingham
in the County of Windham and State of Vermont
and that his pension was paid at the Vermont agency,
he was a pensioner under the act of Congress of June
7, 1832.  She further declares that she was married to
the said William Butterfield on the third day of
October in the year eighteen hundred and
Eighteen, by Levi Hoyt, Justice of the Peace,
at Rockingham in the County of Windham
and State of  Vermont. That her husband the aforesaid
William Butterfield died on the twelfth day of
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[written]
June Eighteen hundred and thirty five
that she was married to him at the time above stated
she further swears that she was a widow at the passage 
of the act and is still a widow and that she has never be
-fore made application for a pension. subscribed on the day & year above written      
Before me   Chloe  her   Butterfield
                               X
                               mark
State of Vermont, County of Windsor
District of Windsor ss
I hereby certify that Salmon F Dutton
Esq before whom the foregoing declaration was
 made and who has thereunto subscribed
his name was at the time of so doing Judge of
Probate within and for the District of Windsor in
the County of Windsor in the State of v
Vermont
duly commissioned and sworn
In testimony whereof I have her
unto set my hand and affixed
the seal of my office as Clerk &
Register of the Probate Court
of said Districtd of Windsor this
12th day of July AD 1853
Henry Closson, Register
[seal at left illegible]
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[written]
Chloe Butterfield
Marriage
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State of Vermont
Windham County SS Be it remembered that on
The third day of October AD eighteen hundred and
Eighteen William Butterfield of Rockingham in
said County and Chloe Randal of Springfield
in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont
were lawfully joined in marriage by me
Levi Hoyt Justice Peace

Dec. 22 1819 Received and recorded the same
Attest Jos Weed Town Clerk

State of Vermont
Windham County ss Town Clerks office in 
Rockingham I certify that the above is a true copy of
the record in my office with the exception of the date
which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures
as follows "3rd day of October AD 1818"
Alexander S. Campbell
Town Clerk of Rockingham

I Alexander S. Campbell above
named depose and say that I hold the office
of Town Clerk of Rockingham in the County
of Windham and State of Vermont and that
the above is a true extract from the records of
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of said town of Rockingham with the exception
above named or certified by me
Alexander S Campbell
Town Clerk of Rockingham

Sworn to before me July 27th 1853
J.A. Williams, Notary Public
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[written]
No.
Wm. Butterfield

Admitted
Private 
13 1/2 months
$44.99

Hon'ble H Hubbard
Ho. of Rep's.
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[typed form]

BRIEF in the case of William Butterfield
of Windham Co. in the State of Vermont
(Act 7th June, 1832)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court of Probate
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 75 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period             |  Duration of Service.     |  Rank.  |
                       | Years, Months, Days.     |  As a    |
In 1775 May 1 | 1/2 yr, 8 mo. additional|Private|
    1776 July     |       "    5               "       |   "       |

|Names of General and Field Officers|
under whom he served.                     |
Capt. Walker, Col. Reed
N. H. State Troops
Capt. Barnes, Col. Reed

5. In what battles was he engaged?  Bunker Hill
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Dunstable, N. H.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary,- No clergyman near
2 living witnesses, but their affidavits are not attached the the Doc.t
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
D. Brown
Examining Clerk.
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State of Vermont
County of Windsor ss
 
On the fourth day of April A.D.
One thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally
appeared before me one John Ward, Master in Chancery
within and for the County and State aforesaid Chloe
Butterfield in the State of Vermont, who being duly
sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow
of William Butterfield, deceased who was a soldier in
the American Army during the Revolutionary War
as appears by documents heretofore transmitted to the
department, on which under the Act of 3rd February 1853, her
pension certificate dated 9th February. 1854, and numbered
on the back thereof 3632 for the sum of $44.92 per annul
appears to have been issued. Said certificate purporting to have
been recorded on "The roll of Pensions" under said Act at
"page 34, Vol. A."
She further states that she was married
to the said William Butterfield in Rockingham, Vermont
 on the            day of.        A.D.          By
Hoyt Esq. a justice of the peace, and that her 
name before her said marriage was Chloe Randall,
that her said husband died at Rockingham aforesaid
on the          day of June.      A.D.          and that she is now
a widow. All of which will further appear from the
documents accompanying her application for the pension
herein before referred to.
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She makes this declaration for the purpose of
obtaining the County land to which she may be
entitled under the "Act approved March 3, 1855."
Chloe Murk Butterfield

We George Kimball and George Kimball Jun.
residents of Springfield in the State of Vermont, upon
our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was
signed and acknowledged by Mrs Chloe Butterfield.
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.
George Kimball
George Kimball Jr

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 applicants to be credible persons that the claimant
is the person she represents herself to be; and that I
have no interest in this claim
John Ward Master in Chancery

