Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 5841, John Blasdel, N. H.
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Service-New Hampshire
Blasdel, John or Blasdell
W5481
B.L.Wt. 12725-160-55
Laney
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11. 420
Pennsylvania
John J. Blasdell
of Susquehanna in the State of Pennsylvania
who was a private in the regiment commanded
by Colonel Bartlett in the New Hampshire
Militia
10 Months 22 days Private. 35. 74
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 35 Dollars 74 Cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of May 1833
and Sent to A. S. Dimmick, Montrose Pennsylvania
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 - 71.48
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 September 17.87
$89.35
⎨ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
J. T. Sprague Clerk
Book E
Volume 5
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D. 456
Increase
Laney Blasdell
widow of
xNew Hampshire John Blaisdell [sic]
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence of
the 27. July 1868 made since
Certificate of Pension issued
the 10th day of Nov 1868 and resent 
Nov 16/68 [November 16, 1868]
to L. F. Fitch
Montrose, Pennsylvania
Record on Roll of Pensioners under 
act February 3, 1858, Page 156, Volume H. June 27/68 [June 27, 1868]
J.W. Smith
Sent
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[two columns]
[left column]
39623
Act March 3/58 [March 3, 1855]
April 3/35 [April 3, 1855]
Sarrey
Laney Blasdell widow of
John Blasdell, Private
New Hampshire TRoops
Revolutionary War
Husband and wife both pensioned
February 53-2458
160 Acres December 10/55 [December 10, 1855]
B.G. [illegible] 
Private August 27
L.F. Fitch Montrose Pennsylvania
Number 12725 css December 14/55 [1855]

[right column]

[illegible] to L.F. Fitch August 12/55 [1855]
Letter ditto ditto September 15/55 [1855] 
Ditto ditto ditto Nov. 10/55 [1855]
Vol. B1_160.
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John Blasdell
Pension Application
16654
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County ss
On this tenth day of September AD 1832 personally appeared
in open Court before William Thomson and Davis Dimock esquires, associate Judges of the Court of Common pleas of Susquehanna County now sitting, John Blasdell, a resident of the
township of Rush in the County of Susquehanna and State of
Pennsylvania, aged sixty seven 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 act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832-
that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and service as herein stated
He volunteered in the Militia for three months at Hopkinton
Hillsborough County and State of New Hampshire about the date
of July 1780, in a company, under Ebenezer Webster, Marched directly by the way of Worster Cloverick and Fishkill to West Point.
was then transferred to a company commanded by Captain Henry Butler, Colonel Bartletts regiment, the Adjutant of the Regiment was Gardner, that
that he remained in Captain Butlers company four or five
weeks and was then detached with others and employed in taking Batteaus down the river to Kings ferry near Stoney Point, and remained there until the term of his service expired, was then ordered back to West point and was there discharged the latter part of October of the same year and returned home.
that he again entered the service of the United States, as a
volunteer in the New Hampshire Militia at Hopkinton aforesaid
the fore part of April 1781, and marched to Portsmouth New
Hampshire and joined a company commanded by Captain Ebenezar Dearing and remained in the service at Portsmouth until some time in November of the same year, was then dismissed by his Captain and returned home, at that time he was
Not attached to any Regiment and was in no Battle during the time.
He further states, that in case his name is found upon the muster
rolls of his company, it will be, "John Blasdell Junior”
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
the day and year first aforesaid
John Blasdel
Asa Dimock [illegible] prothonotary
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that
above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier
and served as he states-
By the Court
Asa Dimock [illegible] prothonotary
State of Pennsylvania,
Susquehanna County ss
I Asa Demock [illegible]  Prothonotary
of the Court of Common pleas of said County,
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains
the Original proceedings of the said Court
in the matter of the application of John
Blasdell for a pension
In Testimony whereof
unto set my hand and seal of office at Montrose the tenth 
day of September .D. 1832
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County ⎬SS
On this first day of July
A.D. one thousand eight hundred
and fifty three personally appeared before me 
a Justice of the Peace within and for
the County and state aforesaid Laney
Blasdell aged sixty one years and eleven
months a resident of Jessup township
in said County and state of Pennsylvania
who being duly sworn according to law
declares, that she is the widow of John
Blasdell deceased who was a soldier in
the Revolutionary war, and a pensioner
of the United States receiving there
from the annual pension of thirty five
dollars and seventy four cents ($35.74)
That the length of service; which her said
husband performed of the officers under
whom he served she does not now recollect
but that all of these things were proven before
her certificate of
Pension was granted, which
proof is now on file in the deportment at
Washington and to which she would
most respectfully refer- That the certificate of Pension which was issued to her said husband John Blasdell, was after
his death forwarded to Washington or Philadelphia and surrendered to the Department for the purpose of obtaining the arrearages due thereon from the time of the last payment
which was made, to the time of his death
which said arrearages were paid and received
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That her said husband drew his annual
pension from the agent for paying pensions for the State of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia by power of attorney duly
executed etc.
