Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,610, for Adin Stanley, Rhode Island
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Continental
R.I.

Stanley, Adin 

NUMBER
S. 18,610

carded

CONTENTS.
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8019
Maine
Adin Stanley
of Winthrop in the State of Maine
who was a matross in the Company commanded by Captain Elliott of the regt commanded by Col. Sherburne in the R. I. and Continental line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of 100 Dollars 00 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of July
1833 and sent to 
R. C. Vose Present

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $200.00
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 50.00
$250.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk
Book D Vol. 1, Page 90
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admit
Unrece
3 years
$80
R C Vose
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6409
Brief in the case of Adin Stanley
of Winthrop in the State of Maine
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Judge of the S. J. C.
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? No
3. How old is he? 71 year
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period:  # Feb? In 1777- served till aug.80
enlisted in 80
Duration of Service.
Years  3; months --; days ---
Months,
Days.
Rank and Names of General and field Officers under whom he served . 
As a; Private under 
Coll Elliot Art R. Art, Capt: Elliot Cor under R Zola


qo under
Col Sherburns Reg-, Capt Burton Co under Malps
5. In what battles was he engaged? at Springfield N Jersey
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? not stated
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
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 above mentioned
E. Stephens
Examining Clerk.
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Adin Stanley
Private Rhode Island troops
No 6409.
Elliots Co. Elliotts regt
Artillery
6 months
Burton's Co: Sherburne's
Regt
3 years,
1 Feby 1819
R.C. Vose,
Augusta, 
ME
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Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE.
KENNEBEC COUNTY,  SS.
On this thirteenth day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, Adin, Stanley
a resident of Winthrop in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged seventy one 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 provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1777 with Captain Elliot and served in Col Elliots regiment of artillery of the Rhode Island line or troops under the following named officers: viz. Eilliot Capt. Elliot Col. That he enlisted in February 1777 as a private for
eighteen months & after serving until August of the same year by permission of his officers enlisted as a private for three years in 
Capt. Burton's Company in Col. Sherburn's regiment of Massachusetts troops, which period he served out was discharged in August 1780. That he was in the retreat of Israel Sullivan from Rhode Island & in the battle at
Springfield, New Jersey.
That he was placed on the Maine roll under the Act of Congress of March 18, 1818, and that
his pension certificate is numbered 6295 and dropped therefrom on account of his property. That at that time he resided in Winthrop in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, and now resides in the same town.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, an invalid pension for which he is an applicant and he declares that his name is not of the Pension Roll of any agency in any State, except
as aforesaid.
Adin Stanley
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, Before
Nathan Weston Jr
Just S.J.C.
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a
Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Nathan Weston Jr
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State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, aS. - I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before
whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said
State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the
matter of the application of Adin Stanley
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court this 17th
day of August A.D. 1832
J.A. Chandler
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Adin Stanley, a citizen of the U. States, born in Attlebourgh Massachusetts now of Winthrop Maine, aged fifty seven years upon oath testify and declare that the latter part of August 1777 I enlisted as a private soldier in war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for the period of three years, in Capt Benjamin Burton's Company and Col.Henry Sherburne's regiment of the Massachusetts line This period I fully served out, being transferred a part of the last year into Capt Hunt's company and Col. Henry Jackson's regiment of the Massachusetts and was honorably discharged at Peekskill the
latter part of August 1780. My discharge is now
lost, and not in existence to my knowledge. I was in battle in Rhode Island under Gen Sullivan, and battle in Springfield, New Jersey, under General Geene. From my reduced circumstances in life, being able to do very little labor occasioned by a complaint
which originated in the above service, and being dependent on the labor of my sons, who are of age and for themselves, I need the assistance of my country for support. And I do hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the U. States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge borne on any pension list whatever
Adia Stanley
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebunk
On the first day of October A.D. 1818
Adin Stanley, above named, after being carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration, by him subscribed
Before me Nathan Weston Jun
C. Just C.C.C Phos 2 E.
Circuit
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Robert C Vose, of lawful age, upon oath testify and declare, that in July last, I found by the rolls of the Massachusetts line, that Adin Stanley within named served as he has within stated
R. C. Vose

