Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 895, William Blackler, Mass.
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SERVICE
Mass.
Blacker, William
NUMBER
R. 895
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No. 38,694.
Wm Blackler Dec?
Mass
Hon N P Banks
Feby 9 1856
895
June 7 1832
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Ex'r.   INVALID
895 REJECTED
Acts of July 14, 1862 and March 8, 1873 [crossed out]
William Blackler
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, 
18    .
Sir:
Be pleased to file a declaration in this office, agreeably to the accompanying regulations, and search will be made for the revolutionary service of [blank]
and the result forwarded to your address. Particular attention is called to the second regulation.
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
[round stamp] The National Archives
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The following REGULATIONS, to be observed in the examination of the Revolutionary Rolls in this office, have been rendered necessary under the rules which are established in the Pension Department at Washington, viz:
1. Every application requiring search, or certificate, must be made to the Secretary, in writing, by the claimant, or by some person duly authorized by the claimant; and the signature to the application must be attested by some magistrate.
2. In all cases where the application is made by any person other than the claimant, a power of attorney, attested by a magistrate, [both phrases italicized] authorizing such person to act in the claimant's behalf, must accompany [italicized] the application.
3. The application must set forth, as fully as the circumstances of the case will allow, the residence and service of the soldier, and the names of the officers under whom he served; and no search will be made until after the filing of such written application.
"Regulations to be observed in the examination of the Massachusetts Revolutionary Papers in the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
"The application must be made to the Secretary in writing, by the claimant, or by some person duly authorized by the claimant, by a written power of attorney, attested by a magistrate. The signature of the claimant must in all cases be attested in like manner.
"The application must set forth, as fully as the circumstances of the case will allow, the residence of the soldier, &c., at the time of the service, and the names of the various officers under whom he served, as well as the nature of such service.
"The certificate of the Secretary must show that the search was made, after [italicized] the filing of such application, by himself, or by one of his Clerks alone, and must be accompanied by the original application of the claimant, or of his attorney, and by a detailed statement, under the signature of the Secretary, and the Seal of the State, of the circumstances which satisfied that officer of the identity of the party described in the application, with the individual who rendered his service.
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions."
The following is an extract from a letter, received by the Secretary, from J. E. Heath, Esq., Commissioner of Pensions, dated March 19, 1852:-
"I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 3d inst., accompanied by a copy of the Regulations now in force in your office in the examination of your Revolutionary Rolls; and, in reply to your questions, have to state that, in my opinion, the said Regulations could not be relaxed in any particular, without serious injury to the Government and the rights of individuals justly entitled to the benefits of the Revolutionary Pension Laws. Indeed, even with those guards around your Rolls, I am satisfied they are frequently used by unscrupulous individuals to sustain applications not embraced by the laws, and as a means of obtaining exorbitant fees."
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APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES, made by the Son of the party who rendered the service.
State of Massachusetts, County of Essex and Town of Marblehead.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of William Blackler (my late father) in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the Town of Marblehead in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts.
He enlisted in the Town of Marblehead in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts in the year 1775 as a Drummer in the Company commanded by Captain Francis Symonds in the 21st Regiment of Massachusetts Foot, commanded by Colonel (afterwards General) John Glover in May or June of said year and served out the term of his enlistment which is understood to have been eight months) at Cambridge and vicinity when he was honorably discharged.
After my said late father's discharge he performed some other service in the Marine Forces of the Revolution, part of which was in the privateering service and while he belonged to this latter service he was captured in the ship Terrible and imprisoned in Mill Prison, England in 1780. [round stamp] The National Archive
*Here describe as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank, &c., of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.
Blackler, Wm.
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I am now sixty-seven years old, and my memory does not enable me to state the services more fully than above stated.
Witness my hand, this eighth day of November, A. D. 1853.
Signed by said Samuel Blackler          }
 in my presence,                                  }
 James Gregory, Justice of the Peace. }
[signed] Samuel Blackler
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[round stamp] The National Archives
Please examine and if no application on file report to me
Jm
Hon
N. P. Banks
H. R.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
November 10th.  1853.
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 The name of William Blackler is borne on roll of eight mos. men in Capt. Francis Simonds Comp. Col. John Glover's Regt. On Cout [sp?] [illegible] duties at "Camp at Cambridge Jany. 1. 1776 as [illegible] from Marblehead.
[round stamp] The National Archives
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
[signed] E M Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Blackler, Wm.