That this is all the information relative to said service or the payment of Pension to her said husband that she can
now give.
She further states that she was married to
the said John Blasdell on or about the
Twenty third day of January A.D. one thousand
eight hundred and twenty
by one Seth
Taylor a Justice of the Peace
and that her name before her said marriage
was Laney Baldwin; that her said
husband died at Jessup Susquehanna County
Pennsylvania on the 8th day of November A D one thousand eight hundred and forty eight- and that she is still a
widow. That my said husband for some
five years before his death was confined for
a large portion of the time to his house, and
mostly to his bed, and that hereby and
for other causes she is in very reduced circumstances
and in much need of her
country’s assistance-That there is no
public or private record of the day of
their marriage or of his death that
she knows of, except the record upon his
tombstone
she makes this application for the purpose of obtaining the pension to which
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she may be entitled under the act
granting pensions to widows etc. passed
February 3d 1853.
Laney Blasdell
Sworn to and subscribed before me the
day and year above written-And I
hereby certify that I was acquainted with
the said John Blasdell deceased
for some ten years and upwards before his
death, that he was reputed in the neighborhood
a revolutionary soldier, and that his
papers for drawing his pension during his
life time were executed before me as a
Justice of the Peace - That the said Laney
Blasdell during the life of the said John
Bearded lived with him as his wife
and was always so reputed and believed
by the neighbors. That she is still unmarried and the widow of said John Blasdell
and I believe of the age above stated by her
Joseph W. Smith scilecit
Justice of the peace

State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County. ss
On this 18th day of August A D one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally in open Court, before the Court of Common
and for said County and State Lancey Blasdell
who being duly sworn according to law doth say 
that she is the identical Lancey Blasdell who
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subscribed and made oath to the foregoing
declaration and statement before Joseph W Smith
Esquire a Justice of the Peace, on the first day of July
A.D. 1853, and that all the facts set forth in the
foregoing declaration and statement are just and
true to the best of his knowledge and belief.
Laney Blasdell
Attest
F A.Ward,
L.F. Fitch
Sworn to and subscribed before said Court on this 18th day of August AD 1853
Attest
F. A. Ward, Clerk
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County
On the twenty fifth of July
AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty three before me
a Justice of the peace in aforesaid County personally
came Seth Taylor aged seventy one years a resident
of
said township in said county who being
duly sworn according to law doth say that on the
twenty third of January in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred twenty he was an acting
Justice of the peace in and for the County of Susquehanna
duly commissioned as such according to law and legally
empowered under the laws of this Commonwealth to
join in lawful wedlock parties applying to him to be
Married. That on the twenty third day of January
AD Eighteen hundred and twenty aforesaid there came before
me John Blasdell, Nancy Baldwin and Laney Blasdell
then Laney Baldwin and were to by me Married and
united in lawful wedlock - As appears from his record
That he well recollect the event and the parties
and has known them as living together as man and
Wife since that time until the decease of the said
John Blasdell - That he has no interest on the part of
the said Laney Blasdell in her application for pension
Seth Taylor
Sworn to and subscribed before me the
day and year first above written and
I
hereby certify
that the said Seth Taylor is a
credible witness
Chester Wright Justice of the peace
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County SS.
On this Twenty Sixth day of July
AD One Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty three, before me
a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally came William G. Handrick aged sixty eight years a resident of Middletown Township in said County before me who being duly sworn according to Law doth say that he was present at the time and place within mentioned by the within named Seth Taylor at the Marriage of the said John Blasdell and Laney Blasdell then Laney Baldwin and saw them married to each other by the said Seth Taylor then an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Susquehanna that he has known them living together as man and wife since that untill [sic] the
death of the said John Blasdell something over four
years since - and that he believes and has no doubt that the said
Laney Blasdell is the Widow of the said John Blasdell and still
unmarried
William G. Handrick
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written and I hereby certify that the said William G. Handrick is a credible Witness
F. P. Hollister Justice of the Peace
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Number 39623
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Susquehanna ss
On this 28th day of March
AD 1833, before me a Justice of the Peace within
and for the State and County aforesaid personally
Appeared Laney Blasdell aged sixty
three years a resident of Jessup township in
the State of Pennsylvania and County aforesaid who being
sworn according to law declares that she is the
widow of John Blasdell deceased, who was a
Revolutionary soldier, the particulars of when
services as soldier she cannot now give-and
who for said service received a pension payable at Philadelphia Pennsylvania at the rate of thirty
five Dollars and seventy four cents per annum-
That after his death she made application for
and received a certificate of pension under the
act of February 3. 1853 - of which the
following is a correct copy
to wit
“Department of the Interior widows pension-
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section
of the act of February 3. 1833 Laney Blasdell
widow of John Blasdell who was a private
in the Revolutionary war is inscribed on the pension
list at the Rate of Thirty five dollars and seventy
four cents per annum commencing on the 3d
of February 1833 and continuing for life unless
she should again marry in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior
this fifteenth day of October one thousand Eight Hundred and
Fifty three.