State of Vermont,
I, Norman Williams, Clerk of the County Court of the
County of Windsor in the State of Vermont. Do hereby certify
that John Ward was, at the
Date of the paper writing to which this attached and still is a
Master in Chancery
in and for said County duly qualified to administer oaths and
take the acknowledgement of deeds and that his signature
foregoing is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court, at
Woodstock, in said County of Windsor, this 5 day of April A.D. 1855
Norman Williams, Clerk
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[typed form]
In reply to your request of___, received___
for a statement of the military history of William Butterfield
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen-
sion on file in this Bureau.
W. 25,312
Dates of        |  Length of   |   Rank.  |
Enlistment or |  Service.      |              |
Appointment.|                     |             |
May 1 1775    |   8 1/2 mos. | Private |
July      1776         5 mos.    |     "       |
disch. at Ticonderoga         |

              Officers Under Whom        |    
            Service Was Rendered          |  State
      Captain                  | Colonel       | 
William Walker            | James Reed | N. H. 
William Barron            |       "             |   "

Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Dunstable, NH.
Date of application for pension, July 25, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Rockingham, Windham Co., Vt.
Age at date of application, born in Aug. 1757 at Dunstable, NH
Remarks: He mar. at Rockingham, Vt. Oct 3, 1818 Chloe Randall she was
wife of Randall in 1816, his death is not stated. Sol. died June 25, 1834 at Rockingham & Chloe was
alld. pension on her appl. executed July 12, 1853 while a resident of Spring-
field, Windsor Co., Vt. at 74 yrs.

Respectfully,  

Commissioner.
6-2856
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[written & typed]

[left page]
WIDOW, &c.

File No.   25312
Chloe Butterfield
wife of
William Butterfield
Pri   Rev War
Act  Feb 3d 53
Index:  Vol A, Page 107
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[right page]
1915 Dec. 7. History to
George S. Stewart.
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CWG
Widow
of
W. File  Old War Will File
[illegible] 25,312     Revolution
William Butterfield
Captain Wallace Company
Colonel Barnes Regiment
Drawn by
F. G. Butterfield
Acting Chief
S. E. D.
JBW
C
[stamp]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
F
JUL 3 1890
SPL. EXN. DIVISION.

No [illegible] Division claim
No Mex Division claim
[illegible]
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O. W. N. [Old War and Navy] File 25312 is
Chloe widow of
William. Butterfield
Private New Hampshire Line, Revolution
Vermont. resident [illegible]  3632

We have a Mexican claim
William Butterfield
Lorings Company F. U.S. [illegible] Rifles not [illegible]
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Record (book) shows
William Butterfield   Private. New Hampshire line
b.[born]__
died June__ at Rockingham, Vermont.
married        at Rockingham, Vermont
Chloe who was the wife of ___ Randall about 1816.
She was 76 in 1855 and a
resident of Springfield, Vermont.
                                 {1. Widow’s application  April. 4, 1855
Bounty Land Claim   {2.  Certificate. of Henry Closson
 4 papers {3. Letter Samuel Whitcomb 9 April 1855
               {4.     "         "              "      26 January 1856
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[left side, written]

26, 726
[illegible]


[right side, written]
see O. W. [Old War] Widow 25,312
Revolutionary War flat files
Slip and envelope only
pension papers lost
same soldier and widow
as this B.L.
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[envelope, written]

Aug. 6, 1853
Appl. of Chloe
Butterfield,
Widow of William
Butterfield,
Windm Co.,
Vermont

P. $44.99
3495
Act 3d Feb. 1853
$44.99/100 Per An:
Com: Feb. 3d, 1853
Rev.

Alexr L. Campbell,
Bellow's Falls,
Vermont 

[typed along right side]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
PENSION OFFICE OFFICIAL BUSINESS
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[written]

Pension Office
27 October/[18]53
Sir,
Please Certify the time
to which the within named 
pension was paid, or the date
of his death.
Very Respectfully,
S. Cole
For the Commission,
William Butterfield,
Act 1832, $44.99 p. an.
Died 25th June 1834.  Paid
to his death.

F Burt
Auditor.

Francis Burt, Esquire
[illegible] Auditor. [illegible]
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[written]

Number 2741
Chloe Butterfield,
Widow of
William ____

Letter to A. S. Campbell, 3d October 1853
 "    "    "  "      "           29  "        "


Act 3rd. February.
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[written]