Kennebec ss
On the fifth day of October A.D. 1818 Robert C. Vose Esq above named, being a credible and disinterested witness, made oath to the truth of the above deposition, by him subscribed. Before me, Nathan Weston Junr
C. Just. C.C.C. Pleas 2d E District

I William Pullen, aged sixty five years, of Waterville in the County of Kennebec, upon oath testify and declare that I am well acquainted Adin Stanley, now of Winthrop in said County, and well recollects his enlisting in August 1777 into Cap. Benjamin Burton Company and regiment commanded by Col. Henry Sherburne, of the Massachusetts line for the period of three years. The said Stanley was enlisted by me then doing duty as a Sergeant in said company. I well know of the said Stanley serving in said regiment & that of Col. Henry Jackson of the Massachusetts line the full period of his enlisting and recd his honorable discharge at Peekskill or near that place in August 1780. The fd. Stanley always sustained the character 
William Pullen
Robert C. Vose
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RECORD DIVISION.             3 -- 525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
S.F. 18610                
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C. , ............., 190...

       In reply to your request of ........., received.....
for a statement of the military history of Adin Stanley
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
________________________________
|DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.|

Febry  1 1777
Aug  2  1777
then transferred [arrow symbol] [illegible] until Aug 1780
____________________________________
|LENGTH OF
SERVICE.|

Aug 1777
Dec. 31, 1779
___________________________
|RANK.|

Pvt.
____________________________
|OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.|

|CAPTAIN.|
Elliot
Burton
Trafton
Hunt
served until Aug 1780

|COLONEL.|
Elliot
 Henry Sherburne
Henry Jackson

_______________________________
|STATE.|

R.I. artiq[?]
Continental
______________________________

Battles engaged in, Rhode Island & Springfield
Residence of soldier at enlistment,[check mark]
Date of application for pension, Oct. 1, 1818. His il[?] was al
Residence at date of application, Winthrop Maine
Age at date of application , 57 yrs b. in Attleborough Mass.
     Remarks: Sons are referred to but no names are given


Very respectfully,

Commissioner.
1565b3m10-08
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I Issachar Snell of Winthrop in the
County of Kennebec and State of Maine
do certify that I commenced the practice
of Phyn's and Surgery in this town in
April 1806, that within a year or two
of that time Adin Stanley an inhabitant
of sd Winthrop consulted me on
account of a swelling and ulceration of
his leg, which then appeared to be of a
serious and chroninature[sp?]; that I inquired 
of him how long his by leg had been
troublesome;  that his reply was that
it had been troublesome ever since the
revolutionary war; that he supposed it
was brought on by the hardship and
inposes he there suffered. I have since
been frequently requested to look at the leg
and direct remedies for it, and my 
impression is that it has nearly, if not all
the time, been swelled and tender and
had several open ulcers on it, and that
it has for many years and probably ever will disable him for labor, except it be
light work and such as he can do without
much travelling, or standing on his feet

Issachar Snell

Winthrop January 9th 1827
I further certify that the said Stanley is in my
opinion wholly disabled in consequence of the state of said leg
from procuring his subsistence by manual labor
Issachar Snell
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I Joel R. Ellis Physician Surgeon practicing in Augusta Kennebec
County Maine, hereby certify that I have examined the case of
Adin Stanley private in Capt Burton's Company & Col. Sherburn
Regiment who served in the Revolutionary War, and after an accurate
examination find his left leg in diseased state with every appearance
an ulcerater sore in his lay of long standing, there is now just
above the ankle several open ulcers of long standing
and I further certify that in my opinion he is wholly disabled
in consequence of the state of said leg from procuring his
subsistence by manual labor.
Joel R Ellis
Kennebec Ss January 2 1828. Personally appeared before me
the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace & Quorum also Clerk of the
Judicial County within & for said County of Kennebec Docter Joel R. Ellis
a credible witness & reputable physician than the made
oath the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed. In 
Testimony whereof I subscribe my name & affix the
County Seal of said County & also I certify that the
Hon. Nathan Weston was at the time the within
proceedings are had; & now is Justice of the
Supreme Judicial Court of said State
Robert C. Vose
Kennebec Ss on this ninth of January A.D. 1827. Personally
appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Supreme
Judicial Court. Issachar Snell, M.D. to me well known
a credible with to & highly reputable in his proper and
he made oath to the truth of the within affidavit by him
Subscribed     Nathan Weston Jus
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[appears left side of page]
Adin Stanley priv
Capt Bentons Compy
Col. Sherburnes Regt.
Mass. line Rev. War
application for Invalid
Pension.-
Jany 2d 1828