L.S.
Examined and Countersigned
L P Waldo 
Commissioner of Pension 
R. McClelland
Secretary of the Interior

She further declares
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that she is still a widow and unmarried and
for the proof of her marriage with the said
John Blasdell and of his death, together
with the times thereof she respectfully refers
to the proof on file in the Department in her application for the said Pension certificate,
She also declares that she has never received any
bounty under any act of Congress nor made any
other but this and the notes this declaration
for the purpose of obtaining the bounty
land to which she may be entitled under the
act approved March 3d 1835
Laney Blasdell
Sworn and Subscribed
March 28, 1855
J.W. Smith Justice of Peace

We Robert Griffis and H. A. Birchard residents
of Jessup township in the State of Pennsylvania
upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Laney
Blasdell in our presence and that we believe
from the appearance and statements of the applicant
she is the identical person she represents
herself to be. And further that we have been
personally acquainted with be for upwards
of thirty five years past and we know that for
many years prior to the death of John Blasdell
she lived and cohabited with him as his
wife and was so known and reputed through
the neighborhood. That the said John Blasdell died in 1848 and that the said Laney Blasdell is still a widow. They also further
state that they have carefully compared the
foregoing part of her declaration purporting
to be a copy of a certificate of Pension, and find
it to be an exact copy of the original now in
possession-- We further swear that we have
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no interest in her application for bounty land
R. Griffis
H A Birchard
The foregoing affidavit and declaration will
sworn to and subscribed before me on the
day and year first hereinbefore written
and I certify that I know the affiants to be
credible persons; and I also know from
my own personal acquaintance with the
said John Blasdell deceased and also with
the said Laney Blasdell that she is still
a widow and the person she represents herself
to be and further that I have no interest in her
application or claim for bounty Land.
Sworn and subscribed March 28 1855. 
J. W. Smith, J.P. [justice of the peace]
State of Pennsylvania ⎬
County of Susquehanna ⎬ SS
I Sidney B Wills Prothonotary
of the Court, of Common Pleas of said County in said
State do certify that J. W. Smith Esquire whose genuine
signature appears to the foregoing declaration and certificate
is and was at the date thereof an acting
Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly
elected commissioned and qualified according to law
In testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Court at Montrose
this second day of April AD 1835
Sidney B Wells Prothonotary
J T. Langdon
[illegible]
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L P Waldo Commissioner of Pensions etc. 
Sir enclosed I send you the application of Laney Blasdell a Revolutionary Pensioner for bounty land. When the warrant is issued please send to my address 
Yours truly L. F. Fitch
Montrose Pennsylvania
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CLAIM FOR REMBURSEMENT. 
Certificate No. 2458 Pension Laney Blasdell Soldier, John Blasdell
 Jan
 Correct 
CSC
Cor. J.M.W.
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A R.
APPLICATION FOR REIMBURSEMENT. AR.
I Christopher Sherman do swear that Laney Blasdell
Resident of Montrose
County of Susquehanna State of Pennsylvania died on the 29th
day of October 1879; that the decedent drew a pension, under Certificate 2458, up to__
day of__
as the widow of John Blasdell formerly a 
soldier or sailor in the service of the United States; that said decedent left surviving neither widow or child under sixteen years of age, and did not leave
ent sets to meet the expenses of decedent's last sickness and burial; and that said expenses are correctly enumerated in the following statement, the names of the
persons who rendered service or furnished necessaries being given, with items and amounts:
[four columns headed:]
Names/Nature of expenses/paid or unpaid/amount
Wm W. Smith/For coffin and attendance at funeral of deceased/paid/$33.00
Wm W. Smith/shroud/“/$4.00
Wm W. Smith/Digging grave/“/$5.00
Dr. J.D. Vail/medical attendance in last sickness/paid/$34.00
Mary Ann Shuman/For nursing and care during last sickness/paid/$108.00
Total-$204.00
I further swear that the above is a complete list of all the expenses of last sickness and burial; that they were proper and necessary; that they were all actually
paid by me except those marked "unpaid," for which no reimbursement is claimed, the parties in interest having signed a formal release; and that I have received on
account of the expenses paid by me no pecuniary return or recompense whatever except
I therefore hereby make application for reimbursement under the provisions of Section 471, R. S., claiming the sum of Two Hundred & four dollars
The total value of all property of whatever kind, personal and real, left by the decedent did not exceed
dollars, and consisted of
Deceased left no Estate Real or Personal
and only the sum of__
available for reimbursement of the above named expenses.
