Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4,300, Duty Green, Mass.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE  Mass.
GREEN, DUTY
NUMBER S. 4,300

Carded

CONTENTS [left blank]
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Letter to J. P. Kilbre the 24 Nov 1840
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Paid at the Treasury under
the Act of the 6th April 1838
from 4 Sept 1839 to 4 March
1840 Agt notified 24 Dec. 1840
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Letter to James Whitney 21 Sep 1841.
Paid as above from 4 March
to 4 Sept 1840.  Agt notified
10 Oct. 1841.
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Paid as above from 4 Sep 1840
to 4 March 1841. Agt notified
30 Nov 1841.

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OHIO 7896
Duty Green
of Washington in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Browne, of the Regt commanded
by Col. Sproat, in the ?
June for nine months.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of April
1833 and sent to
Geo. Dunlevy, Clk, Marrieta, Ohio.
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Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833                     60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833      15.00
     [total]                                                       $75.00

(Revolutionary Claim,)
Act June 7, 1832        )

Recorded by Wm R. Balmer, Clerk,
Book E, Vol. 8, Page nine
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Duty Green
17179

Foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in
the matter of the aforementioned Duty Green for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal of office this twenty fifth day of October Anno
Domini one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.

Geo. Dunlevy , Clerk
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the
act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

State of Ohio            )
Washington County  )   SS

On the 25th day of October 1832 personally
appeared in open court before the Court of Common
Pleas for the County of Washington now sitting
Duty Green a resident of Barlow Township
in the County & State aforesaid, aged 71 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 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers and served
as herein stated.

I Duty Green enlisted in June 1779 under Capt.
Daniel Browne of Lanesborough in the County of Berkshire
and state of Massachusetts, as a volunteer (who were then
termed Minute Men) for three months, which was
to answer for a term of six months.  I was born in
the town West Greenwich, in the County of Kent and
State of Rhode Island.  I was living in the town of
Lanesborough in the County of Berkshire and State of
Massachusetts when called into service.  From
Lanesborough I moved to the town now called
Petersburgh in the County of Rensselaer and State of
New York.  From there to Middletown in the County of
Delaware, State of New York & from thence to the
Susquehanna River in the County of Chenango, same
State.  From thence to Barlow Township in the County
of Washington and State of Ohio, where I have lived
ever since.  When I enlisted for the term of three
months as stated above the only officers that I knew
were the officers of our own Company.  Capt. Daniel Browne,
Lieut. Abedad King and Ensign Ezra Barkes.  We
joined no other troops during this term of service.
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We marched during this term of service through
Williamstown.  Pownal from thence to St. Coyle
and then to Albany when our time for service
expired.  We received no written discharge.
I received a bounty of ten dollars at the time of
enlistment.  I was born on the 18th of March
1761.  My age is recorded in the Family register
now in my possession--

The following persons residing in my County
can testify as to my character for veracity and
their belief of my services as a soldier of the
Revolution.

I again enlisted in June 1780 as a recruit in 
the regular service for the term of six months.
We were mustered in the town of Sheffield, State
of Massachusetts.  From there marched to West Point
and joined the 12th Regiment of the Massachusetts
line commanded by Colonel Ebenezer Sproat
in the 2nd Massachusetts Brigade commanded
by Genl Nixon.  Colonel Nixon commanded a regiment 
in same Brigade.  Lieut. Rufus Putnam another commander.
We marched from West Point
to Orange Town in the State of New Jersey.  There
I saw Major Andre executed as a spy.  From
thence we marched to the town of Paramus, thence
to Totowa.  Thence back to West Point where
I was discharged.  I received a written discharge
signed by John Williams Capt. Commandant
which I have since lost.

