Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1416, Ambrose Grow, Conn. Vt.
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Conn|Grow, Ambrose|W. 1416|
Vt.|Amy|B.L.Wt26.560-160-55|
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CONTENTS
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24.283 act March 3/55
March 30/55
Amy Grow widow of Ambrose Grow, Junior
Ad 160 Acs May 16/56
Boynton
War of Revolution
[overwritten: No 26569 iss May 19/56
Rec Pension Act June 7, 1832
 " Feby 3, 1853
1406
Boynton
James P. Hotchkiss
Homer New York

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let: to J. P. Hotchkiss Aug: 4"/55.
NY
Feby 53 - no 1406
Vol. G. 131.
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Amy Grow Mch 21/59

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1406
New York Albany
Amy Grow widow of Ambrose Grow who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private 
Ct and Vt. Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the ['4th day of March, 1848' crossed out] 3d February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 19" day of Aug/53 and sent to T. Lumpkin Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February ['2, 1848' crossed out] 3/53 Page 74 Vol. A 
1832
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24.444
New York
Ambrose Grow of Onondaga Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Robinson of the regt commanded by Col. McClennan in the Ct line for mo 20 mo's
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Dec'r 1833 and sent to Hon. Wm. Taylor H Reps
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833.  $166.65
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 34 - 33.33
$199.98
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, 
Book E Vol. 4 Page 102
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832 - 
State of New York
County of Onondaga} ss On this eleventh day of September 1832, personally appeared in open Court before Daniel Moseley Ju'r, Vice Chancellor of the Seventh Circuit of the State of New York at a Court of Chancery for said State, at the Town and in the County of Onondaga ['in and for said County' crossed out] now sitting, Ambrose Grow a resident of the Town ['of the Town' crossed out] of Fabius in the County of Onondaga and State of New york aged Seventy six 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 - that he first entered in May 1776 - that he then resided in Mansfield in the County of Windham & State of Connecticut, & was then and there enlisted for the term of seven Months by Lieutenant Samuel Campbell, & was mustered in Country in the same County, & was thence marched to Newyork, & Joined the company commanded by Capt. Gershom Barrows, first Lieutenant Dan Dunham, and second Lieutenant Samuel Campbell, all of Mansfield aforesaid, which was attached to Col Chester Regiment was marched from Newyork when that city was Evacuated, and kingsbridge to Valentines hill, Westchester County, & after a skirmish at Throggsneck, retreated to Whiteplains and was in the battle at that place, after which the Regiment lay at North Castle, marched thence through Newjersey and crossed the Delaware at East Town, thence toward Philadelphia, & were discharged within about seventeen miles of that place on the 25th of December 1776 having served out the term of seven Months, but did not reach home till late in January, on account of sickness
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Afterwards, in September 1777 he enlisted again with Lieutenant Samuel Campbell, in Mansfield aforesaid where he still resides, for a term of three months, was mustered at the Town of Windham aforesaid & marched to Tivertown in Rhode Island, & Joined Capt. Abner Robinsons Company, Lieutenant Campbell & Lieutenant Coy, [illegible] from Mansfield, & the two Other Officers from Windham aforesaid, which Company was attached to Col Samuel ['Samuel' crossed out] McClennan's Regiment of Woodstock, Connecticut after about two months was marched to Providence Rhode Island, & was discharged after being there about a month, in December 1777 having served three months being the term he enlisted for - In July 1778 he enlisted again for the term of three months, with Lieutenant George Sumner, of Pomfret, Connecticut, was mustered at Plainfield in that State, was marched again to TiverTown & soon Crossed over on to the Island under Capt Whitmore, or rather in his company, commanded in his absence by Lieutenant Sumner, in a Regiment commanded by Col Worthington, Glover's Brigade, was in the Battle on Rhode Island, was marched off from there in the retreat conducted by Layfayette (Lafayette) to Providence where he remained till discharged in October having then served three months [margin note: +3 mo] Afterwards he removed to the State of Vermont, in the County of Windsor & Town of Hartland, where he enlisted for a term of Eight months, under Col Benjamin Wait of Windsor in the same state, as a Volunteer to watch the Indians & Tories and was employed during said term in the duty of scouting parties, scouring the woods & Frontiers, making fortifications at Bethel, at which Fort they were stationed the principal part of the said Term, & went in pursuit of the Indians & [margin note: 8 mo] Tories after the burning the Town of Royalton, that  he was constantly on duty during said Term under Capt. Spafford whose first name was Rufus or Reuben, but does not recol
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lect which for certainty, that there were two Lieutenants by the names of Williams & Parkhurst, belonging to said Corps 
