Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4,268, Joseph Bowen, Continental Privateer R.I.
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(8-1776)

SERVICE
Continental
Privateer
R.I.

Bowen, Joseph

NUMBER
S.4,268

carded
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1132.
Rhode Island
Joseph Bowen
of Providence in the State of RI
who was a surgeons mate (?) in the Privateer Vengeance commanded
by Captain Colyer in the Service
of the State of Rhode I
line for 18 mos. 13 [illegible] 1778

Contl R.I. am Privateer. . Records o.k. Mar. sq'ent A (?)
Inscribed on the Roll of Pro.
at the rate of 368 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21h (?) day of October
1832 and sent to Joseph Bowen Gloucester RI

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $552.99
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 184.33
$737.32 [underlined, sum]

{ Revolutionary Claim }
{ Act June 7, 1832 }

Recorded by J H h (?) Blair Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1st Page 104.

[Opposing Page]
See letter no March
1833 to SG Aterrle (?)
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Warrants & discharge
[illegible] attached removed for safekeeping [illegible] A+e (?)

[Arrow pointing from below text to above]

"C" cannot be found
AiD (?) Mar 26 1927
"A" "B" & "D" found & put in claims
but see Bureau letter
(copy of) Mar 20 1833
saying documents returned
to heirs.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7 1832
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantation
County of Providence Pr. 3
On this eleventh day of July 1832 personally appeared before me Ira P Evans a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County the same being a court of record in said state Joseph Bowen a resident of Glocester in this County and State aforesaid aged seventy-five 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 the act of Congress passed June 7 1832.
That he was born in Providence R.I. on the 17th day of January 1757. That then was a record of his age a family bible which is lost. That he lived in said Providence when he was called into service as is herein after stated. That since the revolution he has lived in [illegible] Providence & in Glocester in said state. & That he now resides in said Glocester. He further states that he first entered the service of the United States as Surgeons mate sometime in ["the" is crossed out] 1778. That he was attached to the Rhode Island State military hospital at Providence under Doctor Jon Arnold Physician General of said State. That he lived in Sa. Capacity during Gen. Spencer & Gen. Sullivans expeditions to Rhode Island. During said last expedition he this declarant was stationed upon the island of Pawpawsquash opposite Bristol in said state to which place the wounded were sent after the Battle of August 1778. From this place the wounded were carried to the Hospital in Providence, which was in the College. This declarant further states that he has lost or mislaid his warrant of his appointment as aforesaid & knows of no person now living by whom the same can be proved.
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He further states that on the first day of May 1779, he left the service of the State of Rhode Island and received an appointment under the United States as will appear by the annexed warrant marked A. That he continued in said service until May 13" 1780 when he was honorably discharged therefrom as will appear by the annexed certificates marked B & C. That he again entered the service of the said State of Rhode Island as a mate on the 3d day of August 1780 as will appear by the warrant annexed marked D. That he continued in said service in the share of six or eight months. That shortly after he left said service he entered as Surgeon onboard the privateer Vengeance Capt. Colyer which sailed from Newbury port Mass. That the privateer was captured 5 days out by ["the" crossed out] His B. M. Ships Lyon & Orpheus on the 24" of March 1782. That he was carried into New York & confined as a prisoner on board the Jersey prison ship until about the 20th day of June 1782 when he went with others with a petition writing to Gen. Washington, ["that" crossed out] at Newburgh & that he was on his return [illegible] & returned home on his parole. He further states that he had for a number of years a parol license & other papers by which he could have proved the above facts, but he is not now able to find them. He also states that he knows of no person now living by whom the same can be proved. This declarant [illegible, possibly "would refer"] to Jesse Armstrong Ira P Evans [illegible] Evans Job Armstrong & indeed the citizens of the town of Glocester generally for his general standing & character (as he the declarant has been town clerk of said ["town clerk of [illegible]" crossed out] town for twenty-seven years
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He further states that on the first day of May 1779, he left the service of the State of Rhode Island and received an appointment under the United States as will appear by the annexed warrant marked A. That he continued in said service until May 13" 1780 when he was honorably discharged therefrom as will appear by the annexed certificates marked B & C. That he again entered the service of the said State of Rhode Island as a mate on the 3d day of August 1780 as will appear by the warrant annexed marked D. That he continued in said service in the share of six or eight months. That shortly after he left said service he entered as Surgeon onboard the privateer Vengeance Capt. Colyer which sailed from Newbury port Mass. That the privateer was captured 5 days out by ["the" crossed out] His B. M. Ships Lyon & Orpheus on the 24" of March 1782. That he was carried into New York & confined as a prisoner on board the Jersey prison ship until about the 20th day of June 1782 when he went with others with a petition writing to Gen. Washington, ["that" crossed out] at Newburgh & that he was on his return [illegible] & returned home on his parole. He further states that he had for a number of years a parol license & other papers by which he could have proved the above facts, but he is not now able to find them. He also states that he knows of no person now living by whom the same can be proved. This declarant [illegible, possibly "would refer"] to Jesse Armstrong Ira P Evans [illegible] Evans Job Armstrong & indeed the citizens of the town of Glocester generally for his general standing & character (as he the declarant has been town clerk of said ["town clerk of [illegible]" crossed out] town for twenty-seven years
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
[Signature] J Bowen

