Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1641, for Simon Palmer, New Hampshire
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[illegible]-1776
SERVICE 
N.H.
Palmer, Simon
NUMBER
W. 1641
Phebe
CONTENTS
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258
Maine
Phebe Palmer
widow of Simon Palmer
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
96--Dollars--
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Increased from 80.
Certificate of Pension issued the
2nd day of March 18[illegible]

Geo: W. Morton
Augusta 
M[illegible]

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act [illegible]
February [illegible] [crossed out] July 29. 184[illegible] Page 8--Vol. A
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Paper Copy for Land Agt of Maine, by
[illegible] Apl. 21. 1839

Notification sent the 10th July 1820 to
R. C. Vose, Esq Augusta Maine-


17.258
Maine. R
Simon Palmer.
of Matta......in the state of Maine.
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Reed..... of the New Hamp.re 
line, for the term of three years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine.
at the rate of 8-Dollars per month, to commence on
the 27th of March 1818. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 30th of May 1820
and Sent to R C. Vose Esq
August Maine

Arrears to 4th of Mar 1820 $ 186.32
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep. 1820 48-
$234.32
23 mo 9/31
[illegible] 4
[Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
Sept. 20
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I Simon Palmer, aged fifty seven years, a citizen of the U. States
born in North Hampton in New Hampshire, now resident in
Malta in the District of Maine, upon oath testify and
declare that in June 1777 I enlisted as a private soldier,
in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy,
upon the continental establishment, for the period of three
years in Capt [illegible] Webster's company and Col Reed's
regiment New Hampshire line.  This period I fully served
out and took my honorable discharge from the service
at West Point in October 1780.  My discharge I have since
[illegible], and it is not now to my knowledge in existence. 
I was two months employed in the  ranging service scouting. 
I was employed at and near West Point from the spring
of 1778 until my discharge in October 1780.  The reason
why I was not discharged when my time was out, was
on account of the treason of Arnold, by reason of which
I and others were detained after our times expired. 
Not knowing any officers or soldiers living in the District
of Maine with whom I served, I am unable to furnish
other or further evidence of any service. 

From my reduced circumstances, I need the
assistance of my country for support. And I do hereby
relinquish all my claim to every pension heretofore
allowed me by the laws of the U. States, if any; but I 
am not to my knowledge [illegible] on any pension list
whatever.  I request that I may be placed upon the
pension list for the District of Maine. 

Simon PULMer

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Kennebec ss.
On the twenty seventh day of March A.D. 1818 Simon
Palmer above named, after having him carefully examined,
made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration, by him
subscribed.  Before me Nathan Weston [illegible] C. Justice of Court
C. [illegible] 2d Eastern Circuit.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Kennebec ss. I Robert C Vose aged twenty five years +[and] upward of
Augusta in the District of Maine, upon oath testify and
declare that I am well acquainted with Simon Palmer
within named.  From his reduced circumstances, he needs
the assistance of his country for support. He sustains the
character of a man of truth.  Robert C. Vose 3

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Kennebec ss.
On the sixth day of May, in the year 
of our Lord 1818 Robert C. Vose above named made
oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed,
after having been carefully examined.  Before me
Nathan Weston [illegible] C. Just C Court
C.[illegible] & Eastern Circuit.

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Simon Palmer
Private Col. Reed. NH
Reg-1777 to 1780

March 27. 1810.

Required in further
evidence of applicants services,
the testimony of
an officer of the reg. C
Proof 18 Sepr 1819

Copd

Adm [illegible] 29 May 1820

John Palmer
Stephen Putney
Lt. Bradley Richards.
neither the name of the 
applicant or of his witnesses
are to be found on the 
Roll 
Nov. 6th. 1819.

Robert C. Vose Esq is a
Justice of the Peace for the county 
of Kennebec, and the deponent  
Bradley Richards is in my 
opinion a credible[?] witness.