That before any of the above recited service, & in the year 1775 in the month of May, he inlisted under Captain Ebenezer Force in the Town of Pomfret in Connecticut, where deponent then also resided, to drive a team furnished by the said Capt Force, & was employed in that service from that time to about the first of January 1776 transporting public property from Norwich in Conn to Cambridge in Mass. the principal part of the that time, but occasionally to & from other places, & drawed rations at those places & was discharged by the said Capt Force in January 1776 at Pomfret aforesaid that there was six or seven other teams employed in the same way, on the same routes & they all drawed rations & forage at those places - That he has no documentary Evidence, except the deposition of Abigail Royce hereto annexed, & that he knows of no other Person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service, he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity whatever, except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State - That the regular Clergyman of this Town for the two or three years since the deponent has resided in it, having recently removed considerable distance, no person of that description with whom he is acquainted, can be obtained, who can certify to his age & reputation as a revolutionary soldier, & what John Smitzer and Daniel Allen whose certificate is herewith attached cannot be produced in Court without too much inconvenience and expense to him the said Applicant. - 
/s/Ambrose Grow
Sworn to & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid - 
/s/D. Moseley Circuit Judge }
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I Daniel T. Moseley Deputy Clerk of the Court of Chancery of the Seventh Circuit for the state of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ambrose Grow for a pension - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 6th day of June 1833 - 
/s/Daniel T. Moseley Deputy Clerk
[margin note: Ambrose Grow]
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State of New York
Onondaga County } ss. On this 19th day of March AD 1853, Personally appeared before the subscriber ['a' crossed out] the Surrogate of said County of Onondaga at a Surrogate court held in & for said County at Fabius Amy Grow aged 73 years a Resident of Fabius in the County of Onondaga and State of New York 
Who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Provision made by the act of Congress of the 3d day of February 1853 - 
That she is the Widow of Ambrose Grow deceased, who was a Private in the war of the Revolution and was pensioned under the act of 7th June 1832 at the rate of $66.66 per annum and who was last paid at the Albany New York Agency
She further declares that she was married to the said Ambrose Grow in the Town of Russel Hampden County Massachusetts on the 5th day of April AD 1810, - that her name before her said marriage was ['Parsons' crossed out] Thomas
That her husband the aforesaid Ambrose Grow died in the Town of Fabius County of Onondaga and State of New York on the 12th day of July AD 1845. That she was married
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to him at the time above stated 
She further declares that she was a widow at the passage of the aforesaid act, and is still a widow and that has never before made application for a pension 
/s/X her mark Amy Grow
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me
/s/L. H. Hiscock Surrogate
I certify that I have no interest in this case & am not concerned in its prossection
/s/L. H. Hiscock Surrogate
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State of New York,
Onondaga COUNTY.} On this 19th day of March A. D. 1853, personally appeared before the undersigned Surrogate within and for the county and state aforesaid, Lovewell Thomas aged 49 years, a resident of Fabius in the county of Onondaga and state of New York who, being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is a son of Amy Grow of the Town of Fabius in said County, that deponents father died in Russell Hampden County Massachusetts about the year 1806, that this deponents mother married Ambrose Grow, and that they were married in the Town of Russell Hampden County Massachusetts in the month of April 1810, that this deponent was present at the marriage, that he has always resided with his Mother the said Amy Grow, and now resides with her, that Ambrose Grow was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $66.66 per annum, and died in the town of Fabius Onondaga County NY on the 12th day of July 1845, that he was present at his death. and at his death he left this deponents mother his widow and that she still remains his widow
/s/Lovewell Thomas
STATE OF NEW YORK, 
Onondaga County Clerk's Office, }ss. I Certify, That L H Hiscock whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the annexed instrument, was, at the time of the taking the same, a Surrogate in and for said County, and duly qualified and authorised to take the same. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe the signature to said Jurat is genuine. 
[county seal affixed] In Testimony Whereof, I have  hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, at Syracuse, this 29th day of March 1853.
/s/Barnard Sloane Clerk.
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on the 12th day of July 1845, that he was present at his death. and at his death he left this deponents mother his widow and that she still remains his widow
/s/Lovewell Thomas
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me, 
/s/L. H. Hiscock Surrogate
I certify that the above named deponent is a reputable witness, and I further verify that I have no interest in the result of the case where this is to used, and am not concerned in its prosecution. 
/s/L. H. Hiscock Surrogate
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She further declares that she was married to the said Ambrose Grow in Russel in the County of Hamden and State of Massachusetts on the 5th day of April 1810 
She further declares that her husband, the aforesaid Ambrose Grow died in Fabius in the County of Onondaga and State of New York on the 12" day of July 1845 and 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 of March 3d 1855. 
/s/X her mark Amy Grow
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written, before me 
/s/Miles B. Hackett Justice of the Peace
We Ebenezer Hardy and Lovewell Thomas, residents of Fabius in the State of New York upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Amy Grow, in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. 
