Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24456, John Day Howard, Navy Privateer (Mass)
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(8-1776)
SERVICE    NUMBER

Navy Howard, John Day W.24456
Privateer (Mass) Lucy

CONTENTS
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649
Mas[sa]chusetts
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John D. Howards
of Norfolk in the State of Massa
who was a Seaman Carpt Yeoman in the ["Company" crossed through] ship commanded
by Captain Rathbone of the ____ commanded
by _____ in the Masstt
line for 3 mos & 15 days Seaman
20 " & 15 " Carpenter, Yeoman

Contl Navy
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Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusett
at the rate of 107 Dollars 12 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
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Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Oct
1833 and sent E.S.
Leland Roxbury Mass
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $252.80
Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 1834 50.56
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$303.36
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{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by D D Addison Clerk,
Book E Vol 2d Page 35
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1113
Massachusetts.

Lucy Howard
widow of John D. Howard
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a Seaman Carpenter

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
101 Dollars 12
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the
2d day of August 1848
and sent to
G.S. Bulfinch
Boston
Mass

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 56 Vol. 2

[right side of page]
Reported
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6525
Jno. D. Howard
Carpenter's Yeoman 20 mo 15 days
Seaman 3 15
W CE

$102. C M full pension

5. 11. 12. 13. ob
Apl 29 1833\P. 361
8.50 1
87.12 25.50
14.00 8.5
111.12 87.12

E S Leland
Roxberry

E. H. Derby Esq
Boston
Mass
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6525
BRIEF in the case of John D. Howard
of Norfolk Co in the State of Mass
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court of a Judge? Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 73

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
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Period. | Duration of Service. | Rank. | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
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-- | Years, Months, Days. | As a | Gen.
about 1 June to about 1 Sept. 77 | 1, 7, -- | Seaman | U.S. Schooner Lee, Capt. Skimmer
about 15 Febry 78 to about 15 Oct 78 | --, 8, -- | Seaman | U.S. Brig. Genl. Gates, Capt. Skimmer
about last Oct 78 to about last Oct 79 | 1, 8, 15 | Carpenter's Yeoman | Queen of France, Capt. Rathbone

5. In what battles was he engaged? none

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? don't say

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? No clergyman & no living witnesses, no tradition

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect. Right

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in case above mentioned.
Wm. C. Easter,
Examining Clerk.
24 Jan '33
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John D. Howard

D Lee Child
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State of Massachusetts

County of Norfolk SS. On this sixth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the Probate Court now sitting at Dedham in and for said County, John D. Howard a resident of Dorchester in said County, aged seventy four 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 7th, A. D. 1832.

THAT  he was born at Boston in the County of Suffolk & State aforesaid on the first day of April A. D. 1759 and that there is a record of his birth in the [illegible] record of said Boston that he was in the United States service from the first day of July A. D. 1777, to the fifteenth day of February A. D. 1778 (7m 15d) as a seaman in the Continental Navy: that he was residing at said Boston when he entered the service; that he enlisted with Capt. John Skimmer to serve on board the U.S. Schooner Lee and served for the period aforesaid under the command of said Skimmer and the other officers of said vessel Dennis 1st Lt. Lewis,2 Do and Pearson sailing master: that he [sailed] from Boston to Marblehead from then to the Grand Bank where said vessel continued to cruise until she took several prizes among which was the Industrious Bee; ___ were known to him: that he was in no battle at the end of his service received no discharge but entered immediately on board the General Gates a U.S. Brig of war: of 16 guns into which said Industrious Bee was [illegible] and that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at said Boston & said Dorchester.

ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the fifteenth day of February A. D. 1778, to the fifteenth day of October A. D. 1788 (8m) as a seaman in t  he aforesaid Navy that he was residing at said Boston when he entered the service; that he enlisted to served on board the said Brig. Gen. Gates and served for the period aforesaid under the command of said Skimmer: that he [sailed] from Boston to Marblehead & then to Grand Bank where he cruised until he was ordered aboard off a prize under the command of said Pearson: that arrived at said Boston some time before t he Gen. Gates got in; that he was in no battle that he received a discharge after the arrival of the Gen. Gates and left the service on the said fifteenth day of October.

ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the twentieth day of October A. D. 1778, to the first day of July A. D. 1780 20m 15 (15 or 15) as a Carpenter's yeoman in t he said Navy that he was residing at said Boston when he entered the service; that he entered with Captain Rathbone in the U. S. Ship Queen of France and served for the period aforesaid under the command of said Rathbone. The Carpenter's name was Ruddock, the boatswain Murray, the Purser Ash and one Howe's 1st Lt.: that he sailed from Boston to Charleston (SC) where the Queen of France was sunk by order of the commander of the place and was afterwards stationed at Wappoo: that he served with West Point Regiment of the regular troops; and Gen. Lincoln regular officer was known to him; that he was in the siege of Charleston, was taken prisoner exchanged and received a discharge but no in writing and left the service on said first day of July.
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John D Howard

[plus some of previous document]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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Secretary's Office, August 22 1833.

I 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 Department, it appears that on the 12th of March 1777 the Schooner Lee was a Continental ship of war, that she was commanded by Capt. John Skimmer and carried ten guns.

I further certify certify that with the exception of the document by which the above fact appears, there is no record or document in this Department relating to the said Schooner, nor any whatever relating to the Brig of War Gen. Gates or the ship of war Queen of France.
Edward D. Bangs, Secy
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I Micha Orcutt of Braintree in the county of Norfolk and commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy seven years testify and say that I was steward on board the U S Brig of war General Gates, Capt John Skinner during her cruise from Boston & Marblehead off the Grand Bank from February or March AD 1778 to October of the same y ear that John D Howard then of Boston & now of Dorchester in sd Commonwealth was a seaman on board brig and served on the same cruise I have known said Howard ever since and I have heretofore testified before Judge Davis District Judge to the same facts as I have I have now stated
Micha Orcutt
Suffolk Ss Boston Sept 4th 1833 Subscribed and sworn before me and I certify that said Orcutt is a credible person & his statement entitled to credit David Lee Child 
Jus P
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I Jacob Hiler of Boston in the county of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify and say that I was Master of Arms on board the U S Brig of War General Gates Capt John Skimmer commander during her cruise from Boston and Marblehead off the graced Bank in the year 1778 and that John D Howard then of Boston and now of Dorchester in said Commonwealth served as a seaman on board said brig during said cruise and that I have been well acquainted with said Howard ever since and have testified to the same facts here fore before Judge Davis District Judge of Massachusetts
Jacob Hiler

Suffolk Ss Boston Sept 4th 1833 Subscribed and sworn before me and I certify that said Hiler is a credible person & his statement entitled to credit
David Lee Child
Jus P
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The general circumstances of his service were as follows viz Previously to entering in the Lee he had made one cruise in a privateer in the spring and summer of 1776 He made two cruises in the Lee under Skimmer but there was an interval between them and he states there as one term of service He well recollects that he was coming into Boston harbor int he sd Lee with two prizes West Indeanler where they were [illegible] with the news of Burgoynes surrender After this he made another short cruise in the Lee when the Industrious Bee was taken He well recollects that he was on board the Jenny prize to the Gen Gates where the Dark Day took place During a short time between his arrival on board sd prize and the arrival of the Gates he was occupied as an atificer on the R T expedition in building Flat bottomed boats at Providence Total service 3 y 5 m
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 John D Howard
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid
We Thaddeus Mason Harris DD residing in the said town of Dorchester and Joshua Gardner residing in said Dorchester subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy four years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a seaman of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Thaddeus Mason Harris
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid. Josh Gardner
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Thaddeus Mason Hoins who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the said Dorchester and that Joshua Gardner who has also signed the same is a resident in Dorchester and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
S Leland Judge of Probate
I Samuel Haven register of the court of Probate aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John D Howard for a pension

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid
Samuel Haven
I Samuel Haven register of the court of Probate aforesaid do hereby certify that the preceding contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John D Howard for a pension Witness my hand and the seal of the said court hereto affixed this fifty day of September AD 1833 Samuel Haven
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Commonwealth of Massaschusetts.
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By His Excellency LEVI LINCOLN, Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.