dollars of said assets has been, or can be
of
The decedent's last sickness continued uninterruptedly from April 23, 1879, to date of death, and its nature and degree were as follows:
On date named she had an attack of paralysis rendering
Medical attendance, and constant musing necessary up to date of her death.
The pension certificate is herewith returned (or if not, state why not )__
My residence is at No__.
on__
Street, in the Town or City of
Montrose County
of Susquehanna State of Pennsylvania and my Post Office address the same
[illegible]
Attest:
H.P. Beardsley
J.W. Deans
(affiant’s signature Christopher Sherman
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28th
day of January 1880, Montrose
and I certify that the affiant is reputable and entitled to credit, and knew the contents of the above before we have no interest, direct or indirect, in this claim.
H.P. Beardsley
Clerk Court
SS:
Clerk orphans court
Susquehanna County Pennsylvania
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1660-
John Blasdell
 Susquehanna County Pennsylvania
Admitted 10 months 22 days
$35.74 
Asa Dimock Montrose Susquehanna County Pennsylvania
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Sir:
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
A Statement, showing the service of John Blasdell Susquehanna County Pennsylvania.
Duration of the
claimant's service.
[six column table with the following headings:]
Period when the service was rendered/Duration of the claimant’s service/Rank of the claimant/Names and ranks of the field officers under whom he served/age at present and place of abode when he entered the service/proof by which the declaration is supported.
Volunteered July 1780/3 months, 22 days/Private/Colonel Bartlett/Age 17 Hopkinton New Hampshire/No proof
Volunteered April 1781/7 months/___/Hopkinton New Hampshire/I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
Ebenezer Webster
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
July 80 Ebenezer Webster
Henry Butler Colonel Bartlett’s Regiment
April 81 Ebenezer Dearing
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops, "militia," and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, etc., Teamsters, Boatmen, etc. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.
The Regular Troops.
2.
The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or ⎬
County of
On this
day of
personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of
in the county of
and State, Territory or District

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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
and
served in the
(e) regiment of the
line, under the following named officers:
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he servunder
more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, etc.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
etc.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: [namely]
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their 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
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
,
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
etc.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be exexpected
. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
To a Soldier
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given
, and what has become of it?
To an Officer.
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will ful
low the rule laid down
in for his guidance.
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for
conforming to the rule.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
Every continental omcer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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
-- months, and recollection
, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For and for such service I claim a pension."
---
For months and --- days, I served as a
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
too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions aromationable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
them without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration
1
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagements
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 service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
for
or any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
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 claimant's 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.
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note applies to continental troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Revolution and 1812
War Section.
Mrs. G. E. Gardner
54 S. Main St.
Montrose, Pennsylvania
Madam;
April 28, 1925.
I have to advise you that from the papers in
the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 5841, it
appears that John Blasdel or Blasdell enlisted at
Hopkinton, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, July
15, 1780 and served in Captains Ebenezer Webster's
and Henry Butler's Companies, Colonel Bartlet's
New Hampshire Regiment until the last of October 1780.
He enlisted about the first of April 1781 and
served to November 1781 in Captain Ebenezer Dearing's
New Hampshire Company.
will be
Soldier stated that his name will be found on
muster roll as John Blasdell, Jr., but he never so
signed in said claim.
He was allowed pension on his application exe-
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ecuted September 10, 1832, while a resident of Rush
Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, aged
sixty-seven years.
He died November 8, 1848 at Jessup Township,
Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
Soldier married January 23, 1820 in Susquehanna
County, Pennsylvania Laney Baldwin. She was allowed
pension on her application executed July 11, 1853,
while a resident of Jessup Township, Pennsylvania,
aged sixty-one years and eleven months.
In 1868, she was living in Montrose, Pennsylvania. She died October 29, 1879.
Respectfully,
WILDER S. METCALF
Commissioner.