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid at said Glocester before me
[Signature] Ira P Evans Justice C. C. Pleas

We Amasa Eddy Jr. and Lawton Owen both residing in said Glocester hereby certify that we are both acquainted with [illegible, possibly "Port."] Joseph Bowen who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 75 years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have served in the revolutionary war ["is" crossed out] as a Surgeon & that we concur in that opinion
[Signatures] Amasa Eddy Jr.
Lawton Owen

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me
[Signature] Ira P Evans Justice C. C. Pleas

And I the said Ira P Evans Justice of the Court of Common Pleas as aforesaid 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 officer & served as he states. And I do further certify that by reason of sickness & bodily infirmity the said applicant is unable to attend the sitting of the court. And I do further certify that Amasa Eddy Jr. & Lawton Owen who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the town of Glocester as aforesaid & that they are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit & that there is no Clergyman residing in the neighborhood of said applicant In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at said Glocester in this eleventh day of July 1832
[Signature] Ira P. Evans Justice C. C. Pleas
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[crossed out]State[/crossed out] of Rhode Island & Providence of Clerk's Office of Court of Common
Pleas county of Providence July 14. 1832

I William R. Watson, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the county of Providence in the State of Rhode  Island do hereby certify that Ira P. Evans, whose name is subscribed to the within document is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas afore this ^a court of Record; - that his signature within, is in the proper had writing of said Evans, and that full faith and credit are due to the official attestations of ^said Ira P. Evans -
In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said court this 14th day of July 1832
Wm R. Watson
[seal: round ink smudge]
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2951
[Fr?] Joseph Bowen
R.I.
Surgeon's Mate

W.C.E.
18 months & 13 days
Advd
JLE
$368.66

Claimant

Glocester
R.I.
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2951
Brief in the case of Joseph Bowen of Glocester ["of" crossed out] Providence by in the State of Rhode Island
(Act 7 June, 1832)

[Typed]
1. Was the declaaration made by a Court or a Judge?
[Handwritten]
a Judge

[Typed]
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
[Handwritten]
By reason of sickness & bodily infirmity, not able to attend the sitting of the court

[Typed]
3. How old is he?
[Handwritten]
75

[Typed]
State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
[Handwritten]
In 1778 sometime in the year till the 1st May 1779 - 1779 1st May till 1st May 80 - 1780 3d August - Six or 8 months shortly after (19 March 1782)

[Typed]
Duration of Service
Years, Months, Days
[Handwritten]
1 - - - - 13
- 6 or 8 -
- * -

[Typed]
Rank.
As a
[Handwritten]
Surgeon's mate
Apothecary's mate
Mate in the Gen. Hospital
Surgeon

[Typed]
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served
Gen.
[Handwritten]
{ Attached to the R. Island State
{ Military Hospital at Providence
{ under [underlined] Dr Jonathan Arnold
{ Physician Genl. [/underlined]
In the service of the U. S.
of the State of Rhode Island
* Onboard Privateer Vengeance; Capt Colyer

[Typed]
5. In what battles was he engaged?
[Handwritten]
None mentioned

[Typed]
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
[Handwritten]
Providence

[Typed]
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
[Handwritten]
Tradition - By [underlined] Documents [/underlined] See A. B. C. & D. - By no living witness

[Typed]
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
[Handwritten]
No clergyman's certificate

[Typed]
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
[Handwritten]
H.C. Easton
[Typed]
Examining Clerk.