/s/Ebenezer Hardy
[second signature obscured]
STATE OF NEW YORK
ONONDAGA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss: I Certify That Miles B. Hackett whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the annexed instrument, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, and duly qualified and authorised to take the same. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe the signature to said Jurat is genuine. 
[county seal affixed] In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said County, at Syracuse, this 23d day of March 1855. 
/s/Barnard Slocum Clerk.
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in the State of New York upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Amy Grow, in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. 
/s/Ebenezer Hardy
/s/Lovewell Thomas
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
/s/Miles B. Hackett J.P.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I Amy Grow of the county of Onondaga and State of New York, do hereby constitute and appoint James P. Hotchkiss, Homer, N.Y., my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my behalf, to prosecute my claim against the United States for bounty land under the act approved March 3d 1855 and to receive such land warrant as may be issued, hereby revoking any power of Attorney which may have been heretofore given, and confirming all things that my Attorney, the said James P. Hotchkiss may lawfully do in the premises. 
[court seal affixed] In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 21st day of March A. D. 1855.
/s/X her mark Amy Grow
Acknowledged before me the day and year last above written. 
/s/Miles B. Hackett J. P.
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12,076
Ambrose Grow
4.16.17.
P. 360
29 Apl. 33
D. T. Moseley DClk.
Onondaga N.Y.
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BRIEF in the case of Ambrose Grow Co of Onondaga in the State of N York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank]
3. How old is he? 76 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[column headings: Period.|Duration of Service.(Years,|Months,|Days.)|Rank. As a|Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen.|]
May In 1776|([blank]|+7|[blank])|Private|Cap't Barnard Col. Chester|
Sept 1777|([blank]|3|[blank])| " |Capt Robinson Col McClennan|
July 1778|([blank]|3|[blank])| " |Capt Whitmore Col Northington|
[blank]|([blank]|8|[blank])|[blank]|Capt Spofford Col'o Wait|
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5. In what battles was he engaged? White plains Rhode Island 
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Mansfield Connecticut Rutland, Vermont
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? and if so, in what respect? The papers are not athen'd or requ'd
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
+ This was 6 months service
/s/Richard Cutts
Examining Clerk.
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Information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Ambrose Grow W.F. 1416
[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.|LENGTH OF SERVICE.|RANK.|OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED(CAPTAIN.|COLONEL.)|STATE.|]
May 1775|Jany 1, 1776|Teamster|(Ebenezer Force| ✓ )|Conn.|
May 1776|7 mos.|Pvt.|(Gershom Barrows|John Chester)|[blank]
Sept. 1777.|3 mos.|[blank]|(Abner Robinson|Samuel McClellan)| " |
July 1778|3 mos.|[blank]|(Aaron Whitmore|Worthington)| " |
May 1, 1779|8 mos.|[blank]|(Rufus or Reuben Spafford|Benjamin Wait)| Vt.|
also pursued|Indians|and|(Tories after the|burning of)|Royalton.|
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Battles engaged in, White Plains, Rhode Island
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Mansfield, Windham Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, Sept 11, 1832 His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Fabius, Onondaga Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, b. at Pomfret Windham Co. Conn July 27, 1756 d. at Fabius Onondaga Co. N.Y. July 12, 1845
Remarks: Soldier married Apr. 5, 1810 at Russel Hampden Co. Mass. Mrs. Amy Thomas She was al. pens. on app. ex. Mch. 19, 1853 while a resident of Fabius Onondaga Co. N.Y. aged 73 years. Their Son Almerin Grow lied at Syracuse N.Y. in 1854. 
Abigail Grow Sister to Soldier
Very respectfully, 
[blank] Commissioner. 
1565b3m10-08
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26,560
160 acres
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1912 Jan. 26 Hist. to Gen'l Geo. W. Davis V.L.M.
Letter in S.F. 36566, Ebenezer Grow. 

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Rev War WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1416
Amy Grow. Widow Ambrose Grow, Priv. Rev. War.
Act: Feb. 3, 1853.
Index: - Vol. A, Page 285
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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No 811
Amy Grow widow of Ambrose N.Y.
Let to Thos. Lumpkin
3d June 1853
Act February 3/53
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[handwritten letter]
March 10th 1859
Apulia Onondaga Co. N.York

Dear Sir
I am the Widow of Ambrose Grow a Revolutionary Soldier and Pensioner who died in 1845, in 1853 the Pension formerly paid to him was granted to me in 1856 I employed R. W. Crain to procure for me the Back pay that is the Pension from the time of my Husband's death up to the time I commenced to receive it in 1852. in 1857 I received ['the' crossed out] a letter from the said Crain in the words following to wit.
Pages Corners N.Y. 