To all whom it may concern:

know Ye, That David S. Child, Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk; in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to his Acts of Attestation, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.

In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this thirtieth day of January, A.  D. 1833, and in the Fifty Seventh Year of the Independence of the United States of America.

By His Excellency the Governor.

Edward D. Banks Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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2570
Howard
2194
Mass.
Act of July 38
In 85 d [illegible]
Admd
3 1/2, Seaman
20 1/2 Carpenters Yeoman

$1 vi: 12
died 14 March 36
Pen: Am: 15 March 36

Thos. Tolman
Boston 
Mass
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DECLARATION.
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In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows,"
State of Massachusetts, }
County of Suffolk } SS
On this thirtieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, before the Hon. Peter O. Thacher, Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston personally appeared before the Judge of the said Court, Lucy Howard a resident of the City of Boston in t he county of Suffolk aforesaid aged seventy four years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of John D. Howard, late of Dorchester in the County of Norfolk in said State in the Navy of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States, which pension was granted to him on the Fifth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, to the record of which & of the documents on which the said pension was granted, were remaining in the War Department in t he City of Washington, she respectfully requests for the term of his service and all particulars relating thereto, the being aged & her memory infirm & have no documentary evidence in her possession.

She further declares that she was married to the said John D. Howard on the twenty fifth day of September in the year seventeen hundred and eighty five; that her husband, the aforesaid John D. Howard died on the fourteenth (14) day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty six that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seven hundred and ninety-four, viz.: at the time above stated.

Sworn to, and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me. Lucy Howard

Subscribed and sworn to on the day and year first aforesaid, (viz on 30th August 1838) before me: and I further certify that the said Lucy Howard, the Applicant, by reason of bodily infirmity, is unable personally to attend in Court.
Peter O. Thacher Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston

*Here insert the rank the husband held in the army, navy, or militia, as the case may be, and specify the service performed, as directed in rule numbered one of these regulations.
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I Chandler Robbins at the present time Pastor of the Second Church & Society in Boston, Mass do hereby certify that I find recorded in the Record of Marriages kept by Rev John Lothrop DD, one of my predecessors the marriage of Mr John Day Howard & Miss Lucy Clark as having been solemnized by him on the twenty fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seventeen hundred & eighty five
The following is an exact copy of the record which is in the handwriting of Dr Lothrop & expressed in the original in fiar legible letters & figures
1785
202 Mr John Day Howard & Miss Lucy Clark
married Sepr 25  L 0.12.0
NB The figures on the left indicate the number of the marriage & those on the right the fee both of which circumstances Dr Lothrop was most particularly to record
I Chandler Robbins depose & say that I hold the office of Pastor of the Second Church in Boston county of Suffolk State of Massachusetts & that the above is a true & exact copy from the records of Rev John Lothrop DD, kept by him
Chandler Robbins
Boston Sept 1
1838
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I Frederick W Lincoln of Canton in the County of Norfolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts Merchant and in the forty third year of my age do testify and say that I well knew John D Howard late of Dorchester in said County of Norfolk and pensioner of the United State & having married one of his daughters I know that he was always reputed to have been in the Naval service of the United States during the Revolutionary war & was for that cause placed on the pension list The said John D Howard died at Dorchester aforesaid in the month of March one thousand eight hundred thirty six and he left at the time of his death a widow to wit Mrs Lucy Howard the present applicant & the mother of my wife the said Luch Howard hath continued sole and unmarried & the widow of said John D Howard from his death to the present time
Frederick W Lincoln
Sept 1