[appears right side of page]
I certify that on the
9th Jany 1827. Adin Stanley
called upon & his own
Rollins & Couch and
Dr Snell deps.o  were
taken & that he
never called on me
again until Jany 2d 1828
when Dr Ellis's dep.o
 was taken in
his case- said Stanley
observed that he
supposed Dr.E. depo
was taken as the
time Dr. Snells was &
did not know otherwise
until he had notices
from the Hon W Sprague
R.C. Vose
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I Adin Stemby of Winthrop in the County of Kennebec & State of
Maine do upon oath declare & say according to the best of
my memory, that in the early part of 1777, enlisted as a Soldier
in the Revolutionary war against the Common Enemy for
18 months in Col. Elliot Rhode Island Regt. of artillery
a part which lay at Bristol in said Rhode Island.  I continued
there until august same year, there I enlisted for the
term of three years in Capt Burtons Company in Col
Sherburns Regt soon after joined the company at Boston
in the autumn- the Company joined the Regt. at Rhode
Island from the time [^] joining the Company I continued with it
doing my duty as a soldier marching from place to place
till the summer 1779 - While lying at Warren in said [illegible] of Rhode Island & in the time of my duty as a Soldier- I
became affected with a sore on my left leg that became
my troublesome, and may it not be said with propriety
that it was in consequence of hardship, fatigues, exposures or
as I never  had any thing of the kind before-- and by the
Surgeon of the Regt or some other quarter- I was directed to
bath my leg in salt water I accordingly did so for a
number of weeks-- I became partially restored-- the winter
following we took winter quarters at Morriston in the State of
Newjersey. Capt J. Trafton commanding our company
at that time, but in the spring of 1780- While at Morriston
our Regt was broken up and I was transferred into Capt
Hunts Company and Col. Henry Jacksons Massachusetts
Regt- which Company and Regt I remained [illegible] august
1780 -- then at Peekskill in the State of New York the
term of my enlistment expired and I received an
honourable discharge. I further depose and say that the
said Complaint on my leg continued to break out 
for more than twenty years growing more and more
troublesome and painful-- but for nearly twenty years
last past there has continually been a sore or sores on
said leg and ankle which has caused me much pain
an distress, with loss of time and expense in 1819 .  I
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now made application for a pension under the ^ act of Congress
March 18, 1818 -- and was placed on the pension Roll
but having made my application partly in conseqence
of said infirmity I did not renew my [illegible word lined through] application
under the law of May 1820, under the apprehension
that I could be placed on the pension roll for the
injury on my said leg as before named by
obtaining the oath of my capt or two of my fellow
soldiers and surgeons certificate of my disability and
made application in January 1821 more than a
year after I was informed that my claim was not
admitted as my Capt was living at the time. I made
application and it should have been the Capt and
not the two soldiers from the same source I received
the impression there was no remedy for me- but
of late have been informed if I have no Capt
the two Soldiers will be admited [sp?] I have now produced
the two witnesses of those who served in the
Company with me-one was part of the time a
missinate [?] with me- I have lived in the now
State of Maine more than forty years and never
made application for a pension except as above
stated-- I now reqest[sp] to be placed on the Pension
Roll of said State of Maine -my Captain Trafter
died in 1821. as I have been informed and I did
know whether he was living or not when I made my
application mentioned above-
         Adin Stanley
Kennebec Ss   On this ninth day of January AD 1827. Personally
appeared Adin Stanley and he made Oath to the truth of the
above declaration by him subscribed
Before me
Nathan Weston Ju-
Just S.J.C.
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I John Couch, of Hallowell, Maine a pensioner under the
laws of Congress, do upon oath declare that I will know
Adin Stanley, named in the annexed declaration I belonged to the same
company with him in the war of the revolution, while
we were stationed at Warren in the State Rhode Island in the
Summer of 1779 I think in the month of August the said
Stanley became afflicted with a lameness in his left leg, which
was occasioned by his exposures and fatigues while he was in
the line of his duty as a soldier - to my knowledge the said
Stanley by the advice of the surgeon of our Regiment frequently
bathed his age in Salt water while we ^ were stationed at Warren
and Bristol in the said State of Rhode Island. I have this day seen
the old wound and sure is his left leg and am satisfied that he has
suffered much in consequence of said injury received at the time and
in the manner before stated.  I am now upwards of sixty six years
of age
    John Couch [signature]
Kennebec Ss Jany 9. 1827. Personally appeared John Couch, above
named & he made oath to the truth of the above deposition, the
deponent is in my open [illegible] [illegible] Winthrop[?]
Nathan Weston
   [illegible] J.C.