April 25,57
Dear Madam, 
I have obtained a
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[handwritten letter]
Judgment in Your favor for your Pension against the U.S. in the Court of Claims & it will be paid as soon as Congress meets & makes an appropriation to meet it
You must not allow any person to interfere with the case as it may defeat your claim entirely
write me whether you receive this
Your attorney
R. W. Crain
Pages Corners are in Herkimer County and this Crain was Post Master there at the time I employed him. I have not heard a word from him since the foregoing letter although I have written
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[handwritten letter]
to him several times, will you have the kindness to inform me concerning the matter, as far as the same may come within your knowlege and much oblige
Yours very Respectfully 
Amy Grow By her son & attorney /s/Almerin Grow
Commissioner of Pensions }
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[addressed envelope]
[postmark: APULIA N.Y. MAR 10]
[receipt stamp: PENSION OFFICE MAR 12 1859]
[margin notes: G Amy Grow wid of Ambrose N.Y. - 1853]
[postage stamp: U.S. POSTAGE THREE CENTS]
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D. C.
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Revo,
Act 7 June 1832
Ambrose Grow
Suspended
See letter to George Pettit 
Onondaga N.Y.
16. Oct'r 1833
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Amy Grow
Geddes Act F53
Hon L. P. Waldo
Comm'r of Pensions
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Commissioner.
April 5th 1853
Appl. of Amy Grow widow of Ambrose Grow Onondaga N. Y.
24444
Act 3d Feby: 1853
['$66.66 Per annum commencing 3d 1853 of Feby' crossed out]
Revy:
$66.66 per annum commencing 3d Feby: 1853
Th's Lumpkin Present.
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[handwritten letter]
House of Representatives
Washington July 11 1854.

S. Cole Esq
Chf Clerk Pension Office, 
Sir
Almerin Grow of Syracuse is in this City,
He states his Father Ambrose Grow was a Revolutionary Pensioner; he died about nine years since, Last year a pension granted to his widow Amy Grow - was she not entitled to a pension from the death of her Husband and if not why - An early answer will much oblige
Your Obt Svt
/s/D. F. Jones.
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Washington DC
April 5th 1853
[illegible]
Enclosed in the declaration and proof
of marriage in the case of Amy Grow, N.Y
widow of Ambrose Grow, who was a pension
or under
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[handwritten letter]
Washington D.C.
July 6th 1853

Sir,
I herewith enclose the evidence called for my your letter of the 3rd June last (which is also enclosed) in the case of Amy Grow, Act 3rd Feb 53 New-York
Very respy
/s/Tho. Lumpkin
Hon L. P. Waldo
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[handwritten letter]
Pension Office
3d June 1853.

Sir,
In as much as Mrs Amy Grow, who claims a pension as the widow of Ambrose Grow, does not aver in her declaration that there is no Record evidence of her marriage. She will be required to file an affidavit to that effect, unless record evidence exists in which case, she must furnished a copy of such evidence, duly Authenticated.
Her claim is necessary Suspended.
Very Respectfully 
/s/L P Waldo
Commissioner
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Grow
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Brief in the case of Amy Grow, Widow of Ambrose, Onondaga County and State of New York 
act 3d Feby: 1853.
Claim, ("original," ['or "for increase,"' crossed out])
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. 
Husband was a pensioner under the Act of 7" June, 1832.
Parole proof of Marriage
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what.? [blank]
Thos. Lumpkin Esqr. Present
Name and residence of Agent
/s/S. C. Boynton, Examining Clerk.
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State of New York
County of Onondaga} ss On this 21st day of June AD 1853 Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Onondaga Amy Grow aged seventy three years, a resident of Fabius in the County of Onondaga & State of New York, who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that she is the widow of Ambrose Grow who was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $66.66 per annum. that she made a Declaration on or about the 19th day of March 1853. claiming a pension under the Act of 3d February 1853. as being the widow of the above named Ambrose Grow. And that she makes this affidavit in addition to the Declaration, in which she says that she has no knowledge of any Record evidence of her marriage with the said Ambrose Grow - either public or private - 
/s/X her mark Amy Grow
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me }
/s/Miles B. Hackett Justice of the peace
I hereby certify that the above named Amy Grow is personally known to me and that she is the person to which she has represented herself to be in the foregoing affidavit and that she is a person of truth and veracity, and that I have no interest in the result of this claim
/s/Miles B. Hackett
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STATE OF NEW-YORK,
ONONDAGA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss. I Certify, That Miles B. Hackett, whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the annexed instrument, was, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly qualified and authorised to take the same. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe the signature to said Jurat is genuine.
[county seal affixed] In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, at Syracuse, this 27 day of June 1853. 
/s/E. P. Hopkins Depy Clerk. 