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County ⎬ ss
On this seventeenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and fifty three before me a justice of the Peace in and for said County personally came William C. Lathrop aged thirty three years a resident of Jessep township in said County who being duly sworn according to law doth say that he knew John Blasdell late a resident of said township deceased, for twenty years and upwards before his death, which occured on or about the 8th day of November AD one thousand eighty hundred and forty eight - that of the said time of his death he was living a neighbor to the said John Blasdell and was called in on the evening after his death to assist the family in laying out the body, and preparing it for burial --- That he assisted the family in so doing, and also assisted on the following day in digging the grave. That he was present at the funeral service of said John Blasdell and as his friend. That he said John Blasdell was reputed and called a revolutionary soldier, and pensioner, in the neighborhood -- and that Laney Blasdell since deponents knowledge of the said John Blasdell as his wife and was so reputed and accepted by the neighbors, till the time of his death, and that she is now known and called the widow
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of John Blasdell deceased- He further states that he has no interest whatever in the application of the said Laney Blasdell [sic] for pension- 
William Lathrop
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written and I here by certify that the said William Lathrop is a credible witness Joseph W. Smith seal
 Justice of the peace
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County ss
On this first
day of July
A D one thousand Eight hundred
fifty three you are a Justice of the
Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid personally came Robert Griffis aged
Sixty two years a resident of Jessup township in said County who being duly sworn
according to law doth say that for thirty six years
last past before the death of John Blasdell
he was well acquainted with him the said
John Blasdell up to the time of his death
That he the said Griffis was living in the
neighborhood at the time of his death which
as he thinks and now believes occurred in November AD 
one thousand eight hundred and forty
eight. That he has examined the tombstone
of the said John Blasdell and found chiseled
in the marble. The following letters and figures
to wit
John Blasdell died November 8th 1848
Aged 83 years
That this is the only record
and all the record upon said stone, and that
from his recollection of the time of his death and
from his knowledge of the season he believes
it to be correct
That he has for for the same
length of him as above mentioned, known Lancey
Blasdell as the wife, and living with the said
John Blasdell as such, and so reputed in
the neighborhood till the time of his death in
November AD 1848 as above mentioned.
That
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the said Laney Blasdell is known in the neighborhood as the widow of John Blasdell and
that she is still unmarried and has so been
since the death of the said John Blasdell -
That he has no interest whatever in the
application of the said Laney Blasdell for
Pension-
Robert Griffis

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day
and year first above written
and I hereby
certify that the said Robert Griffis is a
credible witness
Joseph W. Smith Justice Peace
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County ⎬ SS
on this seventh day of July one 
thousand Eight hundred
and fifty three
personally appeared before
me a Justice of the Peace within and for
the said County and State or Nathaniel
P. Connell aged forty eight years a practising
physician a resident of Jessup township
in said County and State who being duly
sworn according to law declares that he
was well acquainted with the said John
Blasdell deceased in his life time for upwards
of twenty years previous to the year of his death
That he was his family and attendant personal physician,
that he attended upon him
in his last sickness to the day of his
death which occurred in November AD one thousand eight hundred and forty
eight. That he was present at the funeral
at and burial of the said John Blasdell
but was not present at the time of his death
but believes from the charges in his books
and from his recollection that it was on
or about the 8th day of November AD 1848
That he is well acquainted with Laney
Blasdell and has known her living
with and as the wife of said John
Blasdell during
More than twenty years
the
knew John
Blasdell was reputed and
acknowledged husband, till the time of
his death as above mentioned, That
since said time she the said Laney
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Blasdell has been living single and unmarried and been known and called the widow of John Blasdell deceased and Such I believe her to be- I further state that I have no interest whatever in the application of the said Laney Blasdell for a pension
N. P. Cornwell
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. And I hereby certify that the said Nathaniel P. Cornell is to me well known and that he is a credible witness
Seal
J. W. Smith Seal Justice of the Peace
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County
I F. A. Ward Prothonotary of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that
Chester Wight, Joseph W. Smith and F. P. Hollister Esquires
before whom the foregoing Declarations and
affidavits were signed and sworn to were at
the respective dates thereof acting Justices of the
Peace of said County duly commissioned and qualified to administer
oath according to the said of this Commonwealth, and their signatures
thereto are genuine, and that Lancy Blasdell, did appear in open
Court, on the day therein set forth, and that said Court is a Court of
Record of said County. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Montrose the 18th day of
August A.D. 1853,
F. A. Ward, Prothonatary and Clerk
P.F.M. Williams
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[three columns]
[left column]
[illegible] P and ordered to pay Christopher Sherman [illegible] [illegible] claimant [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] and 3 [illegible] 
1925 Apr. 28. Hist to Mrs. G. E. Gardner [illegible]
[Center column]
Died Oct 79 
Revolutionary WIDOW, etc. File No. 5841  Laney Blasdell Widow 
John Blasdell Private Revolutionary War Act: February 3. 53 [1853] July 27, 1868 Index:--Vol. A Page 67 {Arrangement of 1870.}
[Right column]
1880 ass $156
Sent Paid
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39623 Laney Blasdall widow 
John 
ad 53-Number 2458 
Boynton 
J. Minot
Court of Pensions etc.