I have no documentary evidence of Service.  Willard Greene
of Warren township can testify as to my service.  I hereby relinquish 
every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present,
and declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency
of any state.  Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Duty Green
Attest, George Dunlevy, Clerk

I Willard Greene of Warren Township, Washington
County & State of Ohio hereby certify that I have been
acquainted with Duty Greene for 59 years, that I lived in the same Family
with him at the time that he enlisted, as stated in his
declaration.  I knew of his marching to join the Army
and went a short distance with him, and recollect
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perfectly well his return, and think he was absent
as long as he has stated in his declaration.  I recollect
perfectly well on the night of his return.  That
he gave a description of the execution of Major Andre
which he said he witnessed.  I also believe I saw his
discharge.

Sworn & subscribed this 25th day of Oct. 1832.
Willard Greene
Attest Geo Dunlevy, Clerk

We Willard Greene & David Deming residing in the
County of Washington and State of Ohio hereby certify
that we are well acquainted with Duty Greene
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration.
That we believe him to be 71 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 we concur in that opinion.
Willard Greene

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
David Deming
Attest. Geo. Dunlevy, Clerk

And the said court do declare their opinion, after
the investigation of the matter, and after putting the
interrogations prescribed by the War Department,
the answers to which are embodied in the above
declaration, 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 the persons who have signed the
same are credible persons, and that their
statement is entitled to credit.

Attest Geo Dunlevy, Clerk

The State of Ohio    )
Washington County )  SS

I George Dunlevy, Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas of said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing
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foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in
the matter of the application of Duty Green for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal of office this twenty fifth day of October Anno
Domini one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.

Geo. Dunlevy, Clerk




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Duty Green
17179
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17179 -- 7896

Duty Green of
Washington County,
Ohio

Look on half note
on roll 6 months
Admitted for 9 months
from 1779


Marietta
Geo. Dunlevy, Clk.,
Washington County
Ohio
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BRIEF in the case of Duty Green,
County of Washington, in the State of Ohio.
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  A court

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

3.  How old is he?  71 years.

4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
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[Colum titles:  Period, Duration of Service, Rank, Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.]

Enlisted in 1779, for 3 Months, as a Private
Enlisted 1780, for 6 months, as a Private

Under Cap. Daniel Browne, Lieut. Medad, Ensign Ezra Barkes, Col. Ebenezer Sproat,

5.  In what battles was he engaged?  None.

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Berkshire County, Massachusetts

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by
traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary.

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  If so, in what respect?  No

* CERTIFY that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence
in the case above mentioned.

W. R. Turner, Examining Clerk
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October 1, 1938

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BA-J/MCS
Duty Green, S.4300

Rev. Arthur L. Gaylord
955 West North Avenue
N.S. Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request for information relative to
Duty Green, a Revolutionary War soldier from Lanesborough, Massachusets

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the 
pension claim, S.4300, based on the military service of Duty Green.

He was born March 18, 1761, in West Greenwich, Kent County,
Rhode Island.  The names of his parents were not given.

While living in Lanesborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts,
he enlisted and served as private with the Massachusetts troops as
follows:  from June, 1779, three months in Captain Daniel Browne's
company;  from June, 1780, six months in Captain John Williams' company
in Colonel Ebenezer Sprout's regiment and was present at the execution
of Major Andre.

From Lanesborough he moved to Petersburgh, Rensselaer County, New
York, from there to Chenango County, New York, and from there to Barlow
Township, Washington County, Ohio.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 25,
1832, at which time he was living in Barlow Township, Washington County,
Ohio.

In 1832 One Willard Greene was living in Warren Township, Washington
County, Ohio, relationship to the soldier not shown.  There are no further
data relative to family.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office
December 19th, 1840.

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,"  Duty Green, a Pensioner on the Roll of Ohio Agency, at
the rate of thirty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1839
to the 4th March 1840.

Respectfully yours,
Albion K Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
October 6th, 1841

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," Duty Green,--
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio Agency, at
the rate of Thirty Dollars
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March,
to the 4th Sept. 1840.

Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Duty Green, which require
further proof or explanation.