[Handwritten]
* This vessel was captured 5 days out from Newbury [illegible] on the 24 March 1782, by the British ships Lyon & Orpheus - he was [illegible] unto New York & confined as a prisoner onboard the Jersey Prison Ship till about 20 June 1782
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[Typed]
April 9, 1931

Colonel John D Long
Garden Apartments
Stony Run Lane
Baltimore, Maryland

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MCS:MLB ["Our" (?) handwritten]

Dear Sir:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, [underlined] S. 4268 [/underlined], that [underlined] Joseph Bowen [/underlined] was born January 17, 1757, in Providence, Rhode Island.

While a resident of Providence, Rhode Island, he entered the service in 1778 as Surgeon's Mate and was attached to the Rhode Island State Military Hospital at Providence under Dr. Jonathan Arnold who was Physician General of said state. On May 1, 1779, he was appointed Apothecary's Mate to the United States Military Hospital of the Eastern Department and was discharged from the General Hospital at Providence May 13, 1780, by P. Turner, Surgeon General. On August 3, 1780, he was appointed Mate in the General Hospital of Rhode Island and served six or eight months. Shortly afterward he entered the service as surgeon on board the privateer, "Vengeance", Captain Collyer, which sailed from Newburyport, Massachusetts. Said privateer was captured March 24, 1782, by the British ships, Lyon and Orpheus, and he was carried to New York and confined on the Jersey Prison Ship until about June 20, 1782, when he went to Newburgh with a petition to General Washington for relief and on his return he was liberated and he returned home on parole.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 11, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island.

He died, August 12, 1832.

There are no data on file relative to his family.
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[Typed]
The above noted is the history of the only soldier named Joseph Bowen who served with the Rhode Island troops that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.

Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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Providence May 1, 1780
&
Rec of Doctor Joseph Bowen his Books & Vouchers Containing
the Quantity of Medicine & Recd & delivered for use of the
Hospital & Regiment at this post, from May 15 tate1779 to May
10, 1780
Isaac Foster
D. D. J.E.D.
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Joseph Bowen
R.I.
S.P. 4268
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State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
This certifies whom it concerns that, Doct Joseph
Bowen, is appointed, a Mate in the General
Hospital of said State,
August 3rd 1780.
John Arnold DLS Genl
Isaac Tenter (?) & [illegible]
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Providence
October 8(?) 1779
I do approve the within [illegible]
Isaac Foster
DDGED
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To Doctor Joseph Bowen, Greeting
By virtue of the Authority invested
the Genl Officers of the Military Hospital
eastern Department
By the Honble Congress of the
United States of America, I do appoint you
Joseph Bowen Apothecary Mate in said
Hospital under my controul reposing special trust in your skill & Judgment, in the Station to which you are appointed, you are carefully to attend and
Discharge the Duties, & obey all orders from me or
other your superior officers according to the rules &
Discipline of War, all Officers & soldiers in said Hospital are
to treat you as such, for which this is your warrant
Given under my hand & seal this third year
of the Independency of the American States
May 7th 1779
C. Turner Surgn Gen
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Joseph Bowen
R.I.
S 4268
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B
Boston May 13, 1790
Dear Sir
You having diligently and
faithfully discharged your duty as a
Mate in the general Hospital at
Providence
are at your own request
dismissed, and I do hereby most
heartily recommend you as a person
well qualified to serve your country
as a Surgeon either in the land or
Sea Service
a
To Doctor Joseph Bowen
Isaac Foster
D Director Gen EP
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MCS
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
Sent because first letter was not rec'd 
by Mr. Monast as per phone call of Mar 31, 1927
Honorable Louis Monast
House Office Bldg., Room 183
Washington, D.C.
My dear Mr. Monast:
In response to your letter of March 23rd I have the honor to
advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension
claim, S. 4268, it appears that JOSEPH BOWEN was born January 17,
1757, in Providence, Rhode Island.
While a resident of Providence, Rhode Island, he entered the
service in 1778 as Surgeon's Mate and was attached to the Rhode
Island State Military Hospital at Providence under Dr. Jonathan
Arnold who was Physician General of said state. On May 1, 1779, he
was appointed Apothecary's Mate to the United States Military Hospital
of the Eastern Department and was discharged from the General Hospital
at Providence May 13, 1780, by P. Turner, Surgeon General. On August
3, 1780, he was appointed Mate in the General Hospital of Rhode Island
and served six or eight months. Shortly afterward he entered the service
as Surgeon on board the privateer, Vengeance, Captain Collyer, which
sailed from Newburyport, Massachusetts. Said privateer was captured
March 24, 1782, by the British ships, Lyon and Orpheus, and he was
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carried to New York and confined on the Jersey Prison Ship until
about June 20, 1782, when he went to Newburgh with a petition to
General Washington for relief and on his return he was liberated
and he returned home on parole.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 11,
1832, at which time he was a resident of Glocester, Providence
County, Rhode Island.
He died Aug. 12, 1832.
There are no data on file relative to his family.
Very truly yours,
Died Aug. 12, 1832
see agency book
[illegible] 
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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March 25, 1927
Honorable Louis Monast
House of Representatives