Oct. 7th 1819
Subscribed and Sworn to
Before me Robr. C. Vose Jus. Peace

Bradley Richards [illegible] present of Hallowell, maine do [illegible] oath testify and declare that I was myself an officer in. Col George Reeds New Hampshire Regt +[and] New Hampshire line and have examined Simon Palmer within named. and from facts by him stated I fully believe he served
as he has within stated.  I served the same period, and in the same Col geo Reed Regt the said Palmer must have served at West Point
and at [hi] other places by him stated. tho I did not personally know him I can have no doubt he served as he has stated. 

Bradley Richards
Kennebec Courts [illegible]
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189
State of Maine.
Copy
KENNEBEC COUNTY, ss.

ON this Twenty ninth day of May, 1820,
personally appeared before Nathan Weston Junr. Chief Justice of
the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset,
being a Court of Record for said Counties, proceeding according to the course of the common
law, having original jurisdiction, unlimited in amount, keep a record of their proceedings, and
having the power of fine and imprisonment, Simon Palmer aged
fifty nine years, resident in Malta in the County of Kennebec
within said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he
served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. in the Company commanded by Captain 
Webster and Regiment commanded by Colonel Reed.
of the line of the State of New Hampshire upon the Continental Establishment, for
the period of three years,
was in Bennington battle

that his original declaration was made before Judge weston  on the
twenty seventh day of March 1818; that he is now on the Maine
Roll, and that his pension certificate is numbered 5.968. And I the said Simon
Palmer do further solemnly sear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States,
on the eighteenth day of March, on thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not,
since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatsoever, disposed of my property, or any part
thereof, with intent theraby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service
of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," pass on the eighteenth day of March, one
thousand eight hundred  and eighteen; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any
property or securities contracts or debts, due to me; nor have i any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed 
Simon Palmer.

The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing an bedding
excepted, viz:  the possession only, but not the property
of ab out two acres of land in Malta, with  a log hut thereon of the value of ten dollars.  
Old household stuff beside necessary beding, not
exceeding ten dollars in value.  Cooper's tools of the value 
of five dollars, axe and hoe of the value of
one dollars, I have no debts due to me that can be
collected, and I owe as much as forty dollars. 

My income derived from the above property does
not exceed five dollars a year.  My occupation is
that of a cooper; being from age and infirmity
and having lost the use of my right hand, am
able to do very little at my trade or any other labor

My family at home consists of myself, my wife
Phebe aged forty four years my daughter Paulina 
aged thirteen years, my son Joseph aged eleven my daughter [illegible], aged eight years, my daughter Eliza aged four years
and my son Simon aged one year.
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Except the foregoing and my necessary
beding and clothing I have no property or
income whatever Simon Palmer

Subscribed, sworn to and declared
both the oath and schedule on the
twenty ninth day of May 1820
Before me
Nathan Weston Junr
C J. C.C. C. [illegible]

A true copy
Attest J M Davis Clk

[Illegible]
17258 
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May 20
Simon Palmer
5968 [crossed out]
17258
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1820
(Septr 1819 [crossed out] 1820
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R. C. Vose, Augusta.
Maine.-
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349
Phebe Palmer
wd of Simon
Mr
Act 29 May 1848
Mama 1791
Husband died 1842
[illegible] $ 80- pr [illegible]
[illegible] 4 March 1848

Geo W. Morton
Augusta 
Maine.
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Declaration. In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of 
Congress passed July 29. 1848, entitled "An act for the relief
of certain widows of Officers and soldiers of the revolutionary
army"

State of Maine, Kennebec County. s.s.
On this Twenty Sixth day of February A.D. 1849, personally
appeared before the open Court of Probate for said County of
Kennebec, it being a court of Record.  Phebe Palmer a resident
of Windsor in the County of Kennebec, and State of
Maine, aged Seventy two years, who being first duly
sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following
declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision
made by the Act of Congress, passed July 29. 1848, entitled
"An act for the relief of certain widows of Officers and
soldiers of the revolutionary army." That she is the widow
of Simon Palmer, who was a revolutionary pensioner of
the United States, under the Act of March 18. 1818, which was paid
to him at the State of Maine agency, up to the fourth day
of March 1842, from which time to the twenty sixth day
of April 1842, she received the pension at the same agency
as his widow, and that she refers to a declaration made by
him of his services in the Revolution, in support of her claim
[illegible] to be in possession of the War department

She further declares that her maiden name was 
Phebe Barnes that she was married to the said
Simon Palmer in the town of Wiscasset, in the then
District now State of Maine on the 15th day of
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December in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety eight
that her husband, the aforesaid Simon Palmer died in the
town of Windsor in the County of Kennebec and State of
Maine, on the twenty sixth day of April A.D. 1842 since
which time she has remained a widow.