I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?

III.  If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?

V.  *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?

VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?

VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?

VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion?

IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate?

X.  Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  No.  Two citizens.

XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  No.

XIII.  If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV.  + If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
   If he has produced direct proof as in service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
   Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI.  ++Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?

XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And, if not, which of them is not so answered?

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EXPLANATORY NOTES.

*QUERE V.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c, A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recol-
lection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades;  For ____
year ____   ____months, and ____days, I served as a ____ ____ ____.  For ____ months
and ____ ____days, I served as a ____ ____ ____; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the
pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase 'about three or four months' is too in-
definite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.   Some persons who apply for pensions
merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the
officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objection-
able.  It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration
of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the
applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either
in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not em-
ployed in any civil pursuit.

+QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service
   In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must
prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of
the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the
regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths
must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magis-
trate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

++QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
   In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the cer-
tificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass
under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate.

--->   In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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   This Bureau can furnish the militry
record of only such Revolutionary soldiers
as were pensioned or whose widows were
pensioned for their services.
   Such of the original muster and pay
rolls of the Revolutionary War and the
War of 1812 as are now in the possession
of the Government are on file in the
Record and Pension Office, War Depart-
ment.  Original rolls and other records
pertaining to service in the Rvolution-
ary War may also be found on file in the
archives of many of the original States.

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L. W. B.
W. 4562.
I. 2395.
W. 5871.
I. 4300
Rej. 7892.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
Sept. 11th, 1897.

O. W. & N. DIV.
Revolutionary

Sir:--

Replying to your request for information concerning certain soldiers
of the Revolutionary war, you are advised as follows:

Samuel Brown made an application for pension on October 26th,
1832, at which time he was 74 years of age and residing in Washington
County, Ohio, and his pension was allowed for six months' actual service
as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the
time he served under Capt. Lincoln and Col. Holman.  He enlisted at
Boston, Mass.

John Brown made an application for pension on April 18th, 1818,
at which time he was 58 years of age and residing at Laurens, N. Y.,
and his pension was allowed for three years' actual service as a
private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time
he served under Capt. Abby and Col. Wyllys.  He enlisted at Coventry.
Conn.  His widow, Elizabeth, made application and received a pension
for the service of her husband as above set forth.

Duty Green made an application for pension on October 25, 1832,
at which time he was 71 years of age and residing in Washington County,
Ohio, and his pension was allowed for nine months' actual service as a
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private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time
he served under Capt. Brown and Col. Sproat.  He enlisted at Lanesborough,
Mass.

The heirs of John Brown and Lovina Paine (former widow of John
Brown) made an application for pension on March 13th, 1847, which was
dated Huron County, Ohio, and the claim was allowed for the actual
service of John Brown as a sergeant in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary
war, for a period of six months and eleven days.  Place of his
enlistment or officers under whom he served not stated.

Joseph Palmer made an application for pension on October 7, 1832,
at which time he was 70 years of age and residing in Richmond County,
N. Y.  In his application he alleges that he rendered service during
the Revolutionary was on gun boats under Captains Stover and Randolph.
Place of enlistment not stated.  His claim was rejected, however,
on the ground of insufficient proof of service alleged.

Very respectfully

Acting Commissioner.

John H. Bothwell, Esq.,
Sedalia, Mo.
Sedalia National Bank Building.
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EMMANUEL CHURCH
North and Allegheny Avenues
Pittsburgh, PA.
August 30th, 1938.

Rev. A. L. Gaylord
Rector

955 W. North Ave.
U. S. Pittsburgh, Pa.

The Veterans Administration,
Pension Department,
Washington, D. C.

[A date stamp showing received Aug. 31, 1988]

Gentlemen,

Would it be possible that you would have a record of pension
granted to my great grandfather Duty Green, a soldier in the War
of the Revolution from Massachusetts?

