Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23785, for Daniel Mathewson, Rhode Island
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And further this deponent saith that he was
at Providence aforesaid frequently during the
Winter in the year 1777 and saw the said
Daniel Mathewson then at Providence aforesaid
a number of times and he was in the service
of the United States as a Lieutenant and
has no doubt that he served that winter
twenty days - This Deponent saith that he is
of opinion that the said Daniel Mathewson served principally under Colonel Sailes and Major
Mathewson Fisk - That the said Daniel Mason lived in Gloucester aforesaid at the time of his said services. That this Deponent in the year 1778 moved to the State of Massachusetts and when living there he often heard that the said
Daniel Mathewson was an officer in the army
of the Revolution and had not at that time
or now any doubt of his being an officer in
the Revolution as reported but does not know
how long he served--

And further this Deponent saith not.
Sworn to and subscribed this
15th day of September 1832
before me
Harry Putnam J.Peace    Sylvanus Mathewson
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No 3-
By
his Excellency William Greene Esquire,
Governor, Captain-General, and
and over the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Daniel Mathewson Gentleman, Greeting,
Tou, Daniel Mathewson, being by the General Assembly of this State
elected and chosen to the Place and Office of Lieutenant of the Second Company
or Trained Band of the Town of Gloucester in the County of Providence 
in the State aforesaid, are hereby, in the name of the Governor and Company of the said State, authorized, empowered, and commissioned, to exercise the Office of Lieutenant of and over the Company 
aforesaid: And to command, guide and conduct the same, of any Part thereof: And in Case of an
Invasion or Assault of a common Enemy to infest or disturb this Plantation, you are to alarm and gather together
the Company under your Command, or such part thereof as you shall deem sufficient, and therewith, to the utmost
of your Skill and Ability, you are to resist, expel, kill and destroy the same, in order to preserve the Interest
of the good People in these Parts. You are also to follow such Instructions, Directions and Orders, as shall
from Time to Time be further given forth, either by the General Assembly, the Governor and General Council, or other your superior Officers. And for your so doing, this Commission shall be your sufficient Warrant
and Discharge.
 
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal of the said State, the Eleventh Day of May in the Year of our Lord One Thousand
Seven Hundred and Seventy-eight.
By his Excellency's Command,
Henry Ward Secry.
W. Greene
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By the Honorable Nicholas Cooke, Esquire
Governor, Captain General, and Commander in Chief, of
and over the English Colony of Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations in New England, in America.
Daniel Mathewson Gent. Greeting:
You, Daniel Mathewson being, by the General Assembly of this Colony
elected and chosen to the Place and Office of Ensign of the Second
Company or Trained Band of the Town of Gloucester in the County
of Providence-in the Colony aforesaid, are hereby, in the name
the GOVERNOR and COMPANY of the said Colony, authorized, empowered, and commissioned, to exert
the Office of Ensign
of and over the Company aforesaid; and to command, guide and conduct the same, or any part thereof: And in case of an Invasion or Assault of a
mon Enemy to infest or disturb this Plantation, you are to alarm and gather together the Company under
your Command, or such part thereof as you shall deem sufficient, and therewith, to the utmost of your
Skill and Ability, you are to resist, expel, kill, and destroy the same, in order to preserve the Interest of
the good People in these Parts. You are also to follow such Instructions, Directions and Orders, as shall
from Time to Time, be further given forth, either by the General Assembly, the Governor and General
Council, or other your superior Officers. And for your so doing, this Commission shall be your sufficient
Warrant and Discharge.
GIVEN under my Hand, and Seal of the said Colony the Sixth Day of May
in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seven six
By His Honor's Command,
Henry Ward Secy.
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By the Honorable the General Assembly of the English Colony
of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England, in America.
To Daniel Matthewson Gent. Greeting.

You Daniel Matthewson being by the General Assembly aforesaid, elected and chosen 
to the Place and Office of Ensign of the Second Company or Trained Band of the Town of His Majesty George the Third by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, and so forth, authorized, empowered and commissioned, to exercise the Office of Ensign of and over the Company  aforesaid;  and to command, guide and conduct the same, or any Part thereof. And in case of an Invasion or Assault of
common Enemy, to infest or disturb this His Majesty's Plantation, you are to alarm and gather together the Company under
your Command, or such part thereof as you shall deem sufficient, and therewith, to the utmost of your Skill and Ability, you
are to resist, expel, kill, and destroy them, in order to preserve the Interest of His Majesty and His good Subjects in these Parts.
You are also to follow such Instructions, Directions and Orders, as shall, from Time to Time, be further given forth, either by
the General Assembly, the Governor and General Council, or other your superior Officers. And for your so doing, this Commission shall be your sufficient Warrant and Discharge.

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By virtue of an Act of the said GENERAL ASSEMBLY, I Henry Ward Secy. Secretary of the said Colony, 
have hereunto set my Hand, and the public seal of the said Colony this Nineteenth day of June
A.D. 1775, and in the Fifteenth Year of His said Majesty's reign. 
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Henry Ward