Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14929, Nathaniel Atkinson, Mass. N.H.
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SERVICE  Mass  N.H.

Atkinson, Nathaniel 

NUMBER   S .14929

carded

CONTENTS
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5829.
New Hampshire
Nathaniel Atkinson
of Merrimack in the State of N H who was a Corpl in the company commanded by Captain [blank]  of the Reg commanded by Col Stark in the NH* line for 8 Mo Corpl   4 [mo] P [private]
N. H. and *Mass
Records completed January 21/07  fs

Inscribed on the Roll of NH at the rate of 41 Dollars 65 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of Feby 1833 and sent Hon J M Harper H of Reps

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 -  -  -  -  -  $62.47
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 - 20.82
[total] $83.29

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by J H McBlair Clerk 
Book D. Vol. 1st Page 139.
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Payment suspended
[?] J Waldron agent  [7?] Jany 35
[?] let J. M. Harper
7 Jany 1835
let Claimant 11 Feb 1835
[service?] 30 day
Same  - 29 Sep
same  26 Ap 1836
┃ June 26. 1836
Order to pay Jany 2. 1838.
Let to Hon Danl. Webster, Jany 2, 1838.
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12,417

Vol. 21.139 - a private
for 3 mo. 28 days

J M Harper
H R
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A. [illegible]
8 mo
E. Adams
4 mo
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12, 417
Nathl Atkinson

Corporal 8 months
Private  4 [months]
[total months]  12

Adm

$41.65


J M Harper
H R
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Abraham [Fiferd?]
for
N. Atkinson
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Enoch Adams for
Nathl. Atkinson
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Washington City Jany 5th 1835

John T. Edwards Esqr
Com. Pensions

Sir
Enclosed is an application of Nathaniel Atkinson of Boscawen New Hampshire.  He is a pensioner under the act of 1832. He wants additional pay, as you will see by his statement.
Will you have the goodness to examine, and send me the result.
Yours with great respect
J. M. Harper
By
Son [signed] C. A. Harper
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[Mr Allentran?]
Mr Ela
February 9, 1835
Pension Office

Boscanwen NH
Feby 4th 1835.

Free

Honbl. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington D.C.


Atkinson -- 
Pension
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I certify that the within John Townsend is a
Justice of the Peace within and for the County
of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire,
duly commissioned.
[signed] Isaac Hall
Pension Agent


Merrimack. ss
Feb. 13 1838.
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Feb 19
Mr Evans

James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington

[stamp]  
CONCORD N.H.
[illegible] 14
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War Department
Pension Office
7th Feby 1838.
Sir
Agreeably to your request of the 30th [?]  I herewith enclose the regulations and forms relating to duplicate Certificates.
I am Sir
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
[signed] J L. Edwards

Mr Nathaniel Atkinson
U.S. Pensioner
Boscawen
New Hampshire
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Concord, NH.  March 8, 1838.
Pension Agency
J.L. Edwards Esq
Dear Sir,
Agreeably to your directions I have this day paid Nathaniel Atkinson who was suspended by letter of the January 1834, restored by your letter of January 10, 1838, $145.77, being pay for three years and six months from Sept 4, 1834 to March 4, 1838.
Please return with your approbation, if right.
I am, respectfully, Sir,
Your obedient servant
[signed] Isaac Hill
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12,417
Nathl Atkinson



J M Harper
H R
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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 Nathl. Atkinson, 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? Yes

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 one 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? No

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's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes 
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of witness or witnesses? yes 
Has the proper officer certified to the character and signature of the magistrate as regulations direct? Yes

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in 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? Yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes

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 _______, For _____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 each 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 services 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 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 paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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. 
  [hand symbol pointing ] 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 the papers.