Jonathan Harris and Joseph Greeley
Depositions
on 
William. Butterfield's
Application
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I Jonathan Harris of Dunstable in the county of Hillsborough
and State of New Hampshire in the seventy eighth year of my age testify and
say that in the year one thousand, seven hundred and seventy five I enlisted in the Company of Captain William Walker of said Dunstable
to serve in the Revolutionary Army for the terms of Eight months
and joined the American army early in the season of that year,
at Cambridge. I served out my time and was discharged and returned
home. I further depose that William Butterfield then of said
Dunstable, now of Rockingham, Vermont, enlisted and did duty
in said company for the same length of time.  I was well
acquainted with said Butterfield before he entered the service
as aforesaid and I frequently saw him in said service and
know that he did duty and served as before stated.
Jonathan Harris
State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough ss. August 28, 1832. Then the above named Jonathan Harris personally appeared and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him
subscribed is true.   Before Daniel Abbot Justice of the Peace
I Joseph Greeley of Hudson(formerly Nottingham west) in the County
of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, in the seventy sixth year
of my age testify and say, that in April in the year seventeen
hundred and seventy five I enlisted into Captain William Walker's
Company of Dunstable in said county to serve for the term
of eight months, that I soon after joined the 
Revolutionary Army at Cambridge in  Colonel James Reed's Regiment and served
 out my time, was regularly discharged and returned home.
I further depose that William Butterfield, then of said Dunstable, now of Rockingham Vermont, enlisted into and did
duty in the same company for the same period of time.
I knew him well at that time and have known him ever since
and know that he served as before stated.
Joseph Greeley
State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough ss. September 10, 1832. Then the above named Joseph Greeley
Personally appeared and made oath that the above affidavits
by him subscribed is true. Before Daniel Abbot Justice of the Peace
I certify that the foregoing deponents are credible witnesses.
Daniel Abbot  Justice of the Peace
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I Andrew Wallace, Clerk of the Superior Court of Justicature
for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire,
certify that Daniel Abbot within named
is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Hillsborough
and duly empowered to administer oaths, and that
the within signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto after
fixed my seal of Office, and subscribed
my name, this seventeenth day of September
in the year of our lord 1832.
A. Wallace Clerk
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I David Butterfield of Rockingham in the County of Windham & State of Vermont testify and say that I was well acquainted with William
Butterfield late of Rockingham in the County of
Windham and State of Vermont deceased a Revolutionary pensioner that the said William Butterfield died at said Rockingham the month
of June in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty five
leaving Chloe Butterfield his widow who is
still living and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Chloe Butterfield
widow of the said William Butterfield deceased and that the said Chloe Butterfield has not been married since the death of the said William Butterfield but is single and unmarried
David Butterfield
State of Vermont
Windham County ss July 27th 1853 personally
appeared David Butterfield above named
who is a credible person and made oath that the
foregoing affidavit by him subscribed as
is true
Before me
Alexander S Campbell Justice Peace
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State of Vermont, }
Windham s.s.        }
I, Royall Tyler, Clerk of the County Court, for the County
of Windham, being a court of record and having a seal, as hereto attached,
do certify that  Alexander S. Campbell
was at the date of the paper writings to which this is attached, and now is a
Justice of the peace, within and for said county, duly commissioned and
qualified; that his signature to the jurat thereon
written is genuine; that the said paper writings
are executed according to the laws of this State,
and are in due form; and that as such Officer, he is duly authorized by the
laws of this State to take acknowledgments of Deeds, take Depositions, administer Oaths, etc.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of court, at
Brattleborough, this first day of August
Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three
Royall Tyler, Clerk.
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[written]

Bellows Falls Vermont
August 3rd 1853
Sir
I send herewith the Declaration
and evidence in the case of Chloe Butterfield
widow of William Butterfield for a pension.     Very respectfully
Your obedient servant

Alexander S Campbell

Honorable L P Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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David Butterfield
Affidavit
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I David Butterfield of Rockingham in the County
of Windham & State of Vermont testify & say that I was well acquainted with William Butterfield late of said Rockingham deceased who was a Revolutionary pensioner, and I further testify that I am well acquainted with Chloe Butterfield of Springfield in said State of Vermont who is now the widow of the said William. That the said William Butterfield died at said Rockingham nearly twenty years ago that the said William and Chloe intermarried in the year Eighteen hundred & eighteen and lived together as husband and wife up to the time of his death, that the said Chloe has not been married since the death of the said William but continues his widow. That her name at the time of said marriage was Chloe Randall - that the said William was a Revolutionary pensioner & that the said Chloe is his widow
David Butterfield
State of Vermont

Windham County ss
Rockingham October 19, 1853 
Then personally appeared David Butterfield above named who is a credible person and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed
Before me 
Alexander S Campbell Justice Peace
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State of Vermont ┃  [seal]
WINDHAM, S.S. ┃
I, ROYALL TYLER, Clerk of the County Court, for the County
of Windham, being a court of record and having sat as hereto attached
do certify that Alexander S. Campbell
was at the date of the paper writings to which this is attached, and now is a
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, within and for said county, duly commissioned and
qualified; that his signature to the certificate
thereon written is genuine; that the said paper writings
are executed according to the laws of this State, 
and are in due form; and that as such Officer, he is duly authorized by the
laws of this State to take acknowledgments of Deeds, take Depositions, administer Oaths, &c.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of court, at
Brattleborough, this 21st
day of October
Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty - three
Royall Tyler
Clerk.
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State of Vermont.
Windham ss.
County Clerk's Office
Brattleboro, October 21st, 1853
I, Randall Tyler, Clerk of the county court
for said county of Windham hereby certify
that James H. Williams of Rockingham
in said County was on the 21st day of
April AD 1853, duly appointed by the
Judges of said Court a Notary Public
within the State of Vermont for one year
from said 21st day of April AD 1853. And
that said Williams has taken the
oath of office prescribed by law, and
is now duly authorized to act in
that capacity.  All which appears
by the Records in this office remaining.