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk Ss On this first Day of September AD 1838 the Reverend Chandler Robbins of the City of Boston in the said county Pastor of the Second Church in said City and Frederick W Lincoln of Canton in the county of Norfolk and both persons of respectability and veracity appeared before me the subscriber and made solemn oath to the truth of the contents of the foregoing affidavits which were by them respectively subscribed in my presence
Peter O Thacher Judge of the Municipal Court of the city of Boston and Justice of the Peach throughout the said Commonwealth
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk Ss; I Thomas W Phillips Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston hereby certify that Peter O Thacher Esquire is Judge of said Municipal court and that the signatures on this sheet purporting to be the signatures of said Thacher are his genuine signatures
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court hereto set this ninth day of October AD Eighteen hundred & thirty eight
Thomas W Phillips
clerk

2570
Howard
2194
Mass
A 1 95
act 7 July 38

m 85 a 3le

admd
3 1/2 seaman
20 1/2 Carpenter Seaman
$101:12
died 14 march 36
pen: com: 15 march 36

Thos Tolman
Boston
Mass
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Revy WIDOW &c

File No 24456
Lucy Howard
Wid of
John D Howard
Corpl Rev War
Act Feb 2nd 1848
Index Vol A Page 352
[Arrangement of 1870]
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Massachusetts 2194
Lucy Howard
widow of John C Howard
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7th June '32 and who died on the 14 March 1836
of Suffolk in the State of Mass
who was a Seam in the ship commanded by Captain Rathbone of the  - in the - line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 101 Dollars 12 Cents per annum to commence on the 15 day of March 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Mar '39 and sent and Thos Tolman
Boston Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Mar $303.36
Semi-annual allowance ending 50.56
$353.92
{Act July 7, 1838}

Recorded by R Burdine clerk
Book A Vol 1 Page 95
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left column
Massachusetts - 2194
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Lucy Howard
widow of John D. Howard
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 14 March 1836
of Suffolk in the State of Mass.
who was a Seaman in the Ship
commanded by Captain Rathbone of the
---- commanded by ----- in
the U. S. Navy line for 2 years.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 101 Dollars 12
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836 & terminating 14 March '36.
=====
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of
May 1843 and sent to L. M Stone
Boston, Mass.
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Total amount, $2.78
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by W M Stewart Clerk,
Book A Vol. 1 Page 95

right column
[illegible]
New certificate issued in
this case see opinion of
atty. Genl. & if the 20
September 1842
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left column
Regd.
Paid at the Treasury under
the Act of 6 April 1838 from
4 March to 15 March 1836.
Agt. notified 17 Oct 1844

right column
2169
Massachusetts
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Lucy Howard
widow of John D. Howard
who was a Seaman Carpenter
in the U. S. Navy
for 2 years.
=====
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
101 Dollars 12
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
=====
Certificate of Pension issued the
10th day of June 1843
and sent to
L. M. Stone
Boston
Mass.
=====
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 43.
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John D. Howard Mass. act 7 June - when [illegible]?
G. M E.
27 March 39 paid to 4th March 1836
LH
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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Secretary's Office, Boston July 26th 1848

I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Ellis Ames was a Justice of the Peace of the County of Norfolk,
STAMP-
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.

Wm. Tufts Deputy
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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Lucy Howard
ad

admitted

G. S. Bulfinch
Boston
Mass

W24456
Howard, John Day
Navy - Privateer (Mass)
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DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, }
Norfolk COUNTY, } SS.
On this twenty first day of July 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid, Lucy Howard resident of Canton in the county of Norfolk aged Eighty three years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of John D. Howard who was a resident of Boston and Dorchester and who was a seaman and carpenter in the War of the Revolution and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of one hundred and on dollars and twelve cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Lucy Howard

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, } Before me, Ellis Ames Justice of the Peace
In presence of Lucy K. Lincoln

I Certify, That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares.
Ellis Ames Justice of the Peace
STAMP-
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS }
____ COUNTY,}  SS.
I, ________ Clerk of the Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that ______ is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the Seal of said Court, this _____ day of _____ 18 __
_____ CLERK.
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GIDEON, PRINTER

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
May 17th 1843.