[illegible] Cty
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State of New York,
Onondaga COUNTY.} On this nineteenth day of March A.D. 1853, personally appeared before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and state aforesaid, Edwin Miles aged forty six years, a resident of Fabius in the county of Onondaga and State of ['New' crossed out] New York who, being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he was personally acquainted with Ambrose Grow who resided in the Town of Fabius County of Onondaga and State of New York and Amy his wife, that he became acquainted with them about the year 1836. that Ambrose Grow was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $66.66 and died in the said Town of Fabius County of Onondaga New York on or about the 12th day of July 1845. Deponent further says that the said Ambrose Grow and Amy his wife lived together as husband and wife from the  time this deponent first became acquainted with them until the death of the said Ambrose Grow and at his death he left the said Amy Grow his Widow, and that she still remains his widow, and is now a resident of Fabius in said County & State aforesaid
/s/Edwin Miles
STATE OF NEW-YORK,
Onondaga County Clerk's Office, }ss. I Certify, That Miles B. Hackett whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the annexed instrument, was, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly qualified and authorised to take the same. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe the signature is said Jurat is genuine.
[court seal affixed] In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, at Syracuse, this 24th day of March 1853. 
/s/Barnard Slocum Clerk.
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husband and wife from the  time this deponent first became acquainted with them until the death of the said Ambrose Grow and at his death he left the said Amy Grow his Widow, and that she still remains his widow, and is now a resident of Fabius in said County & State aforesaid
/s/Edwin Miles
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, before me, 
/s/Miles B. Hackett Justice of the peace
I certify that the above named deponent is a reputable witness; and I further certify that I have no interest in the result of this case where this is to be used, and am not concerned in its prosecution. 
/s/Miles B. Hackett Justice of the peace
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We George Pettit and Nathaniel Bacon - residing in the Town of Fabius County of Onondaga and State of Newyork, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ambrose Grow, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy six years old, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a revolutionary Soldier, & that we concur in that opinion - 
/s/George Pettit
/s/Nath'l Bacon
Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid - 
/s/Daniel Moseley Circuit Judge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after 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 certify that it appears to them that George Pettit and Nathaniel Bacon - who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the Town of Fabius in the County of Onondaga, that they are credible persons, & that their statement is entitled to credit, both of them being personally known to the members of the Court. - 
/s/Daniel Moseley V. Chancellor
['I Reuben L. Hess Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of application of Ambrose Grow for a Pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of [blank] this [blank] day of [blank] 1852 - ' crossed out]
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I Daniel T. Moseley Deputy Clerk of the Court of Chancery of the seventh Circuit of the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ambrose Grow for a pension
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 6th day of May 1833
/s/Daniel T. Moseley
Deputy Clerk
Ambrose Grow
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State of New York
Cortland County Clerks Office SS. 
[court seal affixed] I hereby certify that Henry Burdick Esqr before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn, was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in said County, duly Commissioned and Sworn. his acts therefore in that capacity and to be regarded as such 
Also that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe his name subscribed to the within is his own proper hand writing and Signature
Witness my hand and Seal of office the 13th day of August 1832. 
/s/Sam'l Hotchkiss Jr. HR
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A Grow
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State of New York
Cortland County }ss On this 4th day of August 1832 personally appears before Henry Burdick Justice of the peace in & for said County, Abigail Rice of the Town of Scott in said County, who, being duly sworn according to Law, before the said Justice, doth, on her Oath, depose and say that She is 79 years of Age, that She is Sister to Ambrose Grow, of Fabius in the County of Onondaga, that She resided in Mansfield in the County of Windham, State of Connecticut in the year 1776 and well recollects that the said Ambrose went in the revolutionary War, as a Soldier in the Spring & did not return till the next winter - and went again as a Soldier the two next years and was gone from home each time two or three months - 
That after the War She removed to the County of Windsor State of Vermont where the said Ambrose had resided in the latter part of the War, & that he was reputed to have served as a Soldier, in the neighborhood where I then resided while he lived there - & further saith not - 
/s/Abigail Rice
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before /s/Henry Burdick Justice of peace }
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State of New York
County of Onondaga} ss: I Reuben S. Hess Clerk of the said County do certify that Elisha Litchfield before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the jurat of the said affidavit to be proper hand writing and signature - 
[court seal affixed] Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 13th day of September 1832. 
/s/R. S. Hess Clerk 
Ambrose Grow - 12.070
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State of Newyork
County of Onondaga } ss. We John Smitzer a Clergyman, and Daniel Allen, residing in the Town of Pompey in said County, from five to Eight miles from the Town of Fabius in said County, the present residence of Ambrose Grow, at whose request we make this certificate, and who is an applicant for a Pension, do hereby certify, that he resided in our neighborhood a number of years previous to his late removal to Fabius aforesaid, that we are well acquainted with him, that we believe him to be seventy six years of age, and that he is reputed & believed in our neighborhood to have been a Soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion - 
/s/John Smitzer
/s/Daniel Allen
Sworn and subscribed this 30th day of August 1832 before me
/s/Elisha Litchfield Justice of Peace }
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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 Ambrose Grow Onondaga Co N York 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 the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? [blank] 
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No; last tour of militia service in Vermont not given 
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 other 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? no
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? yes
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? [blank]
XIV. +If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? 
If he has produced proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct: yes
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? yes
XVI. ↕Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1.2.5.6.7.

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______; 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 or four months is too indefinite, 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 objectionable. 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 employed 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 magistrate 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 papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which 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 papers. 
