Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B L Wt 2384-100, George Abbott, N. H.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
N.H.
Abbott, George
B L Wt 2384-100
NUMBER
CONTENTS
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By His Excellency
George Washington, Esq
General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America
These are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof George Abbott Soldier
[illegible] having faithfully served the United States Seven Years
and being inlisted for the War only, is
hereby Discharged from the American Army.
GIVEN at Head-Quarters the 6th day of 
June 1783
G'o Washington
By His Excellency's 
Command,
J Trumbull [illegible]
REGISTERED in the Books
of the Regiment,  J Milly  Adjutant.
The above George Abbott
as been honored with the Badge of Merit for Seven Years faithful Service June 6th of 1783
Wm Scott [illegible]
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                     Head-Quarters, June
  THE within CERTIFICATE shall now avail the
Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered being on
[ wording is lost]
GEORGE WASHINGTON



[Upside down]    George Abbott

[Black inked stamp, upside down]
NATIONAL ARCHIVES
    OF THE 
UNITED STATES



George Abbott
B. L. Wt 2384-100
N.H.
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State of Maine
Piscataquis County SS. I George W. Abbott of Bowerbank in the County of aforesaid have at [?] of George Abbott of Portsmouth in the State of New Hampshire declare and upon oath testify and declare to the best of my knowledge and belief that George Abbott my Grandfather was a Soldier in the New Hampshire Battalion and  did [?] for during the war and was honorably discharged by Gen Washington on the 6th of June 1783. I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to said George Abbott on the part of the United States nor do I believe that the said George Abbott my grandfather ever received it or transferred his claim to said land in any manner whatsoever. Therefore, know all men by these presents that I, George W Abbott aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint Henry H. Boody of Portland in the county of Cumberland Merchant to be my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive of the Secretary of War of the U.S. the Bounty Lease scrip for the quantity of land [plead?] to [?] aforesaid and my said Attorney is  authorized and empowered and I do  hereby em[power]
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[em]power and authorize him to both assign transfer and convey said land or said scrip to any person or persons  whatever [2 illegible words]  said Attorney is for [?] [?] empowered to appoint one or more substitutes or Attorney for the special purposes above expressed. [illegible] G W Abbott
Attest H. G. O. Cass

Piscataquis SS September 29th 1845 Then personally appeared the abovenamed George W Abbott -subscribed  to the foregoing declaration and made oath to the same and in my presence acknowledged the Power of Attorney thereto satisfied to us his free act and deed
Before me Joseph Brown Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
Cumberland SS Clerk's Office Judicial Courts,
In testimony that the above written Joseph Brown was a Magistrate authorized to administer oath and take acknowledgement   and  in the County of Piscataquis State of Maine, at the above date, and that his name then subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto to affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court and subscribed my name and quality at Portland this sixteenth day of December A. D. 1845,
Charles Cobb } Clerk of all the Judicial Courts for said County

Paper seal of the Court is affixed to left of the statement by Charles Cobb.
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State of Main
County of Cumberland ss.    We Abigail H. Shaw and Mary Ann Abbott both of said County and as heir at law of George Abbott late of Portsmouth New Hampshire do upon oath testify and declare to the best of our knowledge and belief that George Abbott our Grandfather was a soldier in the New Hampshire Battalion and did serve for during the war and was honourably discharged by Gen Washington on the 6th of June 1783.  We further declare that we have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to said George Abbott on the part of the US. nor do we believe that this the said Abbott ever received it or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever; therefor
  Know all men by these presents that we Abigail H. Shaw and May Ann Abbott do hereby constitute and appoint Henry H. Boody of Portland in said County Merchant to be our true and lawful attorney for us and in our names to demand and receive of the Secretary of War of the United States the Bound Land Scrip for the quantity of land due to us as aforesaid.  And our said Attorney is fully authorized and empowered to sell assign transfer and convey said land or said Scrip to any person or persons whatever
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and is also fully authorized and empowered to appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the spiceal [special] purposes above expressed

Attest
Moses Davis                           Abigail H. Shaw
                                               Mary Ann Abbott

Cumberland ss.               }
September 13th 1845     }
Personally appeared the above named Abigail H. Shaw and May Ann Abbott subscribed to the foregoing declaration, and made oath to the same, and in my presence acknowledged the power of Attorney thereto subjoined to be their free act and deed for the purpose therein expressed.
     Before me Freeman Bradford   Justice of the Peace

                                    State of Maine
Cumberland S.S.      Clerks office Judicial Courts
 In testimony that the above written Freeman Bradford was a magistrate, authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgements and, in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine, at the above date, and that his name there subscribed, appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, and Subscribed my name and quality, at Portland, this sixteenth day of December A. D. 1845.
                Charles Cobb }  Clerk of all the Judicial Courts for said County

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State of Maine.
County of Cumberland ss.  I Elizabeth M. Abbott heir at law of George Abbott, late of Portsmouth New Hampshire, do solemnly affirm and declare to the best of my knowledge and belief that George Abbott my Grandfather was a Soldier in the New Hampshire Battalion in the War of the Revolution an [2 illegible words] inlist for seven years for during the war and was honourably discharged on the Sixteenth day of June 1782. I further declare that I have never assigned aforesaid warrant  for the Bounty Land foresaid and [2 illegible words] George Abbott on the part of the United States, nor do I believer that he  the said Abbott ever received it or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever in his lifetime.
Therefore, Know all men by these presents that I Elizabeth M. Abbott do hereby constitute and appoint Henry H. Boody of Portland in said County Merchant to be my true and lawful Attorney for me and  in my name to demand and receive of the Secretary of War of the United States the Bounty Land Scrip for the quantity of Land due to the heir of said Abbott as aforesaid.
And our Said Attorney is fully authorized and empowered to sell assign transfer and convey said land or said Scrip to any person or persons whatsoever
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and is also fully authorised and empowered to appoint one or more substitutes and Attorneys under him for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest  David M. Snow    Elizabeth M. Abbott