The testimony whereof I hereto
set my hand and the
Seal of said Court at
Brattleboro in said County
the day and year first
above written.
Randall Tyler, Clerk.
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Bellow Falls Vermont Oct 22nd 1853

Sir
Agreeably to the directions contained in your
letter of the 3rd October inst I send herewith a certificate
of the Clerk of Windham County Court authenticating
the official character of the notary public whose name
appears upon one or more of the papers heretofore sent
to your office in support of the Declaration of Chloe
Butterfield widow of William Butterfield deceased
under the act of Feby 3rd 1853, I also send an affidavid
showing the maiden name of the applicant and that
she is the widow of William Butterfield a Revolutionary Pensioner
Very respectively yours
A S Campbell

Hon L P Waldo
Comm. of Pensions
Washington City
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David Butterfield
&Esther Butterfield
affidavits
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I David Butterfield of Rockingham
in the County of Windham & State of Vermont tes
-tify & say that I was well acquainted with
William Butterfield late of said Rocking
ham deceased, that he was  a Revolutionary
pensioner at the time of his death and was
in the receipt of forty four dollars ninety
nine cents per annum that the said William
Butterfield died at said Rockingham on the
twenty sixth day of June in the year eighteen
hundred and thirty four, and that he left
at the time of his death Chloe Butterfield
his widow surviving heir & I further tes-
tify that I am well acquainted with the
said Chloe Butterfield and that she is
still living to wit at Springfield in the
State of Vermont & has never been married
since his death and I further testify that
the said Chloe's name before her marriage
 was Chloe Randall.     David Butterfield
State of Vermont
Windham County ss Rockingham Decr.
15 1853  Then David Butterfield above
named who is a credible person appeared & 
made oath that above affidavit by him subscri
bed is true  Before me  J. D. Bridgman Notary Public
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I Esther Butterfield of Rockingham in
the County of Windham & State of Vermont
testify & say that I was well acquainted
with William Butterfield late of said Rock
ingham deceased that he was a Revolutionary
pensioner at the time of his death, the annu
al amount of his pension was about forty
five or fifty dollars. That the said William
Butterfield died at said Rockingham on
the twenty sixth day of June in the year
eighteen hundred and thirty four, and
that at the time of his death he left Chloe
Butterfield his widow surviving him,
That the said Chloe is his widow and is now
living in Springfield Vermont and has
never been married since his death
but has remained single & unmarried
since that time. I further testify that when
she married the said William Butterfield
her name was Chloe Randall.
Esther Butterfield

State of Vermont Windham County ss [crossout]
Feb 1, 1854 Then personally appeared Esther
Butterfield who is  a credible witness and made
oath that the above affidavit by her subscribed is
true before me   J.D. Bridgman Notary Public
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State of Vermont, }
Windham, S. S,     |
I, Royall Tyler, Clerk of the County Court, for the County
of Windham, being a court of record and having a seal, as hereto attached,
do certify that J. D. Bridgeman
was at the date of the paper writings to which this is attached, and now is a
Notary Public within and for said county, duly commissioned and
qualified; that his signatures to the certificates
therein written are genuine; that the said paper writings
are executed according to the laws of this State,
laws of this State to take acknowledgments of Deeds, take Depositions, administer Oaths, &c.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of court, at
Brattleborough, this Second day of February
Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty- four.
Royall Tyler  Clerk.
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Bellows Falls Vermont  Feby. 3d 1854
Sir
I send herewith two affidavits in support
of the claim of Chloe Butterfield widow of William Butterfield for a pension under
the act of Congress of the 3d February 1853..
Her Declaration & certificate of marriage is
now on file in your office.
I am very respectfully
yr. obt svt
A S Campbell

Hon L P Waldo
Comr. of Pensions
Washington City
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Brief in the case of Chloe Butterfield, widow of William.
Windsor County and State of Vermont
act 3rd Feby. 1853
Claim, ("original,")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the Act of
7 June, 1832.
Record Evidence of Marriage.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?

Alexr. S. Campbell, Esquire
Bellows Falls, Vt.
Name and residence of Agent
S. C. Boynton
Examining Clerk.
Page 44

I Henry Closson, of Springfield, Windsor
County and State of Vermont, hereby certify
that I have been personally acquainted with Mrs.
Lukey Chase the widow of Jonathan Chase late of
said Springfield for more than forty years and know
that she is now a widow and the widow of the
said Jonathan Chase deceased.