Washington DC
 FREE 
[stamp]Montrose Pennsylvania September 12
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[illegible] Act/53 [1853] Pennsylvania
[illegible]
12725
[illegible] illegible]
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[two items]
[left item:envelope]
Official Business
J. Minot 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
39623
Laney Blasdell
Mrs.
John
Boynton
[stamp] Montrose Pennsylvania November 7
Free
[right column]
Number 3165 August 31, 1853
Application of Laney Blasdell
widow of
John
Susquehanna County
Pennsylvania
11420
Act
1853.
$35 per annum
Commence February 3d 1853
Revolution
L F Fitch
Montrose Pennsylvania
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR:
Pension Office, Official Business
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[two panels]
[left panel]
39623
Laney Blasdall [sic]
Widow
John
[illegible] 5 3-2458
Boynton
[stamp] Montrose Pennsylvania December 5
Additional evidence
Honorable J. Minot
Commissioner of pensions etc.
Washington, D.C.
[right panel]
Pension Office
12th October 1853
Sir;
Please Certify the time 
which the within named  pensioner
was paid or the date of his death
Very Respectfully
L.P. Waldo
Commissioner
John Blasdell
1Oct 1832, - $35.74 per annum
Died 8th November 1848, Paid
to his death
F Burt
Auditor
Francis Burt Esquire
Will
Army auditor Reading
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[two panels]
[left panel]
Reg 8 m55-39623
[Right panel]
2.458
Pennsylvania Philadelphia
Laney Blasdell
widow of
John
who served in the Revolutionary war as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
Dollars
35. Dollars, 74 Cents per annum, to commence on
the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of pension issued the
15th day of October 1853
L.F. Fitch
Montrose Pennsylvania

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 102, Volume A
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Montrose Pennsylvania August 29. 1853-
Honorable L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions etc.
Sir;
Enclosed herewith I send
you application for Pension under act of
February 3. 153-
The Declaration was originally
sworn to before a Justice of the Peace as you will
see by examination, but finding that was not
in accordance with the Rules of your department, I subsequently took Mrs Blasdell into the Court, and had her make the affidavit upon that and to the same facts which were sworn
to before the Justice. This I suppose is, as it ought
to be the same as though it was first made before
the Court, as the affidavit before the justice of said [illegible]
be may be entirely erased or disregarded - and I
hope this surplusage will not render the declaration
defective-
The proofs of Marriage and identity I believe are all
 the Department requires.- two witnesses to the marriage and then beside the Certificate of Esquire Smith to the
death of John Blasdell the soldier for whose services
we claim. All five of the witnesses also swear
to her identity-
I think and believe the proofs are
full and complete and such I know as would satisfy any court in our County and such I think
as out [ought] to satisfy the Department -- I will add
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further that from information given me from other parties-- I believe the widow is in very needy circumstances and for this reason I would request as early  a report upon this case as possible.
 when the certificate is issued please direct it to Yours most respectfully
L.F. Fitch
 Montrose Pennsylvania
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Brief in the case of Laney Blasdell widow of John
Susquehanna County and State of Pennsylvania
Act 3rd February 1853
Claim, “(original") 
Proof exhibited, (if original
Is it documentary, traditional or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of 7th June 1832.
Marriage proven by Seth Taylor the Magistrate who
Performed the marriage service and three other credible
witnesses who were present or swear to general reputation
of Marriage cohabitation. all residents of said County.
L. F. Fitch Esquire
Montrose Pennsylvania
J. Boynton
Examining clerk
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[stamp]
Department of the Interior, Pension Office, November 5, 1868
Payment to be made at Philadelphia by D. Sturgeon Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Pennsylvania Payable on the 4th September and 4th March Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 102. Volume A 
G. T. Getty Clerk
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
widow of
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853
Laney Blasdell widow of 
John Blasdell
who was a
private
in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of thirty five
dollars and Seventy four
cents per annum, commencing on the
of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again
marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such
marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior
this fifteenth
day of
October
one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
R. McClelland
Secretary of the Interior
Examined and Countersigned.