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of John D. Howard, decd, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of one hundred & one Dollars and 12 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March to the 15th March 1836.
Respectfully, yours,

Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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ENVELOPE-

Howard

J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Comrr. of Pensions
Pension Office
Washington City

2570
Oct 77
Mass
7 July 1838
Lucy Howard

STAMP-
BOSTON 
OCT 14
ME
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Boston Oct. 13, 1838

J. L. Edwards Esqr.

Sir, I send you enclosed the Declaration of Lucy Howard, widow of John D. Howard, with depositions annexed.
Your obt. Servant
Thomas Tolman

(Please address Thomas Tolman Counselor at Law, Boston Ms.)
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ENVELOPE-

Howard

J.L. Edwards Esqr.
(Pension Office)
Washington City

[illegible] Mar 25
Mass
No 2570 - Oct 17
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Boston March 20th 1839

J. L. Edwards Esqr.

Sir,

At the particular request of Mrs. Lucy Howard widow of the late John D. Howard, I wrote you some time since, for information whether her application for a pension with the accompanying papers were duly recd. at your office. They were sent to you in October or November last.
If recd., please state what is the prospect of her obtaining a pension.
An early answer is respectfully solicited.
Yr. obt. Servant
Thomas Tolman
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Boston, 14th April 1843

Sir,

I enclose herewith the following applications for pensions under the law of 3d [illegible]
Rebecca Beares
Nanny Coleman
Phebe Fillebrown
Catharine Gibbs
Thankful Hedge
Lucy Howard
Also the affidavit of Mrs. Howard for arrears of pension under the law of 1838.
I am, very respy.
Yr. obt. svt.
L. M. Stone
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Lucy Howard
Mass.
Act 7 July 38
$101.12 from
4 March 3 to 14 March
36
2194
L. M. Stone
Boston
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On this twelfth day of April 1843, personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Suffolk Mrs. Lucy Howard a resident of Boston in the county of Suffolk aforesaid aged seventy seven y ears who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the amt. of pension which she claims from t he 4th of March 1836 to the 15th of March 1836, from which period she has been already paid under the at of the 7th of July 1838, and the declarant further alleges that she is still the widow of John D. Howard who was a seaman & carpenter during the Revolutionary War; that her pension was allowed at the rate of one hundred & one Dollars 12/00 per annum and was paid to her at the Agency in the State of Massachusetts at Boston Mass. and further she saith not.
Lucy Howard

Comth. of Mass. }
Suffolk Co } SS On this 12th day of April 1843, personally came Lucy Howard, known to me to be the person above described
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and made oath to the truth of the within affidavit
Thomas Tolman
Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's office April 13, 1843
I hereby certify that at the date of the above attestation Thomas Tolman was a Justice of the peace for the county of Suffolk duly constituted and commissioned 
Witness the Seal of the state
Jno A Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Norfolk ss. On this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appears in open court before the Honorable Judge of the Probate Court now sitting at Roxbury in and for said county, John D Howard a resident of Dorchester in said County aged 73 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 7th AD 1832
THAT he was in the United States service from about the first day of June AD 1776 to about the first day of Sept AD 1777 1 y 3 m as a seaman in the Continental Navy that he was residing at Boston in the county of Suffolk and Comwth aforesaid when he entered the service; that he entered on board the U S Schooner Lee and the other officers of sd schooner were Dennis & Lewis Lieutenants & Pearsore Sailing Master that he sailed from Boston to Grand Banks to and there continued to cruise capturing several vessels and among them the Industrious Bee West Indianase which was converted into a Continental ship of war under the name of the Gen Gates} that he was in battle on the fifteenth day of Feb 7 AD 1778 to about the fifteenth day of October AD 1778 as a seaman in the Continental Navy that he was residing at said Boston when he entered the service; that he entered on board the U S Brig of War Gen Gates and served for the period aforesaid under the command of sd Capt Skimmer and the under officers were the same as aforesaid 
that he sailed from Boston to Marblehead from thence to Grand Bank & there continued to cruise 
that he was in battle never been put on board a prize before the battle aratty the more tague ALSO that he was int he United States service from about the last day of October AD 1778 to about the same day of October AD 1779 as a seaman in the Continental Navy that he was residing at said Boston when he entered the service; that he entered on board the U S ship Queen of France and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt Rathbone
that he sailed from Boston to Charleston SC
of sd Charleston and the officers & cre finally made prisoners and the Queen of France was sunk by order of Gen Lincoln at said Charlestown: that he was in the siege