Cumberland SS.
October 1st 1845   Then personally appeared the above named Elizabeth M. Abbott subscribed to the forgoing dictation and made solemn affirmation to the same answer any person acknowledged the  Power of Attorney this to subjoined to be her free act and deed for those purposes there expressed.
  Before me   Freeman Bradford   Justice of the Peace

                  State of Maine
Cumberland SS.    Clerk's Office judicial Courts
     In testimony that the above written Freeman Bradford was a magistrate, authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgements and, in the County of Cumberland, State of Maine, at the above date, and that his name there subse'nted [substantiated] appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court and Subs-ented [substantiated] by name and quality at Portland this Sixteenth day of December A. D. 1845.
                                      }      Clerk of all the Judicial
            Charles Cobb     }      Courts for said County

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[black inked rectangular stamp]

OLD WAR AND NAVY
MAY 2, 1893
FILES.
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Mch [March] 16, 1846.  Rec'd Warrant of which the following is a copy:--
    No 2, 384
Pursuant to an Act of Congress entitled an Act to Extend the time for issuing Military Land Warrants to the Officers and  Soldiers of the Revolution, approved January 27th, 1835, and an Act of Congress entitled an Act to Provide for satisfying claims for Bounty Land for Military Services in the late war with Great Britain, and for other purposes, approved July 27th, 1842, George W. Abbott, Mary Ann Abbott, Elizabeth M. Abbott and Abigail H. Shaw, the grandchildren and only heirs at law of George Abbott, dec'd, who was a soldier of the New Hampshire Continental Line, are entitled to One Hundred Acres of Land to be located as is provided for Warrants under the first section of the aforementioned Act, approved July 27th, 1842, and this Warrant shall not be assignable any person whatever.

                      Given at the Department of War,
                       this Twelfth day of March, One
                       Thousand Eight hundred and forty six.
                                                               W. L. Marcy
                                                                Secretary of War.

Registered and Countersigned
      J. L. Edwards
         Commissioner of Pensions
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Pension Office
March 12th 1846.
I certify that Mr. Henry H. Boody of Portland, Maine, has filed in this office duly acknowledged & authenticated Powers of Attorney with powers of substitution, executed by George W. Abbott, Mary Ann Abbott, Elizabeth M. Abbott & Abigail H. Shaw, empowering the aforesaid Henry B. Boody as their Attorney, to deposit in the General Land Office, such warrant for Bounty Land as should issue from the Department of War in their favor as the sole heirs at law of George Abbott, dec'd [deceased], and to demand and received from said Office the Scrip due in virtue of such Warrant, and to sell, assign transfer and convey the same when received.

J. L. Edwards
Comm'r of Pensions
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[Here affixed ribbon with waxed seal]

Henry H Boody
Portland
Maine
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District  of Maine SS.
      I hereto verify that evidence satisfactory to my mind has ben addressed to me by testimony of witnesses for whom veracity may be valid when George Abbott of Portsmouth New Hamshire was a soldir of the revolution and that he died about fifty years ago, and that George W. Abbot, Mary Ann Abbot, Elizbeth M Abbot and Abigail H Shaw are his only known surviving hiers at law             

                                                       Ashur Ware
                                                       District Judge of the United States
                                                       for the District of Maine                     Portland Jany 6, 1846
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1895. June 1. Letter to Z. K. Harmon,  Portland Me
that discharge could not be surrendered. 
                                                            F.S.
________________________________________________________
As it was the important evid [evidence] on which claim was allowed.


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 George Abbott
No. 2384

 


[illegible mark] 2627


Jany 10th 1846


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Portland Jany 6th 1846
Sir
At the request of George W Abbott Mary
Ann Abbott Elizabeth M Abbott & Abigail H. Shaw I forward certain papers wherein they
claim Bounty Land by virtue of the Revolutionary
services of their ancestor George
Abbott whose original discharge is herewith
sent.
I have the honor to be
Very Respectfully
your obt. Servt.
Henry H Boody

J.L. Edwards Esq
Commr of Pensions
Washington D. C.
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                                         Portland  March 18th 1845.

Sir
     Military Land Warrant No 2,384 issued to George W Abbott and als. heirs at law of George Abbott dec'd who was a Soldier of the New Hampshire Continental line has been received by me.
                                                 I am Very Respectfully
                                                Your obt: [obedient] Servt: [servant]
                                                  Henry H Boody





J. L. Edwards Esq.
    Comm'r of Pensions
       Washington D. C.
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  [Upside down blank inked rectangular stamp; words are not legible]   
      May 2 1893



                            2354
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                                                                                        Portland, Me.
                                                                                        Apr. 29th 1893.
Sir, 
     I return the papers duly signed by a Grand-daughter of Capt. Ebenezer Smith, who is  also a granddaughter of Peleg Tallman, a Revolutionary Patriot.  I thank you kindly for the favor.  The papers may be sent to Mrs. Sturdevant.  I do not charge them for this service.
     I inclose herein, papers relating to the service of George Abbott, see page 6 of this printed list.  My old partner Freeman Bradford obtained 100 acres of land for Abbott's grandchildren.  There are two of his Great-Grand-chil-
                                                                                                     [children]
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[chil]dren in this city and I have given them some encouragement that you would let them have their ancestor's original discharge papers, filed in the claim for the land and they are very anxious to get it.
     Will you do them the favor, and oblige.
                                    Yours Respectfully,
                                      Z. K. Harmon

Forty three years in the claim business.  Used to visit the Departments, but I am now too old.