L.P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions.
47 years, September 4 1865
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Increase 2458
Brief in the Case of Laney Blasdell Widow of John Private Revolution Montrose Susquehanna County and State of Pennsylvania Act 2nd [ilelgible] February 3. 1853. 
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE, PROOF ExHIBITED,  a pensioner roll ofPennsylvania at $35.74. She returns certificate with claim under act of July 27, 1868. Personal identity widowhood. Shown
Admitted November 7 1868 to a pension at $96.00 per annum to commence July 27, 1868 deducting pay since 
Name and residence of Agent.
 L F Fitch Montrose 
Pennsylvania
 W.E. Trask Examining Clerk.
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Number 39 .623 
Act March 3 1855
Laney Blasdell widow of John Blasdell a Revolutionary soldier
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Montrose Pennsylvania Sept. 12 /65 [1865]
J Minot Commissioner 
of Pensions etc
Sir
I received a few
days notice that the application for Bounty land of
Mrs Laney Blasdell widow
of John Blasdell a Revolutionary
soldier. Number 39.623
under the act of March 3 1835
has been suspended because
“the revolutionary service of John
Blasdell the husband of the applicant does not appear of record
in your office-
Will you allow me respectfully to solicit another ex-
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amination of this case, and
present some few suggestions
and my views upon it-
I was very much surprised
to hear the case was suspended
for the reasons given. because
the history of this case and
I supposed the records of your
office too
or that of the Pension
office certainly will
Show that John Blasdell some
time I believe
about
1833 to 1835
made application for pension and
it was
granted him under act
of March 1832-
He drew his
pension regularly till his
doth which occurred in
1848 and October 1833
on
my application for the widow
Laney B. a certificate
of pension
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pension for $35.74 was
issued
to her and upon
which she
is now drawing her money.
When I made application
for her pension I made
no proof whatever of her husbands service but simply
refund to the proofs on file
and they were sufficient
to obtain the pension
upon
the
and now the report is
that
there is no record of any
service on the part of her husband
How is this
Proof sufficient to get him
a pension, 20 years after to
at her one and now two
years
after no proof at all-
I think there
must be some
error here,
and that the
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proof on file in the pension
office have her overlooked
by the Examining Clerk
or officer -
May I not
therefore solicit another examination
which I am confident
must prove successful to her claim - and
thus a poor and worthy
widow will secure some
thing more to ease her
declining years-
Please
give me another early
report from this case and if any
thing shall still be found deficient
let me know what
it is and I will endeavor
to supply it
Respectfully yours etc.
L. F. Fitch
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State of New Hampshire
Secretary
of State's Office.
I do hereby certify, That
from an examination of the Books
and Documents, relating to Military
services in the war of the Revolution, which
remain in this office
appears that the name of
"John Blasdel Jr" is borne upon
a document
in said Books, of
which the following
is a true
Copy
“To Honorablel Nicholas Gilman Esquire
Treasurer for the State of
New
Hampshire or any other Gentleman
that
is appointed to pay of the
three months men
We being we being soldiers
In Captain Butlers Company
and Colonel Bartlets Regiment in the year
1780-
Pleas to pay to Captain Jonathan
Saaw all the wages travil [travel] money and Saws
money that is due to us it being
for value Received
as the Town of HopKinton has paid us our wages and
the Town is entitled to the State wages on what
the State ingaged [sic] us”
“State of New Hampshire
Hopkinton February 13, 1782”
John Blasdel Jr.
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In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand affixed State, this the Seal of said state this first day of December 1855 -
Samuel N. Pattie 
Secretary of State
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Montrose December 5, 1835
J. Minot
Commissioner of Pensions etc.
Sir, enclosed I send you
certified Copy of Record from the state of
New Hampshire in case of military service
of John Blasdell Jr. whose widow
Lancy Blasdell has made application
for bounty land under act of March
last. No. 39.623-
Please file the same and issue the
warrant to which we think the poor widow
is clearly entitled-
Its almost impossible to procure any evidence at this
late date of the service of these old Revolutionary soldiers; and we hope this
paper together with the fact that the Department
has twice recognized the validity
of this claim in granting a pension to
the husband and since his decease to the widow-
and will be satisfactory and that the warrant
will be issued without further delay-
Yours Respectfully
L.F. Fitch
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Seth Taylor, Magistrate who married, William G. Handrick: Present , William C. Lathrop. and Robert Griffis and N.P. Cormwell,[illegible]  and Co. [?company or county] residents of Susquehannah [sic] County. Pennsylvania. 8th November 48 
"Boynton"
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Montrose Pennsylvania April 8th 1834
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
Some months since I
forwarded to the Pension Dept.