I have been advised to write your department for this information
by the Adjutant General's Office.  They have but a
fragment of the said Duty Green's War Record.  Perhaps you have a
more complete record of his service.

Lanesborough, Massachusetts is supposed to be the town from
which Duty Green enlisted.

Any information you may supply me with regarding this subject
will be greatly appeciated.

Sincerely yours
[signed] Arthur L. Gaylord
(Rev.) Arthur L. Gaylord.

A LEGACY TO EMMANUEL CHURCH WILL CARRY ON YOUR WORK IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD AFTER YOU HAVE ENTERED THE LARGER LIFE
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JOHN H. BOTHWELL,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR,
Sedalia National Bank Building
Rooms 1, 2 and 3.  Second Floor.

SEDALIA, MISSOURI
Sept. 2, 1897.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Please send pension office record of the following persons,
who are supposed to have drawn Revolutionary War pensions:

(1)  Joseph Palmer, born January 13, 1761, at Scotland, Windon
County, Connecticut; married to Hannah Fox February 7, 1875, died in
Washington County, Ohio.

(2) Samuel Brown, born in Leceister, Massachusett, 17__; died
January 15, 1841, in Bern Township, Washington County, Ohio; married to
Lydia Thayer.

(3) John Brown (father of Samuel Brown), born near Boston Massachusetts
17__; was wounded at battle of Bunker Hill; afterwards
served as Guard over British prisoners; died from effects of his wounds
at the age of 80 years, in Adams Township, Washington County, Ohio; married
to Betsie Baldwin.

(4) Duty Green; born in Rhode Island 1760, died in Washington
County, Ohio, in 1842; married to Polly Smith.

(5) Captain John Brown, of Leceister, Massachusets, served during
the French and Indian Wars, and was Colonial Official during the Revolutionary
War, and was the father of above named John Brown, and grandfather
of the above named Samuel Brown.  Captain John Brown was the
father of nineteen children, and fourteen of his descendents were in the
first battles of the Revolutionary War.  It is not known here whether he
actually drew a pension or not.

Asking that above records be sent here for use by the descendents
of the above named persons, I remain,

Your respectfully,

[signed] J. H. Bothwell

Dictated B.
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Sept. 11 1897 History
to John H. Bothwell, Esqr
Natl. Bank Building
Sedalia, Mo.
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1928 Oct. 1 Hist to Rev. Arthur
L. Gaylord             MCS

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Rev. War
4300
INVALID.
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File No. 4300
Duty Green
Pri., Mass. Line
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Act:  June 7, 1832
Index:--Vol. A, Page 149

(Arrangement of 1870.)
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Nov. 18, 1840
Rev War

J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Comm. of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
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A.D. Nov 13, 1840

J. L. Edwards Esq

Sir:

The enclosed paper showing
Cuty Green's pension claim for Thirty Dollars
for one year from Sep 4, 1839, having transcended
the limitations of the law authorizing its payment
here, I send it to you for that purpose by advice
of the pension agent in Cincinnati.  An early
remittance of the amount will oblige.

Yrs Respectfully

Jas. T. Kilbreth
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Sept. 20 '41

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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Harmar, Ohio
Sept 15, 1841.

Esqr:
Commissioner of Pensions:

You will please find enclosed a pension paper which has
been forwarded to Cincinnati to the Agent
for paying pensions and returned stating that
I "must apply at Washington."  I suppose for
the reason that the pension paper asks for
more than one year.

Having never before forwarded any papers
to Washington on similar business, I am
unacquainted with the proper person or office to
whom I should send but presume that you
are the proper officer to attend to such business.

The reason tht the time extends to
more than a year is that when the
paper was made out last March and
forwarded to the attorney it was not
presented to the agent until after the
expiration of two months when it could
not be paid.  It was then referred over
til Sept. 4 when it was again forwarded
when it was again returned as above
noticed.

Very Respectfully yours Obed S
James Whitney