Supplemental Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, made in addition to an original declaration to which this is annexed, to obviate the foregoing printed objections, to said original declaration, which are answered in "red ink" as requiring further proof or explanation. 
State of New york
County of Onondaga } ss On this 15th day of May 1833 personally appeared before George Pettit a Judge of the County Courts in and for the County aforesaid, Ambrose Grow a resident of the Town of Fabius in said County, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his Oath, make the following supplemental Declaration - That since making his said original Declaration his health & strength has so much declined that he is not able to appear in Court a distance of twenty miles travel to the nearest Court - that in answer to objection Number four which is the first one answered
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"in red ink," with a negative, the declarant deposes and says in relation to "the last tour of Militia service in Vermont" mentioned in his said original declaration, that he enlisted for the term of Eight months, as therein stated, under Colonel Benjamin Wait, in a company commanded by Captain Spafford, in the year 1779 at the first of May and served as stated in said Original Declaration and was discharged at Bethel Fort, by Colonel Wait, in the latter part of the month of December of the same year - that to remove objection Number Sixteen negative "in red ink," the Clerk of the Court of Chancery in which Court said original declaration was made, has affixed his certificate and Seal under Date of May 6th 1833 as "the regulations direct." -  That in order to meet Objection Number Seventeen, which is also answered "in red ink" in the negative the declarant deposes and says, that he was born in the Town of Pomfret, County of Windham in the State of Connecticut on the 27th of July in the year 1756, as he has always been informed by his Parents - [margin note: Ambrose Grow] That he has no record of his age - that he has no doubt there is a public record of his age in said Town of Pomfret but he has never seen it - That Col Serjeant, Captains Monroe, Wiley Asa Bacon, Wells-Sedgwick & Stephen Lyon & Major Ripley of the Continental troops were "Officers who were with the troops where he served in 1776 -  That Captain Vaughan & Ensign Kendall were "regular Officers who were with the troops where he served" in Providence in 1777 - That Captain Spalding and Ensign Howe were "regular Officers with the troops where he served in Rhode Island in 1778, and that in Vermont in 1779 he recollects no officers except those named in his said original Declaration, & that at no time during that service was the Regiment all together - that he has never received a written or printed discharge - That in addition to the names of John Smitzer, Daniel Allen, George Pettit & Nathaniel Bacon whose affidavits are annexed to his said original Declaration he now states the names of Eleazer Andrews, William Clarke, William Frink and John Doubleday "who can testify as to his character
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for veracity and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the revolution - 
That on further reflection, he recollects that Major Brown and Capt Tilden were Officers at Bethel Fort during the service mentioned in said original declaration as performed in Vermont in the year 1779 - 
/s/Ambrose Grow
Sworn & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid before George Pettit Judge of Onondaga County Court } 
We Eleazer Andrews & William Frink residing in the Town of Fabius, County of Onondaga, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ambrose Grow who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing supplemental declaration, that we believe him to be seventy six years old last July, that he is respected and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion - that his character is good for veracity for aught we know, & his statement is entitled to credit, and that, in our opinion, he could not ride to Court a distance of twenty miles with out injury to his bodily health, which appears too infirm for such a Journey in such carriage as he could employ - 
/s/Eleazer Andrews
/s/Wm Frink
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me
/s/George Pettit Judge of Onondaga County Courts
And I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, & served as he states. - 
And I further certify that it appears to me that Eleazer Andrews & William Frink who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents in the Town of Fabius in the County & State aforesaid and are credible persons & that their Statement is entitled to
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credit, and that the said Applicant, cannot, from bodily infirmity attend the Court. 
[court seal affixed] Given under my hand and seal, at Fabius, in the County of Onondaga & State of Newyork, this 15th day of May in the year 1833 - 
/s/George Pettit Judge of Onondaga County Court

State of New York
County of Onondaga} ss. I Alanson Edwards Junior Deputy Clerk of the said County do certify that George Pettit Esquire was on the 15th day of May Instant one of the Judges of the County Courts in and for said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the last preceding affidavit and Certificate to be the proper hand writing and genuine Signatures of the said Judge.
[court seal affixed] Witness my hand and seal of Office this twentieth day of May 1833. 
/s/A. Edwards Jr. Dep. Clerk
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[addressed envelope]
for'd from Onondaga Oct'r 22d}
[postmark: CITY OF WASHINGTON OCT 11]
Geo M. Crump
Acting Comm'r of Pensions

George Pettit Esqr
Onondaga N. York
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[handwritten letter]
Fabius, Onondaga County N.Y.