"Reimbursement Blanks"
expenses last sickness
and burial of Lancy Blasdell widow John Blasdell Revolutionary pensioner under Pension Certificate Number 2458
- duly filled out-
expenses due and payable to
C. Sherman of this place.
Has
such papers been received
and if so
and they all correct and regular.
Very truly
H.J. Beardsley
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Laney Blasdell Application for widows Pension under act --- of July 27, 1868 
Filed by
L. F. Fitch 
Montrose Pennsylvania
[stamp]department of the interior pension office November 5, 1868
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Declaration for Increase of Pension.
State of Pennsylvania ⎬ S.S.
County of Susquehanna
On this 30th day of September, A.D. one
thousand eight hundred and sixty eight
personally appeared before me A. Baldwin
Associate Judge of the Court of Common
Please within and for County and State
aforesaid, Laney Blasdell aged 77
years a resident of Montrose, County of Susquehanna
in the State of Pennsylvania, who
being duly sworn according to law, declares
that she is the identical Laney Blasdell
to whom was granted pension certificate
Number__dated 15" day of October 1853, payable
at Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania at
the rate of Thirty five dollars and seventy four
cents per annum, issued under the act of
February 3d 1853; that she makes this declaration
in order to secure the increase of her
pension, to which she is entitled under the
thirteenth section of the act of July 27"
1868, and she further states that she has not
married since the death of her husband but is
still the widow of John Blasdell,
my post office address is as follows: Montrose
Susquehanna County Pennsylvania
Laney Blasdell
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Also personally appeared Maryan Sherman
and Eliza Baldwin residents of Montrose Susquehanna
County, State of Pennsylvania persons
whom I certify to be respectable and entitled
to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn,
say that they were present and saw Laney
Blasdell sign her name to the foregoing
declaration; and they further swear that
they have every reason to believe, from the
appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance
with her that she is the identical
person she represents herself to be, that they
have no interest in the prosecution of this
claim, and that she is still the widow of
John Blasdell deceased and unmarried
Mary Ann Sherman
Eliza Baldwin
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
thirteenth day of September A.D. 1868, and
I hereby certify that I have no interest direct
or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim
A. Baldwin Associate Judge
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The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY SS.
 I, G. B. Eldred, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify that Honorable A. Baldwin with whose handwriting I am well acquainted, and whose genuine signature is affixed to the annexed affidavit was at the time of signing the same, a Judge of the Court in and for said county, duly commissioned and authorized by law to administer oath and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Montrose, this day of October A. D. 1898 G B Eldred Prothonotary.
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Montrose November 6/55 [1865]
J. Minot Commissioner
of Pensions etc.
Dear Sir,
Your favor of
November 1 for above relative
to bounty land claim of
Esther Gardner, giving officers
names etc. was duly received
last evening for which please
accept my thanks-
I have one other case of a
widow of Revolutionary soldier
which is suspended because
there is no rolls on file of the
Soldiers - and I want
again to trouble you to furnish me the officers names
and the place of Enlistment and discharge of John Blasdell
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a Revolutionary Soldier whose widow
Laney Blasdell through same
has applied for bounty
land under act of March 1835
No 39623-
this claim is suspended, and if you
will furnish me the above
data I hope to be able to
furnish the [illegible] evidence
required-
May I hope for an early
answer and oblige
Yours truly
C. F. Fitch
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Montrose Pennsylvania November 2/68 [1868]
Chris C Cox
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
Enclosed herewith I send you application of Laney Blasdell
widow of a soldier of the
war of 1812 for were
of Pension under 13th
section of October 27. July 1868
Please acknowledge receipt and when said
certificate is issued send
to my
address-
I enclose also her old
certificate of Pension
upon which she has drawn
the money to September 4, 1828
Yours truly
L.F. Fitch
Attorney for claimant
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[stamp]U.S. Pension Office March 6, 1925
54 SOUTH MAIN STREET MONTROSE, PENNSylvaniA. March 3, 1925
The Pension Bureau 
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen,
Have you any more data concerning John Blasdell or Blaisdell than the following, if so I would greatly appreciate it. John Blaisdell, private, placed a pension rolls May 4, 1833, Commencement of pension March 4, 1831, annual allowance
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$35.74 
I am anxious to know where he served and from what town he came.
 Thanking you for the favor.
 Very truly yours Lucy B. Gardner 
Mrs. G. E. Gardner