I also certify that I have known Mrs. Polly Chase the
widow of Moses Chase, late of said Springfield, now
deceased for more than thirty eight years, and know
that she is now a widow and the widow of the
said Moses Chase deceased.

I also further certify that I know Mrs. Chloe Butterfield and have known her since thirty nine years
ago come next June or July. she was then the wife
of [blank] Randall that she now is the widow of
William Butterfield, deceased.
Henry Closson, Registrar of
the Probate Court for the
District of Windsor and
Notary Public for the
County of Windsor
Springfield Vermont April 9 1955

State of Vermont} At Springfield this 9th day of April, 1855
Windsor County ss} then the above named Henry Closson, to me
known as a credible witness personally appeared and made
solemn oath that the forgoing certificate by hinm subscribed
 in my presence, contains the whole truth and nothing but
the truth.    Before me
Samuel W. Porter  Master in Chancery
Page 45

Springfield Vt  Apl, 8, 1855
Honl L.P. Waldo   Comr of Pensions
Sir, Herewith an application in behalf
of Chloe Butterfield - a pensioner - and
the widow of a Revolutionary Soldier - for
Bounty land, under Act of 3d March last.
Also,
A certificate of the present widowhood
of said Chloe Butterfield, in addition
to her own & those of the magistrate
and two other witnesses. Also of the
present widowhood of Mrs Lukey Chase
widow of Jonathan Chase. and of
Mrs Polly Chase (another Pensioner and
vidow of Revolutionary Soldier) all
of whose applications were forwarded last week.
also
A Certificate of the marriage of Mrs
Lukey Chase above named. and of the 
death of Johathan Chase her Husband.
Please file these with Mrs Lukey Chase's
application.   Very respectfully yours
Samuel Whitcomb
Page 46

These persons, and their witnesses are
long residents of this town.

If the gentlemen of your Bureau will
overlook this omission to send the
documents together.  Now that we
begin to understand what is required,
I promise all possible effort hereafter
to save them from such inconvenience.
S. W.
S. Cole Esqr


67,354
Page 47

The Honl. J. Minot  Springfield Vt. 26th Jany 1856
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir, By two letters from your office in reference to the
application of Chloe Butterfield for Land, under Act of 30 March, 1855
I learned that "Record Evidence" was wanting of the services
of Mr. Butterfield, her Husband.
Believing that the State from which he went into the service
may be learned from some of the papers presented in her
behalf when she applied for the pension of which she is now
in the receipt, I am induced to ask for whatever may
be shown therein - so that I may apply at the proper
office of the state to which he belonged for a transcript of its
record of his service.  I think he probably went from New
Hampshire. If the gentleman of your office may be permitted
to name the State to which the pension papers refer as his
early home &c or give me any clue to this inquiry, 
I will be greatly obliged to both you & such gentleman.
Mrs. Butterfield's case is numbered in your office
67,354, not yet passed I think.
The case of Sergt Luke Brown sent by me is numbered
in your office 131,847, & he was in the Battle of Plattsburgh.
May I ask of that class of cases whether "Pay Rolls" are not
on file in the Department? Mr B. says he was called on after
the affray & paid some small amount for himself, his man & horses;
& we think the pay roll must be at Washington.
In case of the death of an applicant before the arrival of the
warrent, what do you prefer that agents should do with
said warrant?  Yours very respectfully
Samuel Whitcomb.
Page 48

Old War Widow File 25312.
William Butterfield, widow Chloe,
Private. New Hampshire troops, Revolutionary widows, residence Vermont, and certificate 3632.
annual allowance $44.99. certificate issued February 9, 1854, Act Feb 3, 1853. Vermont Agency
Bountyland Warrant 26726 -160-55, allowed to above widow, see papers there.
All the papers in this claim are lost:  see slip
herewith which shows that the last thing known
of the claim is that it was drawn by F. G. Butterfield
Acting Chief of S. E. Division July 3, 1890.
I have opened every Revolution, Old War, 1812 Sur[vivor] and Widow Mexican Sur[vivor] and
Widow for any pensioner named Butterfield but cannot find
the papers.  A Wilson   June 8, 1911
Leave this in claim
See Special Examiner's reports,
etc. and letters or
return of papers December 1915
MHT
June 3, 1938
Page 49

Rev. War Section.

December 7, 1915.

Mr. George S. Stewart,
Box 215, Bedford,
Massachusetts.
Sir:
A recent rearrangement of the Revolutionary
War Files enable this Bureau to furnish you with
a full history of William Butterfield W. File No.
25,312, in lieu of the meagre statement forwarded
you under date of August 23, 1915.
Very respectfully,
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
Page 50

Rev. War Section.

August 23, 1915.

