Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 892-100, Arthur Clark, Mass.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Mass
CONTENTS
Clark, Arthur
NUMBER
B.L W 892-100
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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
Arther Clark soldier in the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment, having faithfully served the United States six year five months & twenty four days and being enlisted for the War only, is
hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD QUARTER the
Eighth Day of June 1783
G. Washington
By HIS EXCELLENCY'S
Command,
Trumbull
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HEAD QUARTERS, June 8th 1783.
THE Within CERTIFICATE shall not 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 as being on Furlough.
THE
National ARCHIVES of the
UNITED STATES
---
GEORGE WASHINGTON.

Arthur Clark
B.L. Wt. 892 -100.
Mass.
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892
the heirs of Arthur Clark
private
6th Regt. Massa. line
Warrant issued April 1st 1820
John Blyth
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Judge of Probate
Certificate
of
_______
of
Arthur Clark
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County
Probate Department
This certifies that it appears to me from
satisfactory evidence that Asa Clark of Sherburne
in said county is one of the legitimate heirs deceased at law of Samuel Clark late of said Sherburn who at the time of his death was the
legitimate heir at law of Arthur Clark, late of said
Shewburn deceased the said Arthur Clark having served the term of and during the Revolutionary war as a private
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and the said Asa Clark is by the laws of the
Commonwealth aforesaid entitled to a share of all
the estate and its rights of every description of the said Arthur Clark which appertained to him at the time of his death and there is no particular seal appropriated to be used in the
department or required by law to be used by me
in the proceedings thereof

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand on this 24th day of August in the year
of our Lord eighteen hundred and nineteen
James Prescott, Probate Judge
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Clark
Asa


by
Authur Clark
Mass Line
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Read all Men by these Presents,
That I Asa Clark of Sherburne County of Middlesex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Yeoman, one of the heirs at Law of Arthur Clark, late of said Sherburne, deceased who was a soldier of the Revolution, in the Sixth Mass Regiment, have constituted, ordained and made, and in my stead and place put, and by these presents do constitute, ordain and make, and in my stead and place put John Bagge of George Jun in the District of Columbia to be any true, sufficient and lawful attorney for me and in my name and stead, to my use and to the use of the other heirs at Law of Arthur Clark, late of Sherburne aforesaid, deceased, to ack for and to receive of the Government of the United States , a Warrant for One Hundred acres of Land granted by the Congress of the said United States to the said Arthur Clark for enlisting to serve
and for serving the Term of during the War of the Revolution, in the Sixth Regiment of Massachusetts Line of the American Army and now due to the Heir at Law of the said Arthur Clark, deceased.
Giving and hereby granting unto my said attorney full power and authority in and about the premises;
and to use all due means, course and process in the law for the full effectual and complete execution of the business afore described; and in my name to make and execute due acquittance and discharge; and for the premises to appear, and the person of me the constituent to represent before any governor, judges, justices, officers and ministers of the law whatsoever, in any court or courts of judicature, and there, on my behalf, to answer, defend and reply unto all actions, causes, matters and things whatsoever, relating to the premises. Also to submit any matter in dispute, respecting the premises, to arbitration
or otherwise: with full power to make and substitute, for the purposes aforesaid, one or more attorneys under my said attorney and the same again at pleasure to revoke. And generally to say, do, act, transact, determine, accomplish, and finish all matters and things whatsoever, relating to the premises, as fully, amply and effectually, to all intents and purposes, as I the said constituent if present, ought or might personally, although the matter should require more special authority than is herein comprised I the said constituent ratifying, allowing and holding firm and valid all and  whatsoever my said attorney or his substitutes shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, in and about the premises, by virtue of these presents.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Fifth day of May n the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
Signed, sealed, and delivered, in Presence of us,
Paul Chapman
A. Clark
W Stevenson

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Boston, Suffolk, f
BE IT KNOWN. That on the fifth Day of May
One thousand eight hundred and nineteen before me, WILLIAM STEVENSON, Notary Public, by legal Authority admitted and sworn, and dwelling in Boston aforesaid, and a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk, personally came Asa Clark, the above Letter of Attorney to be his above named, and acknowledged to be His Act and Deed.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed my Notarial Seal the Day and Year last aforesaid.

William Stevenson
Notary Public and Just of Peace.
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claim of Wm to issue
Deposited by Mr Jno. Blagge
of Georgetown D.C.
Revolutionary Case
NS Wt  No 1892-100
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51-
12-5-41
Clark, Arthur
WARRANT
NUMBER 8180
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Private
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
New Jersey
ISSUED January 5, 1790
to- not shown-
The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.