Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 1646-100, Daniel Collins, R.I.
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Service
R.I.

Collins, Daniel

Number
B.L.Wt 1646-100
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Windham Court June 24th 1830

Received from the secretary of war bounty land warrant No 1646 in favour of Asahel Collins brother & heir at law in for to Daniel Collins who was a private in the Rhode Island line in Revolutionary War for one hundred areas of law
John Baldwin
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Rev. 
Daniel Collins
no. 1646
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State of Rhode Island 
Providence Plantation
Secretary office April 24, AD 1830

I certify that at the session of the general assembly of said state holden in the first Wednesday of May last Benjamin William was elected a Justice of the Peace within the town of Scituate in the county of Providence for the term of one year as appears of record in my office and that he has been commissioned accordingly. 
Witness Henry Brown
Secry State
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By his Excellency
James Fenner Governor Captain General and Commander in chief of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. 

Be it known that the name Henry Bowen to the aforewritten attestation subscribed, is the proper hand writing of Henry Bowen Esquire who at the time of subscribing the same was Secretary of the State aforesaid duly elected and qualified according to law; wherefore unto his said attestation full faith and credit are to be rendered. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said state to be affixed at Providence this twenty fourth of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty and of independence the fifty fourth. 
James Ferrer

by his excellency's command
Henry Bowen
Secry state
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State of Rhode Island
County of Providence
Sciate
Probate office April 24th 1830
This may certify that satisfactory evidence has been addressed to this court to prove that Asahel Collins is brother and heir at law in fee to Daniel Collins late a soldier in the army of the revolution given under my hand and seal of office this 24th day of Aprl 1830
Done in court of Probate
Josiah Westcott Probate clerk
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State of Rhode Island 
County of Providence
S Scituate
Scituate

April 24th, 1820

I Asahel Collins, heir at law of my Brother, Daniel Collins do, upon oath testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that he the said Daniel Collins did enlist in 1777 for the term of during the war, and served in the regiment No. one under the command of Colonel Olney of the Rhode Island line; and that he continued in the service aforesaid, until the close of the War, I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to my Brothe Daniel Colins on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transfered his claim to it in any manner whatsoever: therefore,

KNOW all men by these presents, That I Asahe Collins of Scituate, R. I., aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Hon. John Baldwin of Windham, Con to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purpose above expressed.

Attest.

Asahel (his X mark) Collins

N. Manchester
Benjamin Wilbur

Personally appeared the above named Asahel Collins subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined, to be his free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.

Attest.

Benjamin Wilbur
Justice of the Peace.

In testimony that the above written [left blank] was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgements, &c. in the State of [left blank] at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at [left blank] this [left blank] day of [left blank] 18[left blank]

C. Clerk, & [page torn]