Mr. George S. Stewart,
Bpx 215,
Bedford, Mass.
Sir: 
In response to your letter dated the 8th instant, you are
advised that the records of this bureau show that William
Butterfield was a resident of Windham County, Vermont, and
about seventy-four years of age in 1832, at which time he was
allowed pension for two years and three months as a Private in
the New Hampshire Line, Revolutionary War.
He married at Rockingham, Vermont, Chloe who
was the wife of one ---Randall in 1816, the date of his death 
not being shown.
William Butterfield died at Rockingham, Vermont, June 25,
1834, and his widow Chloe Butterfield was allowed pension of
$44.99 per annum, by Certificate No. 3,632, issued February 9,
1854.
In 1855, she was seventy-six years of age and a resident
of Springfield, Vermont.
Very respectfully,
E. C. Tieman
Actting Commissioner.
Do not send this again:
claim complete by the
recovery of soldier's & widow's 
pension claims thro S. E. Div.
Dec. 6, 1915
Page 51

12 June, 1835.
Rec. Ev,
Boynton
Page 52

December 6, 1915.

Received of Dr. R. D. Byington Chief Clerk,
Bureau of pensions on December 6, 1915, the
Revolutionary War pension claims of Chloe and
William Butterfield, consolidated under Wid.
Rile No. 25,313, which have been this day
placed in the Revolutionary War Flat Files,
Room 3C1.

Very respectfully,
Anne E, Wilson
Chief Rev. War Section.
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(Copy)


EMP

October 11, 1915.

Colonel Franklin G. Butterfield,
Derby Line,
Vermont.
Dear Sir:
In response to yours of the 9th instant, asking for
the name and city address of the special examiner of this
Bureau stationed at Albany, New York, you are advised that
he is Mr. A. B. Tarwater, and this his city address is
Room 24 Post Office Building, Albany, New York.
Very respectfully,

Chief of Division.
Page 54

[typed heading]
FRANKLIN G. BUTTERFIELD
DERBY LINE, VERMONT
[written]
Oct. 13, 1915
Mr. A. B Tarwater
Dear Sir,
On examining my papers I
find I have the original
paper in the Pension claims
of Wm. Butterfield & his wife
Chloe - Revoltionary War -
It is probable that, at the time,
the Commission allowed me to
keep them as of no particular value
to the Government. As soon as
can have a copy made I
will send the originals to you.
[illegible]  Wm. Butterfield
Page 55

[left page]
THE EXAMINER MUST BRIEF THIS LETTER.

No. Old War, #25312.

A. B. Tarwater, Special Examiner.

Dated Albany, N. Y. October 18, 1915.

BRIEF.
Letter of Gen. F. G. Butterfield
relative to papers in above 
numbered claim of Chloe
Butterfield, forwarded to the
Bureau.

[right page]
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
OCT 19 1915
S. E. DIVISION
Page 56

[typed]
SPECIAL EXAMINATION DIVISION  8-1870
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Albany, N. Y. October 18, 1915.
Hon. Commissioner of pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Relative to letter inquiry in Old war pension claim,
#25312, Chloe Butterfield, which was received in this district
August 21, 1915, I have the honor to forward herewith, letter
from gen. F. G. Butterfield, Derbyline, Vermont, in which he advises
me that he has found the papers in the pension claim to be in
his possession and that he will forward them to me as soon as
he can have a copy of them made.
I interviewed Gen. Buterfield [sic] in this matter September 11,
1915, at which time he promised that he would make a search for
the papers. The papers have not yet been received from him and
immediately upon their receipt will be forwarded to the bureau.
At the time I called on him I left with him a card giving
my name and the address at which I could be reached in Albany,
New York. I mention this fact as I have a copy of letter mailed
me from Bureau showing that Gen. Butterfield had written the
Bureau for my name and address, and because he made such inquiry
it might be inferred that I was negligent in not leaving with
him my name and address.
Very respectfully,
A. B. Tarwater
Special Examiner.
Page 57

[written]
Rev, Sec
Aug. 8, 1915.  H
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir,
I wish to obtain the military
history of the two Revolutionary pensioners
following, as given in the records of the
Pension Bureau, viz:

Robert Cushman of Hartland, Vt. (pension
given to his widow, Lucy Cushman), service in
Mass. troops.
W. 25312 William Butterfield of Rockingham, Vt.,
served in N.H. or Mass. troops.

Thanking you for the information,
I will ask you to send same to
George S. Stewart
Box 215, Bedford, Mass.
Page 58

[typed]
TFD
Copy to Revolutionary Files

August 19, 1915.
Mr. Mortimer Whitehead,
Chief, Special Examination Division:

The records of the Revolutionary War files of this
Bureau shew that the papers in the pension claim, Old War
Widow File 25,312, Chloe, widow of William Butterfield, Private
New Hampshire Troops, have been missing for many years. We
have a file slip showing that these papers were drawn by F. G.
Butterfield, Acting Chief of the Special Examination Division,
on July 3, 1890, and ther is nothing to indicate that they
were ever returnedt o the Revolutionary files.
Mr. F. G. Butterfield resides at derby Line, Vermont.
He is a man of reputation and character, and while it seems im-
probable that he would have intentionally retained these official 
files, it is hoped that he may be able to throw some light upon
their disappearance.
You will please direct a special examiner who is conveniently
located, and who is tactful and endowed with some discretion, to
call upon Mr. Butterfield and inquire into this matter with a view
to ascertaining whether the papers are now in his possession, or
whether he can give us any information likely to aid in their recovery.
E. C. TIEMAN,
Acting Commissioner.
Page 59

[printed form]

3-295.
INDEX TO SPECIAL EXAMINER'S REPORT.