My dear Mr. Monast:
In response to your letter of March 23rd I have the honor to
advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension
claim, S. 4268, it appears that JOSEPH BOWEN was born January 17,
1757, in Providence, Rhode Island.
While a resident of Providence, Rhode Island, he entered the
service in 1778 as Surgeon's Mate and was attached to the Rhode
Island State Military Hospital at Providence under Dr. Jonathan
Arnold who was Physician General of said state. On May 1, 1779, he
was appointed Apothecary's Mate to the United States Military Hospital
of the Eastern Department and was discharged from the General Hospital
at Providence May 13, 1780, by P. Turner, Surgeon General. On August
3, 1780, he was appointed Mate in the General Hospital of Rhode Island
and served six or eight months. Shortly afterward he entered as Surgeon
on board the privateer, Vengeance, Captain Collyer, which sailed from
Newburyport, Massachusetts. Said privateer was captured March 22, 1782,
by the British ships, Lyon and Orpheus, and he was carried to New York
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and confined on the Jersey Prison Ship until about June 20, 1782, when he went to Newburgh with a petition to General Washington for
relief and on his return he was liberated and he returned home on parole.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 11, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island.
There are no data on file relative to his family.
Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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Apr 6 1927
Chief Rev War Section

I have this day received from 
Hon. Louis Monast.
cash No._________________
for $1.15 requesting
photostat copy
as per
letter herewith.
1927 Apr 13
photos mailed
& Finance did notf (?)

O. J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Division.
H.C.L.
C6
L 11
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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE.
1-681
PHONE Branch 476
inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No.
14100
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON

CHIEF, Division of Publications.
Room G 137.
[date illegible]
Bureau Ordering [illegible]
Deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE,
EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job Photostat copies of six pages from the [illegible] S4268 Joseph Bowen.
No. of  copies 1 of each page
Shall form be kept standing?__________
days
For further information see
A.E. Wilson Room No. 5033 Phone 541
Approved O.L. Gambon A.E. Wilson
Chief of Branch

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Received
Apr 6 1927
Dept of the Interior

NOTE: No order made ""SPECIAL"" unless statement showing necessity is written
below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering

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April 6, 1927
Sir:
Please furnish certified photostat copies of six pages from the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 4268 of Joseph Bowen
to Honorable Louis Monast,
Room 183, House Office Building
Chief Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

recd payment
$1.15
A E Wilson
Chief Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
from the clerk of above,
who paid in behalf of Mr. C. B. Bowen.
FRANCE VISION

[rectangular stamp at bottom reads:]
Finance Division
Bookkeeping Desk
Apr 6 1927
Bureau of Pensions

See memo as to
certification on
attached letter carbon
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Rev & 1812 Wars
Section.
Room 183
H O B

April 1, 1927
see letter in [illegible]

Honorable Louis Monast,
House of Representatives.
My dear M. Monast:
In response to your telephone request of
this date, stating that Mr. Clovis H. Bowen of 74 Walcott St., Pawtucket, Rhode Island desired photostat copies of the papers
in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.4268 of Doctor Joseph Bowen of Rhode Island, I have the honor to advise you
that they will be furnished him under the provisions of the Act of Congress dated August 24, 1912, at the rate of fifteen
cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra for certification, if that is wished. The number of pages to be copied is six.
The proper amount in payment should be forwarded to this bureau by money order or certified check, if paid for by Mr.
Bowen, or if paid for by you by personal check, drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior, (not to the Commissioner
of Pensions).

Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.

Note [illegible] on copy furnished reads
6 pages from Rev. War pension claim of
Joseph Bowen
Surgeons Mate & Apothecary's Mate
of the Hospital Department
of the
Continental Army, Survivor File 268

15
 6

90
25
1.15
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Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.
March 23, 1927.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:

Tele of 468 MC

Mr. Clovis H. Bowen, 74 Walcott Street, Pawtucket, R.I. has requested me to ascertain the date of birth also place of birth of his grandfather, Dr. Joseph Bowen. It is
necessary for Mr. Bowen to have this information in order to be admitted to the Sons of the Revolution.