THAT he upon the pension roll under the act of 18 as a in the 
and that at the time
of his application he was residing at 

2y 11m total service
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ble persons & their statements entitled to credit
J Davis
Judge U States Dist Court
Massts Dist

Mass
Should be filed in widow's case
No 24456 (file no)
E Howard
Lucy

Fte W
2114

D Howard
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Soldier File No 17484
I John Williams of Boston in the County of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy [crossed out three] years testify and say that I was a mariner on board the Continental brig of war General Gates of 16 qurs Capt John Skimmer commander fro
about the middle of Feby 1778 to about the middle of October of the same year during which term said brig was cruising for the most part to the Southward of the Grand Bank where in an engagement with the British Brig called the Moutague Capt Nelson our said commander was killed and John D Howard then of said Boston and now of Dorchester in the county of Norfolk but until the last ten years of sd Boston was a seaman on board sed Brig & served with me during the aforesaid period
John Williams
U S District of Masstts Ss Boston August 2 1832 Subscribed & sworn before me J Daivs Dist Judge US
Masst Dist
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I Jacob Hiler of Boston in the county of Suffolk and Commonwealth aforesaid aged seventy six testify and say that I was master at arms on board the brig aforesaid during the period & cruise aforesaid and the above named John D Howard was a sea man served on board brig as aforesaid 
Jacob Hiler

U S District of Masstts Ss Boston August 2 1832 Subscribed & sworn in open court before me
Jno Davis
Dist Judge U States
Masstts Dist

Dist Masstts Ss Boston Dec 10th 1832
I certify that the above named John Williams & Jacob Hiler are in my opinion credible persons & their statements entitled to credit
Jno Davis
Judge U States Dist Court
Massts Dist

D Howard

Mass
Should be filed in widow's case no 24456(file no)
Lucy Howard
File No 2114

21649
Res Act of 32

2114
20369
177487
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401
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Suffolk Ss}
Be it known that on this twelfth day of April 1843 personally appeared before me the subscribed a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid Lucy Howard a resident of Boston said county and Commonwealth aged seventy seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3d day of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War
That she is the widow of John D Howard who was a seaman & carpenter in the Revolutionary War and served as she verily believes as stated by her in her original declaration for a pension under the law of the 7th of July 1838 to which declaration and the papers accompanying the same now on file in the War Department she would refer for a more particular statement of his services for the proof of her marriage identity and the time of her husband's death
She further declares that she was pensioned under said act at the rate of one hundred one 12//no Dolls per annum which amt she received from the 15th of March 1836 to the 4th of March 1841 at the Agency in Boston Massachusetts and at the time of receiving her last payment surrendered the pension certificate granted to her under said act to the Pension agent at the said city of Boston agreeably to the rules of the Department
And this declarant further alleges that she has not intermarried since the decease of her said husband but is now and ever since has been the widow of said John D Howard deceased as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed
And further she saith not
Lucy Howard
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Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first within written and I certify that the applicant is personally known to me to be the person within described 
Before me
Thomas Tolman Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's office April 13 1843

I hereby certify that at the date of the above attestation Thomas Tolman was a Justice of the peace for the county of Suffolk duly constituted and commissioned
Witness the Seal of the State
Jno A Bolles
Secretary of the Comman