Claim of William Butterfield and Chloe Butterfield.  No. 3495,
25312

Pages. | Names of Witnesses, Etc.    |   Exhibits. |
1.         | Index                                  |                  |
2.        | Hon. Acting Commissioner, Letter| A    |
3. to 5 |Hon. Commissioner, Letter, |  B|
6, 7     | Chief of S. E. Div. Letter,      |C  |
              Notice to claimant
8, 9     | Summary
              Claimant's statement
10.     | Gen F. C. Butterfield, Letter  | D  |
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[typed]

Mr. Mortimer Whitehead,
Chief, Special Examination Division:

The records of the Revolutionary War files of this
Bureau show that the papers in the pension claim, Old War
Widow File 25,312, Chloe, widow of William Butterfield, Private
New Hampshire troops, have been missing for many years. We
have a file slip showing that these papers were drawn by 
F. G.
Butterfield, Acting Chief of the Special Examination Division,
on July 3, 1890, and there is nothing to indicate that they
were ever returned to the Revolutionary files.
Mr. F. G. Butterfield resides at Derby Line, Vermont.
He is a man of reputation and character, and while it seems im-
probable that he would have intentionally retained these official
files, it is hoped that he may be able to throw some light upon
their disappearance.
You will please direct a special examiner who is conveniently
located, and who is tactful and endowed with some discretion, to
call upon Mr. Butterfield and inquire into this matter with a view
to ascertaining whether the papers are now in his possession, or
whether he can give us any information likely to aid in their recovery.
2 Ex. A
E. C. Tieman
Acting Commissioner.
Page 61

[typed]
SPECIAL EXAMINATION
DIVISION          2-1866
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
November 18, 1915.
Mr. A. B. Tarwater,
Special Examiner,
Albany, N. Y.
Sir:
On August 21, 1914, you were instructed in the
Old War pension claim, No. 25,312, Chloe Butterfield,
widow of William Butterfield, private, New Hampshire
Troops, to interview Gen. F. G. Butterfield of Derby
Line, Vt., to ascertain from him whether he had in his
possession any of the original papers, or copies there-
of in the case cited, or to ascertain from him whether
he knew of the whereabouts or disposition of such papers.
Thereafter on Sept. 11th you interviewed 
Gen. Butterfield
and he promised to make a search for the papers. On
Oct. 13, 1915, Gen. Butterfield addressed you a letter
from his home in Derby Line, Vt., wherein he stated that
on examining his papers he found that he had in his pos-
session the original papers in the Revolutionary War pen-
sion claims of William Butterfield and his wife Chloe, and
he stated that as soon as he could have a copy made he
would send the originals to you.
Since General Butterfield wrote the letter referred
to five weeks have elapsed and nothing further has been
heard by the bureau from you or hi in the matter referred to.
3 Ex. B.
Page 62

[typed]
You are directed to proceed at the earliest prac-
ticable moment to Derby Line, Vt. where you will call upon 
Gen. Butterfield and ask that he immediately turn over
to you any and all original papers in his possession re-
lating to the claims referred to above.
These papers are the property of the Government and
cannot be properly in the possession of any one not an
employe [sic] of this bureau. General Butterfield's statement
to you indicates that the papers came into his hands by per-
mission of a former commissioner and therefore under some
color of authority. The bureau holds now that they always
have been and are still the property of the government
and should be returned to their proper repository in this
bureau permanently. A reasonable time appears to have
elapsed since the 13th when Gen. Butterfiled [sic] might have
carried out his expressed desire to have copies of the
originals made. In this connection you may advise him
that by the provisions of the Act of August 24,f 1912, a
copy of which is herewith enclosed, he may make application
to the Commissioner of Pensions for copies, by photostat
 or otherwise, of all or a part of the original papers in
the claims referred to as he may wish and his request will
be given proper consideration.
You will please take up this matter very promptly and
you are relied on to use your best tact and discretion to
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[typed]

handle it in a manner that will avoid irritation and
other than good feeling.
Respectfully,
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.


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[typed]
SPECIAL EXAMINATION
DIVISION        3-1866
CBN
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
August 19, 1915.

