Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5,904, Thomas Brown, N.H.
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(3-1776)

Service: N.H.

Brown, Thomas
             Hannah

Number: W. 5.904
B.L.Wt. 6,405-160-55.

Contents:
S 1762 in Francestown, Hillsborough Co. N.H. [illegible]
In 1832 res. Antrim, Hillsborough Co. N.H. + died there Nov 21 1841 or 1847
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1462
New Hampshire
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Thomas Brown of Antrim in the State of N.H.
who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain (LEFT BLANK) of the regt (regiment) commanded by Major Wait in the N.H. line for 6 months.
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Inscribed on the Roll of N.H. at the rate of $20 Dollars ~ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Nov 1832 and (illegible) Franklin Pierce, Hillsborough, N.H.
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Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832                  $30~
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '33  10~
                                                              $40~

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by J.H. McBlair Clerk.
Book D Vol. (illegible) Page 143
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501
New Hampshire Concord
Hannah Brown
widow of Thomas Brown NH
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on 3rd February 1853, and sent to  L.D. Stevens Concord N.H.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
July 29, 1848, Page 13 Vol. A

1832
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LEFT SIDE OF BOOKLET
51.S63    Act March 3/55
                April 9/55  
Hannah Brown. widow of 
Thomas Brown    

Maj. Wait (Jason Wait)   

(written diagonally)   6405  (illegible) Sept 2 of 55

Bec Pension - Act Feby 3, 1853
(illegible) of the Feby '53 - 501

AD: 160 A. Boynton
Sept 18th, 1835.
(signature) A.Boynton
*sideways is illegible signature - Reg.

Charles Richardson
Amherst, New Hampshire

RIGHT SIDE OF BOOKLET

Vol. B, 53.
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9499 No. B - 117

Diclaration (Declaration)
Thomas Brown

Address to Franklin Pierce Esquire
Hillsborough N.H.
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STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, SS. 
On this thirtieth day of August AD 1832
personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate now sitting at Francestown within and for the County of Hillsborough, in the State aforesaid, Thomas Brown of Antrim in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire aged seventy years
Who being 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. That is to say, In June 1780 he enlisted into the service of the United States in the Army of the Revolution to make up deficiencies [?] At the time of his enlistment he belonged to  Francestown in the County of Hillsboro and State of New Hampshire, Captain Benjamin Ellis of [?] commanded the Company Jonathan Cilly was 1st Lieutenant and [?] Parker [?] as duty Sargeant. Major Jonathan Wait commanded the Regt he served six months most of the time at a place called [?] New Jersey, received a written discharged signed by Major Wait at New Hampshire Village (so called) near [[Wist ?]]Point dated Dec 30, 1780-
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He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever, 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 - Thomas Brown
Edmund Parker, Judge of Probate

We John M. Whiton - a clergyman residing in the town of Antrim in the county of Hillsborough aforesaid, and Thomas McMaster residing in  Antrim aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Brown who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and 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 in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
John M. Whiton
Thos. (Thomas) McMaster
Edmund Parker, Judge of Probate

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and 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 John M. Whiton who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the town of Antrim and that Thomas Brown who has signed the same, is a resident in the town of Antrim and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Edmund Parker} Judge of Probate for said County of Hillsborough.

I CHARLES H. ATHERTON, Register of the court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Thomas Brown for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court, this thirtieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. 
C.H. Atherton
Register of Probate,
for said county of Hillsborough.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
County of Hillsborough, SS.

At the Court aforesaid, On the application aforesaid, the following interrogatories were propounded to the said Thomas Brown and the following answers given on oath to wit:

1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer, In Francestown, Co. (County) Hillsborough State of New Hampshire
AD 1762
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, I have no record of my age
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Answer, In Francestown aforesaid, where I have always lived till thirty four years ago when I moved to Antrim where I now reside
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute; for whom?
Answer, I enlisted
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer, Major Wait Captain Ellis (illegible)
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Answer, I did receive a written discharge which is now in my possession
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer, Hon. (Honorable) Jacob Tutter
Thomas McMaster Esquire

Certified by C. H. Atherton    Register.
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No. 643
Hannah Brown
widow of Thos (Thomas)
(illegible)
Act of Feb 1853