Phebe Palmer  her mark X

Kennebec ss. February 26. 1849 Sworn to the day
and year aforesaid
Before me Danl Williams
Judge of Probate

State of Maine
Kennebec County. S. S. 

I the subscriber, Register of the Court of Probate for
said County, do hereby certify that the Hon. Daniel 
Williams, before whom the foregoing proceedings were
had, is the Judge of said Court, and that the foregoing
contains contains the original proceedings
of the said Judge in the matter. of the application
of Phebe Palmer for a pension. 

Witness my hand and the seal of the said
court the 26th day of February 1849.
Francis Davis
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"Mr Simon Palmer and Miss Phebe
Barnes, both of this town intend marriage
Dated at Pownalboro, October twenty third
seventeen hundred and ninety six,
Certificate given, William Barker, Town Clerk"

A true copy of record, Attest,
Elisha McKenney, Town Clerk

I certify that I hold the office of Town Clerk
of the town of Wiscasset, duly chosen and sworn,
and further certify that the above is a true copy
of the record of pulishment for the town of Pownalboro, 
(now Wiscasset) which records are now in
my possession), with the exception of the date, which
is expressed upon the record in fair legible figures
as follow, viz: "October 23d, 1796"

Elisha McKenney

Lincoln ss: March 3. 1849. Then the above named Elisha
McKenney appeared and made oath to the truth of
the above extract and certificate by him subscribed. 
Before me
Asa F Hall, Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF MAINE.
Lincoln, ss: 
I Edmund B. Bowman, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said
County, certify that Asa F. Hall Esquire
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, as appears
by the papers hereunto annexed; that he is duly qualified to act as such; that his
Commission is dated June 3d 1847, and will expire
June 3 1854; and that the above signature, purporting
to be his, is genuine. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT, for said State, this sixth day of March
Anno Domini, 1849. 

Edmund B. Bowman Clerk.

[illegible circular seal with square background affixed to document]
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[blank page]
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Simon Palmer, [illegible] act 18 March 1818/[illegible]
To what time was he last [illegible]
G.C A.

Pension Office June 29 1849}

Died 26th April 1842
pd to his death
[illegible]
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258
Maine
Phebe Palmer
widow of Simon Palmer
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a Private
NH Line

Inscribed on the roll at the rate of 
80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the
3rd day of July, 1849.
and sent to
Geo. W. Morton
Augusta
Me

Recorded on roll of Pensioners under act 
February 2 [crossed out] 29th July, 1848, Page 13 Vol. 1 Book C



[illegible]
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We the Subscribers of Warren in the County
of Hillsborough [illegible] of New Hampshire, of the age of sixty years
do upon oath testify and declare, that we well knew Simon 
Palmer, a Continental soldier in the war of the Revolution; 
the said Simon Palmer inlisted as a private, solider [crossed out] in June
1777, for the period of three years, in Capt Webster's
Company and Col Reeds Regiment of the New
Hampshire line, and served the full period of three
years, and was honorably discharged at West Point
in October 1780. [illegible] belonged to the Army at the
same time, and also to the same Regiment,
and well knew of the said Simon Palmer serving
as we have above stated.—
John Palmer
Stephen Putney

State of New Hampshire
County of Hilsborough ss.

On the second day of July 1819
personally appeared the above named John Palmer &[and] Stephen Putney
to me well known, and they made solemn oath to the
truth of the above deposition by them signed; and I certify
that the said Palmer &[and] Putney are in my opinion
credible witnesses
Before me
Henry B. Chase. Just. Peace

Over
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State of New Hampshire
County of Hilsborough ss

The subscriber Clerk of the Courts
for the said County of Hilsborough do hereby
certify that Henry B. Chase Esq before whom the
within deposition was taken, is a Justice of
the Peace for the said County. In testimony
whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name
and affixed the seal of said County at
[illegible] this 2d day of July 1819
Moses Eastman

[handwritten, circled notation obscured] 

Deposition of
John Palmer &[and]
Stephen Putney
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.

The Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County
of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable 
NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire,
before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of 
Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties
of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have
affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he 
presides.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand: 
Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth
day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight
hundred and eighteen. 
John Davis
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Honble Nathan Weston Jr

Sir Mr Simon
Palmer an Inhabitant of Malta who is a
going to appear before your Honor to take
the benefit of an act of Congress passed in
favor of Revolutionary  officers and soldiers
is a man destitute of any property and if taken
sick must immediately become chargeable to
the town and stands in need of immediate assistance
from his country. 
Yours very
Respectfully
Wm Hilton

Malta March 26th 1818
Honble Nathan Weston Jr
Augusta
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I William Perkins of Windsor in the County of Kennebec
and State of Maine, do depose and say, that I was
well acquainted with Simon Palmer who died
in said town about six years since, he was 
a pensioner of the United States. for upward of
twenty five years prior to his death.  I knew him
he had been married several years prior to my 
[illegible] acquaintance with him as I understand
and had reason to believe by the ages of his children, his [illegible] widow Phebe Palmer is now
living in said town of Windsor (which town was
formally called Malta) having remarried a
widow ever since his decease. I have no doubt
their oldest child is fifty years of age and [illegible].

Wm Perkins

State of Maine,
Kennebec County s. s. On the Twenty Sixth day
of February 1849 personally appeared before the Subscriber
a Justice of the Peace in aforesaid County, William
Perkins, a  [illegible] person, and made oath to the
truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed. 
Geo W. Morton Justice of the Peace.
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State of Maine

County of Kennebec ss.

I the subscriber Clerk of the Judicial Courts
for said County of Kennebec hereby certify that 
George W. Morton Esq. is a Justice of the Peace
within for the County of Kennebec and the within
written Signature Purporting to be his is genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of the
Supreme Judicial Court the 16th day of 
March, Anno Domini 1849
W. M. Stratton

[Supreme Judicial Court seal is completely obscured]
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189
State of Maine
I John Davis Clerk, for the County
of Kennebec of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for
the second Eastern Circuit, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Kennebec 
and Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and
the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the 
said Court; and that the original was exhibited in open Court; and I
do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total
amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule,
including debts due to the declarant therein stated, is Twenty
six dollars and [crossed out] cents [crossed out]; and deucting therefrom
the amount of what the declarant owes, as set forth in said Schedule, the value of said property
in the opinion of said Court, is nothing dollars [crossed out] and [crossed out] cents [crossed out].

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said
Court, on this twentieth day of June 1820. 

John Davis Clerk of said Court for the County
of Kennebec

[seal obscured]
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Augusta, Maine
March 15. 1849
Sir, 
I enclose some papers for the purpose 
of having a claim allowed for Pension under
the Act of July 29. 1848 to Mrs Phebe Palmer widow of
Simon Palmer, it will be noticed that their intention
of marriage was on the 23d Oct 1796 in her declaration
she alleges her marriage to have been solemnized in
December 1798 this discrepancy is owing to her having
no family record and stating the time from recollection
I have myself been acquainted with her since the
year 1818 and know from that time to the death 
of her husband Simon Palmer she lived with him
as his wife, and that she received the pension from
the last time her husband recd it to the day of his
death being entitled to it as his widow-Should 
the papers be satisfactory I would respectfully request you to send me, as her agent, a pension
certificate for her. 
Very respectfully
Yr Obt Servt.
Geo W. Morton.

James L. Edward[illegible] Esq
Commr of Pensions
Washington City.
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Phebe Palmer.
Payment to be made at
Portland by
Wm Woodbury,  [illegible]
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the 
Agency of Maine.
Payable on the 4th September and 4th 
March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners Under act February2d 1848 [crossed out] 1848
Page 13 Vol. 1 book [Illegible]
Th Lumpkin,.
Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WIDOW'S PENSION.