I John Rollins aged seventy years of Augusta Maine a pensioner
under the laws of Congress do upon Oath declare that I well
know Adin Stanley now of Winthrop Maine, a solder in the war
of the Revolution, I belonged to the same company and Regiment
& was part of the time his messmate -to my knowledge the said
Adin Stanley while in the service of the United States in the line of
his duty while in were living in the company under the command
of Capt Trafton in consequence of fatigues and exposures the said
Stanley became afflicted with a severe lameness in his left leg, which caused him pain & lameness and he by the advice of our surgeon frequently
bathed his leg in salt water while we were stationed at Warren
Rhode Island.  I further certify that I have this day seen & examined
the old sore in his left leg and ^ am fully satisfied that he has suffered much in consequence of said injury which was to my knowledge received
at the time and in the manner before stated-
John Rollins [signature]
Kennebec Ss Jany 9. 1827  Personally appeared John Rollins above
have the make oath to the truth of the above deposition by him
Signed, the said deponent being in my opinion a credible witness
Nathan Weston   Ju-
Just  S.J.C.
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Kennebec Ss
I the subscriber clerk of the Judicial Courts
within & for the County of Kennebec, do hereby
certify that the Hon. Nathan Weston Just
before whom the annexed & within proceedings
was at that time and now is a Justice of
the Supreme Judicial Court of said State of
Maine. In testimony whereof I subscribe
my name & affix the county seal of said
Supreme Judicial Court this from
day of January AD 1828
R. C. Vose, Clerk
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Adin Stanley, Winthrop
Pr. Col H. Jackson
Mass. Reg.
1777 to 1780
-
Admitted
Oct 1. 1818
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Adin Stanley
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, SS.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County
of Kennebec, hereby certifies that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire,
before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of
Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Countice
of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have
fixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he
presides.
his
.
in testimony whereof, I have made in my
Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this nineteenth
day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand
eight hundred and eighteen
John Day
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[ seal affixed top left of page]
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the
Department of War of the United States.

I the subscriber, being Chief Justice
of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas
for the second castion circuit of
Massachusetts, embracing the counties of
Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby
certify to your Honor that Adin Stanley, a citizen of the United States
, now resident in Winthrop, in said County of Kennebec
in the District of Maine, on the first day of October A.D
[illegible] made application to me to receive his declaration
under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his
power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the
proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might
be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably
to the provisions of an act, entitled "an act to provide
for certain persons engaged in the land and naval
service of the United States in the revolutionary war",
passed March. 18. A.D. 1818, which declaration, and
the other evidence produced by the said applicant is
hereto annexed
And I do further certify to your Honor, that
after a full examination of the said applicant, and a
careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it
appears to me that the said applicant did serve
as a private soldier, in the war of the revolution
against the common enemy, upon the continental
establishment, for more than nine months, as stated
in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his
reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of
his country for support.
 In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court
in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed,
this sixth day of October, A.D. 1818
Nathan Weston Jun  C. Just
C.C. C, Pleas 2d E. Circuit ┃
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these
further proof or explanation.
1. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Odin Stanley
which require
II. Did the declarant make the
ion in the county where he resides?
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?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
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 amout of pension
he is entitled? No
-
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832?
VII. Has the Court given their opinion? -- No. The Judge has
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
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?
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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? None
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? No
-
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? None
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under
his seal of office?
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?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered?
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 recolelection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: Foryear
-
months and --- days, I served as a -. For - months
and days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension."
-
One
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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.
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 be 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 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.
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Adin Stanley
8.019.
$80.00
Payments to be made
at Portland
by Pres' W.S. Br Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners,
in the Agency of Maine

[following words written vertically]
Certificate [illegible] was in [illegible]of this for 100 //-22 Jul'33

Recorded by E D Bullock
Clerk, in Book D Vol. 11
page 90~
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.