$20 per annum
(illegible) 3 Feb '53
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State of New Hampshire
County of Hillsborough ss. On this tenth day of March in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me William Parker one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the State and County aforesaid Hannah Brown who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the Act of Congress  passed February 3rd 1853: that she is the widow of Thomas Brown who was a private soldier in the war of the Revolution and at the time of his death was in receipt of a pension from the United States at the rate of twenty dollars per annum under the Act of June 7th 1832: that he was paid at the Concord N.H. Pension Agency: that she was married to the said Thomas Brown on the Sixteenth day of December in the year 1834 in said town of Antrim by Joseph Davis a minister of the Gospel: that her name before her said marriage was Hannah How: that her husband aforesaid died in said Antrim on the twentieth day of November - in the year 1841: that her marriage aforesaid took place
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Since January in the year 1800, at wit: at the time before stated: that she still remained the widow of the Said Thomas Brown and has never made application for a pension
- William Parker 
Witness Theo. French, Jr.
Hannah Brown (X her mark)

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first before written before me. I certify that I believe the above named declarant to be the identical person she represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration: And I further certify that the said declarant is unable to appear in  open court by reason of bodily inferiority.

William Parker, One of the Justices of the C.C. Pleas for the County of Hillsborough.
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State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough 
Antrim N. H.
Town Clerks Office 
February 10th 1853
This certifies that the following persons have been married by the subscriber
Mr. Thos. Brown to Mrs. Hannah Howe both of Antrim. Decr. sixteenth Eighteen hundred and thirty four [Dec 16, 1834]
Joseph Davis Minister of the Gospel
I certify that the above is a true copy of 
Record with the exception in the fair legible figures as follows (Decr. 16 1834)
Almus Fairfield Town Clerk
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51.263
Hannah Brown
widow of
Thomas Brown

Chas. Richardson Attorney
Amherst N.H.
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State of New Hampshire} SS.
COUNTY of Hillsborough} SS.

On this twenty fourth day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public within and for the County said State aforesaid, Hannah Brown aged 82 years, a resident of Antrim in the State of New Hampshire who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Thomas Brown deceased, who was a Revolutionary Soldier and a pensioner under the Act of 1832 - That the said Hannah Brown is also a pensioner under the Act of 1853 Feb 3rd and continues to draw a pension to the present time, for the particulars of said service reference is made to applications of said Thomas Brown & Hannah Brown for pensions under the several acts of congress under which they drew together with the accompanying papers on file in the pension office, that neither she or her husband ever applied for or received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress

She further states that she was married to the said Thomas Brown in Antrim on the (LEFT BLANK) day of December A.D. 1824 by one Joseph Davis a clergyman and that her name before said marriage was Hannah Howe; that her said husband died at Antrim on the 21st day of November A.D. 1847, and that she is still a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "Act granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who were engaged in the Military service of the United States," passed March 3rd 1855 and that she prays that the certificate thereof may be sent for her, to Charles Richardson, Amherst, New Hampshire.
Hannah Brown (her mark X)

Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written, - and I hereby certify that I have no interest in the result of this application.
Charles Richardson Notary Public & Justice of the Peace
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State of New-Hampshire.
County of Hillsborough, SS.

I, Perley Dodge Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that Charles Richardson whose genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified: that his commission is dated on the 14 day of June A.D. 1852, and will expire in five years from that date; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit: and that the aforesaid Court of Common Pleas is a Court of Record.

Given under my hand and seal of Office at Amherst, this 2nd day of April A.D. 1855.

Perley Dodge CLERK.
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THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SS.

Office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
for said County. April 5th 1855

I hereby Certify, that at the date of the attestation hereto annexed,
G W Moor was Register of High Court of Probate for said County
in the said State, duly commissioned and constituted, and to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, both in and out of Court, and that I believe the signature of said (illegible) to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas, at the date above written.
Perley Dodge Clerk
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State of New Hampshire

Hillsborough SS.

I Geo. W. Moor Register of the Court of Probate within and for said county do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court.  That Thomas Brown late of Antrim in said county, died at said Antrim on the 21st day of November A.D. 1841, that he was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of 1832 and left a widow named Hannah.

In testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Amherst this fifth day of April A.D. 1855.

G.W. Moor, Register
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State of New Hampshire
Town of Antrim
County of Hillsborough

Personally came Alvira (Elvira-see her signature at bottom)) Herrick, Clementine Herrick residents of Antrim aforesaid persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being duly sworn, say, that they were present and saw Hannah Brown make her mark and acknowledge the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be; and that they deponents, do reside in the town of Antrim aforesaid, and that they are disinterested. They further depose that the known Mr. Thomas Brown a pensioner when living with the present applicant as his wife that she now draws a pension semi annually, that the said Thomas Brown died at Antrim on the 21st day of November 1847 - that the said Alvira (Elvira) Herrick saw him when dead - that the applicant is now the widow of the said Thomas Brown.