I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d [crossed out], July 29th, 1848, 
Phebe Palmer, of Maine,
widow of Simon Palmer,
who was a Private in the revolutionary war, 
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty
dollars and [crossed out] cents [crossed out] per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, 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 3rd day of July, 
one thousand eight hundred and
forty-nine.

T. Ewing
Secretary of the Interior

Examined and Countersigned.
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Augusta, Maine
March 15. 1851

Hon James E. Heath
Commr of Pensions

Sir.
I am now a Pensioner of
the United States on the Maine Role on the rate of Eighty
dollars per annum on Account of the Revolutionary
Services of my late husband Simon Palmer who was
at the time of his death a Pensioner under the Act
of March 18.1818 and died April 26. 1842. 

I hereby authorize Geo W Morton of Augusta
in the State of Maine, to act as my attorney in 
establishing my claim to an increase of pension. 

her mark X
Phebe Palmer
Witness
[illegible] Bosworth
J
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Phebe Palmer
for 
Increase Pension.
258-29 July
Act 29 July 1848
Inc to $96. [illegible] $80 per ann
Comg 4 March 1848

Geo W Morton}
Augusta }
Maine}
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Deposition (Thomas Doyle 
Esq Jus. Peace-) of Cap
Eben. Frye of the New
Hampshire

Capt Eb: Frye, on N.H. 
rolls- Cilley's regiment.

additional
Evidence—
Jany 19. 1820
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I Ebenezer Frye, of Northport, Hancock County Maine, late a Captain in the war of the revolution, and in the
New Hampshire line, now on the pension roll of Maine-do
hereby Certify, that I have this day examined Simon Palmer, 
now of Malta Maine, who was a continental soldier in Col Reeds
New Hampshire regiment, and from facts by him stated, and from
my own knowledge of him and his family, I am [?] that
he served from June 1777. three years in the New Hampshire
line, as he in his declaration has set forth-the said Palmer
it appears served in different detachments of the Army, and
part of the time with the Artificers at springfield-I am well
acquainted with John Palmer, who was an ensign in col. George Reads[?] 
Regiment at the close of the war, I fully believe that the law [crossed out] Simon Palmer, did serve in the New Hampshire line the
full term of three years that he  recd. a regular discharge. 
Ebenz Frye

Hancock County sss Dec. 13 1819. Personally appeared Captain
Ebenezer Frye, above named, and he made oath to the
truth of the above definition by him subscribed
Before me
Thomas Doyle Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By His Excellency JOHN BROOKS, Esquire,
Governor and Commander in Chief in and over
Said Commonwealth.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: 

Know ye, That Thomas Doyle Esquire
is, and for more than twelve months last past
has been a Justice of the Peace within and
for the County of Hancock

in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and
commissioned, and that to his Acts and
Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are
and ought to be given in and out of Court.

In Testimony whereof, I have caused the 
Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this
fourteenth day of January A.D. 1820, and in the
forty fourth year of the Independence of the United States
of America.

By His Excellency the Governor. 
[illegible]

J. Brooks.


[seal is illegible]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
[illegible/obscured] the secretary of the Department
of the United States. 

I the subscriber, being Chief Justice
of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the
second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts,
embracing the counties of Lincoln, Kennebec,
and Somerset do hereby certify to your Honor that Simon
Palmer, a citizen of the United States, now resident in Malta in
said county of Kennebec in the District of Maine on the
twenty second day of March A.D. 1818 made application
to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such
other evidence as was in his power to produce; and to
transmit the same, and the proceedings had [illegible] to your
Honor.  that he might be placed on the pension list of the United
States, agreeably to the provisions of an act entitled "an act
to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval
service of the United States, in the revolutionary war," passed March 18. 1818 which declaration, and the other evidence
produced by the said applicant is hereunto annexed. 

And I do further certify to your Honor that after
a careful examination of the said applicant, of whose veracity
I am satisfied, and a full consideration of the case, it
appears to me that the said applicant did serve, as a private soldier, in the war of the revolution, against the common
enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than
nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that
from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his
country for support. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and caused the Seal of the Court, in which I preside, to be
hereunto affixed, this sixth day of May, in the year of
our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston [illegible] C. [illegible] C. Court C Pleas
2d Eastern Circuit.