Dr. Joseph Bowen was a surgeon in the Revolutionary War
and was captured by a British war vessel and confined on the prison ship JERSEY. He died in Glocester, R. I. in 1832, aged 77 years.

Dr. Bowen was a Revolutionary pensioner, and the date of his birth and place of birth will appear on his application for a pension. Mr. Clovis H. Bowen would appreciate it
greatly if he could have a copy of Dr. Joseph Bowen's pension application.

Trusting you will be able to forward the above information to me at an early date, I am

Very truly yours,
Louis Monash

6 pages

[round stamp below signature reads:]
PENSION
U.S.
Mar 24 1827
OFFICE
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Garden Apartments,
Stony Run Lane,
Baltimore, Md.,
March 10, 1931.

Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:

Will you kindly inform me if the services of the Revolutionary soldiers given below refer to one individual, or to different men by the name of Joseph Bowen? The information requested
is for family record.
From the State Record Commissioner, Providence, R. I.
"Our records show that a Joseph Bowen, born Providence, R. I., Jan. 17, 1758, entered the service as Surgeon's Mate in 1778, and attached to the R. I. State Military Hospital at Providence; in May, 1779, he received a U. S. appointment under the U. S.; honorably discharged May 13, 1780; re - entered the service of the state as Surgeon's Mate, Aug. 3, 1780, continued in service 6 or 8 months; became Surgeon on privateer "Vengeance,"
sailing for Newburyport, captured by British, March 24, 1782, carried to New York and confined as prisoner until June, 1782;
permitted on parole and subsequently released; after service lived in Gloucester; died Aug. 12, 1832, (Declaration on file
at Pension Office, Washington, D.C.).
Our records also show that a Joseph Bowen, date and place of birth not given, served as Sergeant and Ensign, Capt.
Nathaniel Blackmar's Co., Col. Christopher Lippitt's Regt., from
Jan. 25, 1776, to January, 1777. "

If you have any further information on the latter Joseph Bowen, I would appreciate very much to have it; particularly if he were a Rhode Island man, or from New Jersey serving in a
Rhode Island regiment, which was not uncommon; also place and date of birth and death.
Yours very truly,
JOHN D. LONG,
Colonel, Cavalry.

[round stamp to right of signature reads]
Pension
US
Mar 12  1931
Office
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up
1921, Mar. 25 list to
Hon, Louis Monast MCS
1927 Apr. 13. Photos mailed
to Hon Louis Monast AW
1931 Apr 9 list to Col. John D. Long
MCS
and
AW  Mar 26. 1927,
Office Note. In the decease
or documents are referred to
marked A. B. C. & D. I cannot
find but three, (none marked
C) on the back of the declaration
is a lead pencil note
dated Apr. 4, 04 signed W.S.C. (he
was Assistant Chief of Old War & Navy Div.
 Pension Bureau in 1904
Wm S Chamberlin & had charge
of these claims). saying papers removed but I could not find "C" with the locked up papers

Rev War
4268
INVALID

File No. 4268
Joseph Bowen
Surgeon R.I. line

Act: Act: June 7 132
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 37
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Contl R.I. and Privateer Records corrected
Everything searched but here is a letter

From bureau re claim dated Mar. 20 1833
saying documents returned to heirs
perhaps C was sent AW
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S G Alwell
Gloucester
RI
March 20. 1833
OC
Recorded Vol. 8
Page 370,
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War Department
Pension Office
March 20, 1833
Sir
I herewith return the documents
in the case of the heirs of Dr Joseph
Bowen deceased, and have to state that the
name of Dr Bowen was inscribed in the
pension list on the 27 October last,
and a certificate was on that day sent
to him at Gloucester R. I. On application to the Pension Agent at Providence the amount due the said week up to the time of his death
will be paid to the person legally
authorised to receive the same on the production of the proper vouchers

S. G. Atwell Esq
Gloucester
RI
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No 2.951

Application for pension
of Joseph Bowen

July 20 1832

Pension Office

R.I.
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To the Hon. Lewis Cass Secretary of War USA
Respectfully represents Joseph Bowen of Gloucester in the county of Providence State of Rhode Island that he was an officer                      in the army of the revolution as will more fully appear by the annexed? application & documents. We therefore request that a pension may be granted to him in conformity with the permission of an Act of the Congress of the United States of America passed June 7, 1832 entitled An Act supplementary to our Act for the relief of certain Surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution and as in duty bound with even(?) pray (?)
Joseph Bowen
by his Atty 
Samuel G Atwell