Decr 7th 1833

To the Hon. J. L. Edwards Com'r of Pensions - 
Sir - Attached hereto are ['your' crossed out] Mr. G. W. Crumps communication relating to the claim of Ambrose Grow for a Pension, to support which I am therein referred to E. D. Bangs Esq, Secretary of the State of Massachusetts, for his certificate &c and the official certificate of Elisha Phelps Esqr Comptroller &c of the State of Connecticut. Mr Grow alleges now, as he also did when he instructed me in drawing his declaration, that all the service he claims for was in the troops of Connecticut & Vermont, and if the declaration sets forth any part of it, to have been performed in the Masachusetts troops, it is a clerical mistake of my own. Otherwise the reference to Mr Bangs, by Mr Crump is erroneous, - However, be the error mine or his, the fact of its existence, appears, not only from Grow's allegations & my statement above, but is strongly corroborated, if not confirmed, by the certificate of Mr Phelps, as is also the service for which he claims in his declaration, excepting the teaming & Vermont service. In either case, it is confidently hoped & believed, that the latter document, agreeing as it does, in the names of the Officers, and the periods of the service, as set forth in the declaration, will be satisfactory is the case, and induce a favorable decision and speedy return of a Pension certificate, for the poor old veteran, & his family are literally suffering for want of the common necessaries of life. 
I am very respectfully your Obed't &c
/s/George Pettit
Over -
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[handwritten letter]
P.S. Decr 9th - It is thought well to attach also, my Letter to Mr Phelps, which contains, as a guide to his searches, among the records of his Office, Mr Grow's verbal statement to me, of his services, made by him from recollection, & without the benefit of his declaration or a brief from it - So far as the records enable him usually to speak at all, Mr Phelps speaks in confirmation of Mr Grow's statement, and only so far as the statement corroborates the original declaration, it deemed important to be transmitted. - If my recollections of the latter, are faithful, the discrepancies, if any, will be found to be inconsiderable - 
Yours &c /s/G. Pettit
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[handwritten letter]
War Department Pension Office
October 16. 1833

Sir, 
The papers in support of the claim of Ambrose Grow have again been examined. By the regulations of the Department every applicant is required to produce the best proof in his power. To sustain this claim, a certificate should be procured from E. D. Bangs Esq'r Secretary of the State of Massachusetts, in whose profession are rolls of the militia of that State. As soon as Mr. Bangs' certificate is received, a final decision will be had on the case. The papers are placed on file. 
A pension certificate was issued to Enos Ludden on the 30th April last. 
I am respectfully Your Obet. Servt.
/s/Geo. Wm. Crump
George Pettit Esqr.
Onondaga New York
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Admitted Private 20 months
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
Hon'a Wm Taylor
133.32+33.33=166.65
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[handwritten letter]
Sir - I return the papers of Ambrose Grow herewith, with such amendments as it is believed will remove the objections contained in the brief, & designated as requiring further proof or explanation - If I might be permitted a suggestion to induce dispatch in this case, I would say ['that' crossed out] as a fact to which his neighbors would attest, that he is positively emaciating through want of the common comforts of life - that he is without means and without credit, excepting a mushroom credit which grew up with the expectations of his pension, but has expired with its delay - that he some time ago fled from a poorhouse in a fit of petulance at the alleged severity and cruelty of the keeper - that the rills of private charity which afterwards sustained him, dried up as the hopes of a pension expanded, & produced a temporary credit, that now both charity & credit being exhausted, he, and a family, consisting of a sickly & aged Wife & a paralytic boy, have become truly objects of pity. 
Mr Grow is my near neighbor, & I speak from knowledge & observation - The same remarks (excepting as to the boy) apply with all their force to the case of Enos Ludden, whose papers were forwarded in September last, with those of Grow & others, but have not yet been heard from - To avoid errors in returning papers, to the wrong agent, I lately sent a list of the names of the applicants for whom I am agent, in which the name of Rufus Carter was omitted - I am very respectfully &c your Obed't /s/George Pettit
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Additional proof to support the claim of Ambrose Grow to a Pension - Decr 7th 1833
N.Y.
George Pettit Agent
Fabius Onondaga County N. Y. 
W. Taylor H.R.
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[handwritten letter]
Fabius, Onondaga County N. Y.