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 24th day of March, 1855.
Elvira Herrick (signature)
Clementine Herrick (signature)

Charles Richardson (signature)
Notary Public & Justice of the Peace}
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Tho. (Thomas) Brown
Private
No. 9499

6 Months

Admitted


from
Franklin Pierce
Hillsborough
N.H.
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BRIEF in the case of Thomas Brown
of Antrim in the State of New Hamshire (Hampshire)
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? (LEFT BLANK)
3. How old is he? 70 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period: June In 1780
Duration of Service: 6 months
Rank: As a Private
Names of General and field Officers under whom he served: Capt. Ellis, Maj. Wait
5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Francestown
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Documentary proof and traditionary evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case mentioned above.
D.D. Coorson (Illegible signature)
Examining Clerk.
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Thos (Thomas) Brown a Soldier in the S. New Hampshire  Regiment enlisted for six months is hereby Discharged, he having served his time out faithfully & has liberty to return to New Hampshire. -
 Benj (Benjamin) Ellis Capt.
Jason Wait Major Command

New Hampshire Village
Ses. (Session) 90 780 -
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All having Commission; are desine (Latin word meaning "stop" or "cease") to deliver Provisions on this Order - No Provisions to be (illegible) by it after the 10 day of January 1781-
Jason Wait Major Command


Brown, Thomas
N. 5904
N.H.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Office of Secretary of State.

I, JOHN L. HADLEY, Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that William Parker is an acting Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Hillsborough duly commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the 21st day of May 1852 and will expire on the 2nd day of October 1860 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.

Given under my hand and the Seal of said State, this 18th day of March 1853

John L. Hadley, Secretary of State
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State of New Hampshire.
Secretary's Office, Concord.
March 18, 1853

I hereby certify, That at the date of the annexed
attestation Hiram Griffin was a Justice
of the Peace for the County of Hillsborough

in the said State, duly commissioned and qualified ; 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 State, the date above
written.
John L. Hadley
Secretary of State
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[a round seal with scalloped edge is affixed at upper left corner]
State of New Hampshire.
County of Hillsborough [illegible]
I Geo W Moor, Register of the Court of Probate
within and for said County do hereby certify
that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to
said Court that Thomas Brown was a Pensioner
of the United States at the rate of $20.00; that he
was a resident of Antrim in said County and
died in said Antrim on the 20th day of November
A.D. 1841, leaving a widow whose name is Hannah
Brown and who still remains his widow.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said Court at
Amherst this fifteenth day of March in the year
of our Lord 1853.

G. W. Moor
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Widow, &c.
File No. 5904
Hannah Brown
Wid.
Thos. Brown
Pvt. Rev War
Act: 1832
Index: Vol. [illegible] page 83
Arrangement of 1870
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(Illegible) 29 page 48, (illegible)

(Illegible signature)
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No. 51. 263
Act of March 3, 1855
Received April 9, 1855
Thomas Brown
Maj. Wait
Rev
Warrant No 6405-160-55
Chas: Richardson
Amherst
N.H.
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6405

160 [illegible]
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Concord N.H. March 19 1853.

Sir
I herewith forward you the applications
of widows for Pension under the Act of
Feb 3d 1853,  whose names are as follows
Jane A Harris widow of Walter   rev
Sally Putney   widow of Stephen   rev
Anna W. Fuller widow of Daniel  rev
Mary Averell   widow of Daniel   rev
Hannah Brown  widow of Thomas  rev
Betsey Thompson  widow of John   rev
Nancy McIlvane  widow of James  rev

Very Respectully
Your obt Servt
S. D. Stevens
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Brief in the case of Hannah Brown
Hillsboro County and State of NH
act 3 Feb 1853

Claim, ("original," or "for increase.") ["or for increase." is crossed out]

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
Husband was a Pensioner at $20 per annum,
Record proof of marriage

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?

Name and residence of Agent
L. D. Stevens
Concord NH

S. Cole
Examining Clerk.
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[Top ?] 25
9499
A Stamp

Hillsboro N.H.
Sept. 3 183[?]


Revolutionary Claims
Hon Lewis Cass
Secretary War
Washington City
DC
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Thomas Brown
Private
No 9499
6 months



[illegible]
Franklin Pierce
[illegible word crossed out]
Hillsborough N.Y.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Thomas Brown which require further
proof or explanation.

I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  Yes

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

III.  If the applicant did not make 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?  Yes

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?  Yes

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

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

VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion?  Yes

IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate?  Yes

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?  Yes
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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?
Yes

XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not
obtaining it?

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?
He has documentary proof

XIV.  If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who
administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?

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?  Yes

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

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 
recollection 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 the 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 of four months" is too
indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
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 affidavits must be properly 
authenticated, as above directed.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the
certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.