Mr. A. B. Tarwater,
Special Examiner,
Albany, N. Y.
Sir:
There is handed you herewith, a letter from the
Honorable Acting Commissioner which directs that you
will interview Col, F. G. Butterfield, of Derby Line,
Vt., in connection with the Revolutionary 
War claim,
Chloe, widow of William Butterfield, Private, New Hamp-
shire Troops, No. 25,312.
Should your inquiries of Col. Butterfield develop
that he has not the original papers, there is a possi-
bility that he had copies of the original papers in the
case referred to made for his own information and use,
which copies may still be in his possession, If that
be the case, and he is willing that you should do so,
will you please make verbatim copies of such papers for
retention and use in the Bureau files.  It appears that
persons are in correspondence with the Bureau from time
to time seeking information for their own purpose in

6. Ex C-
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[typed]

Mr. A. B. Tarwater

connection with the claim cited, and if in lieu of
the original documents the Bureau had even copies of
copies possibly made by Col. Butterfield, it would
be in position to furnish the information desired.
This matter will require your very best tact and
demeanor as a special examiner, and it is confidently
believed that you will handle it in a satisfactory
manner, and you will please take it up and dispose of
it at the earliest practicable date.
Very respectfully,
M, Whitehead
Chief of Division.
Page 66

[typed]

3-1876
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Old War Claims,
#3495, William Butterfield
#25312, Chloe Butterfield, 
New Hampshire Troops.
Albany, N. Y. December 4th 1915.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Sir: 
Herewith are returned letters of instructions concerning
recovery of papers in the above noted pension claims and I have the
honor to submit the following report:
On September the 11th, I interviewed Gen. F. g. Butterfield at his
summer home near Derby Line, Vermont, and he stated to me that he was
not sure whether he had the papers in the above noted pension claims
or not, but that he had some recollection of drawing them when he was
in the Bureau f pensions, and that if he did retain the papers it was
at the suggestion of the Commissioner of Pensions at that time.
Gen. Butterfield advised me that he would cause a search to be
made for the papers as soon as it was convenient for him to do so,
and stated that if he found the original papers he would forward them
to me to be transmitted to the Bureau of Pensions.
Under date of October 13, 1915, he advised me by letter that he 
had found the original papers in his possession and that he would
forward them to me as soon as he could have them copied. This letter
from Gen. Butterfield was transmitted to the Bureau of Pensions under date
of October the 18th, 1915.
My instructions were to handle this matter so as to cause as
little irritation as possible and consequently after receiving the
promise of Gen. Butterfield that he would return the papers to the
Bureau of Pensions through me, it was not deemed advisable to push
him for final action. Upon receipt of his letter stating he had found
the papers in his possession, I mailed him an official envelope with
my address, and after waiting what seemed to be a reasonable time for
reply again wrote to him regarding the papers.
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[typed]
Upon receipt of Bureau letter dated November the 18th, I wrote
to the postmaster at Derby Line, Vermont to ascertain whether Gen.
Butterfield was at home and was advised that he was not but that he
was expected home the first of December.
It has been deemed advisable to reprt my action in this matter
in order that it may not appear that I have been negligent in following
up the inquiry.
From the letter of Gen. Butterfield, exhibited in this preort, [sic]
it appears that he has been delayed in forwarding the papers because
of his absence from home.
Under this date I have written to Gen. Butterfield acknowledging
receipt of brief jacket, application for pension joint affidavit of
Jonathan Harris and Joseph Greeley and report of examining clerk in
pension claim, #3495, William Butterfield: and also brief jackets, applica-
tion for pension, joint affidavit of David Butterfield and Esther
Butterfield, two other separate affidavits of David Butterfield, record
of marriage, three letters from A. S. Campbell, certificate of official
character of notary public and report of examining clerk in pension
claim #25312, Chloe Butterfield.
In the letter to Gen. Butterfield I also advised him that
the papers in the pension claims were this day forwarded to the Bureau
of pensions.
I recommend that report and papers in pension claims be re-
ferred to the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions for his consideration.
Very respectfully,
A. B. Tarwater,
Special Examiner.

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[written]

FRANKLIN G. BUTTERFIELD
DERBY LINE, VERMONT
Dec. 3. 1915
Mr. A. B. Tarwater,
Dear Sir
Replying to your letter
Nov. 19. 1915- I beg to say
that I have today mailed to
your address the original
papers in the Pension claims
of William & Chloe Butterfield
Absence from home has
caused the delay.
[illegible]  
F. G. Butterfield

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[printed and written]

3-296.   [stamp]  RECEIVED
S. E. D.                 DEC 6 1915
3495,                    S. E. D. FILES
No. 24312
Claimant: William Butterfield,
                 Chloe Butterfield,
Soldier:     William Butterfield,
P. O. address:  Deceased.
County: ....    State: ....
Recommendation: Hon. Commissioner of
Pensions.
A. B. 
Tarwater,
Special Examiner.
REFERENCE.
Dec. 6, 1915
Respectfully to Dr.
F. D, Byington, Chief
Clerk    to be restored
 to Revolutionary Files
 M. Whitehead
Chief s. E. Division.
RECOMMENDATION.
[blank]
ACTION.
[blank]
Commissioner.
6-837