Nov 14th 1833

Dear Sir - Your favor of the 23d Oct, in reply to mine of a previous Date, requesting your Official certificate, of military service of Josiah Andrews, for which he claims a pension, is duly received, & the proof, it is hoped will be satisfactory in the case - I return you my acknowledgements for your prompt attention, & Enclose $2.00, the amount marked in your Letter as your fees - Since the date of mine abovementioned, the enclosed Letter has been received from the War department, requiring a similar certificate in the case of Ambrose Grow, but no accompanied with a printed brief, as in the case of Mr. Andrews - There is also a prominent Error in the Letter, by referring me to the Secretary of Massachusetts, instead of the Comptroller of Connecticut, the service of Mr. Grow, for which he claims, having been performed in the Connecticut troops - But whether the mistake occurred here, or at Washington, the proof required to sustain his application, can only be obtained at your Office -
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[handwritten letter]
I therefore make the application to you, for a certificate of all the Evidence your Office will afford, to sustain the application of Ambrose Grow, and I do it under a confidence inspired by your kind & prompt attention in the former case, that this application will be regarded with no less favor - Mr. Grow claims in his Declaration for service in a seven Months Enlistment at Newyork, Kingsbridge - Frogs neck, white plains, and was discharged about 17 miles this side of Philadelphia on the 25 of December 1776, having then served 7 Months
He Enlisted under Captain Gershom Barrows, Dan or Daniel Dunham First Lieutenant - Samuel Campbell second Lieutenant - all of Mansfield Conn - The Company was attached to Col John Chester's Regiment of Wethersfield - Lieut Col Wills of Tolland or Wells - Major John Ripley of Windham - His next tour was for 3 or 5 months Enlistment, Sept or Oct 1777, under Capt Abner Robinson of Windham - First Lieutenant, Samuel Campbell - Second Lieutenant Coy & Ensign Kendall - Col Samuel MacClennan's (McClellan) Regiment of Woodstock according to his best recollection This service of 3 or 5 Months was performed at Tiverton in Rhode Island - and he was discharged at Providence in December 1777 - In 1778 enlisted with Lieutenant George Sumner, of Pomfret, where Mr Grow was born & then resided, in Captain Aaron Whitmore's Company, Joined Col Worthingtons Regiment at Providence Rhodeisland, Glover's Brigade ['was' crossed out] part of the Regiment, & Mr Grow was one, were in the battle on Rhodeisland - Enlisted this time for three months in August & discharged at Providence in Nov 1778 - In 1775 Mr Grow Enlisted & served under Captain Force in the teaming service Six Months
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[handwritten letter]
I hope, Sir, that your answer to the foregoing will be prepared & forwarded with all convenient speed, as Mr Grow is in very needy circumstances, & his application has been delayed ever since September 1832 during which time, objections have been made at Washington & answered once & again [obscured] again procrastinated with this [illegible] for requisition - You will be so good as to return this Letter, as it may be of use at the department in explaining the mistake above mentioned, together with the Letter from Washington enclosed
I am very respectfully your Obed't Serv't
/s/George Pettit
P.S. Your fees in this case will be remitted as soon as the pension is granted, of which you will please note your bill.
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Free, G. Pettit, P.M. Fabius N.Y.
Hon. Elisha Phelps Esqr
Comptroller, State of Conn. Hartford
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The State records show that the General Assembly of Connecticut in June 1776 ordered six battalion to be raised, to joint the continental army at New York, & to serve until the 25th day of December 1776. John Chester was appointed Colo, Solomon Hills Lt Col., and John Ripley Major of one of these.
Nov. 20th 1832 - /s/E. Phelps

Comptrollers Office
November 20th 1833
I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Connecticut, do certify that a bond remains in this Office dated 26th June 1776 executed by Gershom Barrows; in the condition of which he is described, as being "appointed Pay Master of his own company "in Col. John Chesters regiment now to be raised "in this Colony & to join the continental army "in New York, &c &c.
On "the books of the Pay Table the pay roll of Capt. Gershom Barrows company Chesters regiment is credited to Capt. Barrows
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& charged to the United States under date July 8th 1777.
(The General Assembly of Connecticut, it appears by the State records, in May 1777 ordered two battalions to be raised & to serve until the first day of January 1778. The Colonels appointed to command there were Roger Enos & John Ely, James Arnold & Seth Smith Lt Cols, & Elias Beall & John Davenport Majors.)
By the journal of the Council of Safety under date September 25th 1777 appointed Abner Robinson Capt. Samuel Campbell 1st Lt, Joseph Coy 2nd Lt & Abijah Fallor Ens. of a Company in Col. McClellan's battalion.
On the books of the Pay Table, under date 21st January 1778 "the amount of Col. McClellan "pay roll for his reg't in Rhode Island expedition "£3250,0,2," is charged to the United States.
Also on the books of the pay Table under date January 26th 1779 there is charged to the United States the ['bount' crossed out] "bounty of Col. "Worthington Reg't militia to Rhode Island '78
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£1047,13,8." No rolls of any of the before mentioned companies or regiments have been found, or any proof of the length of time they were in service. 
No evidence regarding more service has been found, except a few charges therefor.
/s/E. Phelps