I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States,
of the 7th June, 1832, Adin Stanley
of the State of Maine
who was a Private in the Army of the
Revolution
is entitled to receive Eighty---
dollars and
---
cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing
on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the
4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this
12th day of March
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
Lew Cass
Secretary of War.
[ seal affixed lower left of page]
Exam[?[ed}
Counters[?] ed}
JL Edwards
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18610
INVALID.
---
 File No.   18,610
Adin Stanley
[illegible] Rev War
---
Act: June 7" 82
Index:-- Vol. 1, Page 363
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[ the following at right of page]
1912 Aug. 7 Hist. to
Herbert M. Seaver V.L.U.
Letter in S.F. 19189  Benj, E. 
Ayes.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
 ______________________________________
SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT, Novr 9th 1818
BY THIS I CERTIFY, That it appears by public official documents
remaining in this Department that Aden Standley
served as a Soldier in Capt. [blank] Company, and
Col. Sherburne's Regiment (being one of the Regiments in the Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment,) in
the American Army in the War of the Revolution, from Augt. 2d 1777 to Decr 31st 1779, being two
years and four months 29 days & was then
transfer'd to Col. Jackson's Regt &
Capt Hunts Compy, a served till Augt. 1780
Alden Bradford  [signature]
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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Adm &
2 years of
$100
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I Oliver Pullen of Palermo in the County of Waldo &
State of Maine,
a pensioner of the Maine's Roll,
upon oath testify & say that in February 1777 I enlisted
in Capt. Elliott's company of artillery in Col. Elliot's regiment of the Rhode Island troops; that I served
at Bristol, Rhode Island, at least six months but I think seven months, & then by permission of my
officers enlisted for three years in Capt. Burton's company in Col. Sherburne's regiment of the New Hampshire line. I further certify that I am well
acquainted with Adin Stanley now of Winthrop, Maine, that he enlisted into Capt. Elliot's company in Col. Elliott's regiment in February 1777 at the same
time that I did as I have above stated
I continued to serve in that company at Bristol until he enlisted at the same time I did &
by the same permission as I have stated
into Capt. Burton's company in Col.
Sherburne's regiment. 
Oliver Pullen [signature]
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State of Maine
Kennebec, Ss:
   Be it known that as this 13th day of March 1833, personally appeared before me the subscriber as Notary Publick for said county.
Olliver Pullen within named, being a crdible witness, & made oath to the truth of the within deposition by him subscribed.
Witness my hand & seal of office the day & year aforesaid.
Wm. Woart. J. Not. Pub.
[seal affixed bottom left]
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3-871
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RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
__________
Briefed by [blank]
Claim No. [blank]
Sur File [ word "certificate" lined through] No. 18.610
Claimant [blank]
Soldier Adin Stanley
Service Rev. War
Additional Service [blank]
No [blank]claim, State records [blank] ,190[blank]
No claim, combination records[blank] ,190[blank]
REMARKS:
No rej. claim as above
 [illegible]
Apri.4/10
Chief Division
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Maine
8019
-
Adin Stanley
of Winthrop in the State of Me
who was a Pri
in the Com commanded 
by Captain Elliot of the Regt commanded by
Sherburne in the [word "Massa" lined through] line for 
3 years
R.I. and Continental.
______________

Inscribed on the roll of Maine
the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents  per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
______________
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of March 1833 and sent to R. C. Vose
Augusta Me
____________
Arrears to the 4th of March 33 $160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 33  $40.00
$200.00
____________
{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by E D Bullock Clerk
Book D Vol 11 Page 790
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Respecting Stanley's ap. for Invalid
pension, see letter to Hon. P. Sprague
H.R. Feb 4. 1828.
[ the above appears on upper left of page]


6295
Maine
[double line]-------
Adin Stanley
private,
R.I. and Continental
[words"Massachusetts line" lined through] 3 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
[double line]-----
Inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine
at the rate of -8- Dollars per month, to commence on
the 18 of October 1818
[double line]-----
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st[?] of Faby 1847
and [illegible]
R.C. Vose.
[double line]---
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 5mon.  4/31 - 41.03
[words "Semi-anl. all'es ending" lined through]
$41.03
{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}
Winthrop,