Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 68-200, Moses Belding, N.H.
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(3 - 1776 )
SERVICE
N. H.
CONTENTS
Belding, Moses
NUMBER
B.L.Wt.  [Bounty Land Warrant] 68-200
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Printed by CORNELIUS STURTEVANT, Junior, and Co. Keene, New-Hampshire.

KNOW all Men by these presents, That I Moses
Belding late a Lieutenant in the late third New Hampshire Regiment, for the Consideration of Forty - Dollars, have granted, bargained, and sold, and by these Presents do grant, bargain, and sell, unto William Ward Blake
or the Bearer hereof, two-Hundred Acres
of Land, granted to me by the United States, for my Services in the late Continental
Army; with full power to the said William Ward Blake or the Bearer hereof, to apply to the War-Office, and receive the Warrant and Receipt for the same, in as full and ample Manner as if I was personally present. WITNESS my Hand and Seal, this Ninth day of June 1801
Signed and sealed in Presence of
Aaron Barlow
Prissila Barlow
Moses Belding
PERSONALLY came before me Aaron Barlow, one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Windsor State of Vermont Moses Belding
Subscriber to the foregoing Power of Attorney
and Conveyance, and acknowledged the same as his Act and Deed, the Ninth Day of June AD 1801
Aaron Barlow Justice [illegible]
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State of Vermont-
I Roswell Hopkins Secretary of the State of Vermont do hereby certify that Aaron Barlow Esq is a Justice of the peace within and for the County of Windsor in this State and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his attestations in such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal of office at Vergennes this 24th day of June
AD Eighteen hundred and one Ros. Hopkins

I Wm Wd Blake now of Norwick, County of New
London and State of Connecticut, Yeoman, in consideration of one dollar do hereby assign all my right title and Interest unto the within mentioned power unto Joseph Thomas of New York in the State of New York giving said Thomas all my right power and interest in as full a manner as if I was personally presence in Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this 30th day of Septr AD 1801
Witnesses
George Thomas
Zabdiel Rogers
Wm W Blake
New London County ss Norwick 30th Septr 1801 Personally
appeared Mr Wm W. Blake signer and Sealer to the above
Instrument and acknowledged the same to be his free Act and Deed
Before me Zabdiel Rogers Justice of Peace
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Lt Moses Belding
Claim Mil [Military] Land

Wt [Warrant] No 68

lodged By Mr
G. W. Goldsboro
July 8. 1802
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Know all Men by these presents that I Joseph Thomas of the City of New York Gentleman do hereby substitute and
appoint Mr Charles Washn. Goldsborough of the City of Washington District of Columbia my true and lawful Attorney to apply to the Secretary at War or the propper Officer for
a land Warrant in the name of Moses Belding a Lieutenant in the 3d New Hampshire Regiment in the Service of the United States in the late revolutionary War with Great Britain Granted him for his millitary services by virtue of a Power of attorney
hereunto annexed from the said Moses Belding with full power to my said attorney to receive and Receipt for the same
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Witness my hand and Seal this
first day of July one thousand eight hundred
and two
Joseph Thomas
James Blanchard
Edw Livingston
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City of New York Ss.
James Blanchard being duly sworn saith that he was well
acquainted with the handwriting of Moses Belding subscriber to the power of Attorney hereunto annexed, Serv'd [served] in the same Regiment and has frequently seen him write, and the Signature appears to be in his proper hand writing and Joseph
Thomas Subscribed to the foregoing Power of Attorney is the same person therein described
Sworn before me this first day of July 1809
Ewd Livingston
James Blanchard

City of New York
July first- 1802
Personally came before me Edward Livingston Esq. Mayor of the City of New York Joseph Thomas Subscriber to the within Power of attorney and Acknowledged the same to be his voluntary Act
and Deed satisfactory proof being made that he is the same person therein described by the oath of James Blanchard
Edw Livingston
Lieut Belding left the service in the arrangement of 1778 entitled 1 year pay and Gratuity of land under [illegible] of Congress Sep 1776
he is well known to the Secretary at War
James Blanchard
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
May 28, 1925.
Theodore Stebbins,
34 Gramercy Park,
New York City.

Sir:
I have to advise you, that two hundred acres of bounty land were allowed on Warrant No. 68, which issued October 18, 1803, on account of the services of Moses Belding who was commissioned November 8, 1776, First Lieutenant of Colonel Alexander Scammell's New Hampshire Regiment of Foot.
There is no further data on file as to said soldier and no data as to his family.
The above noted, is the only Moses Belding found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Your inquiry as to soldiers of the Civil War has been forwarded to the proper authority for a reply.
Respectfully,
WILDER S. METCALF,
Commissioner.
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IN CONGRESS.
The DELEGATES of the UNITED ['COLONIES' crossed out] States of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of New-Castle, Kent, and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, to Moses Belding Gentleman
WE reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct, and Fidelity, DO by these presents, constitute and appoint you to be first Lieutenant in a Regiment of Foot; whereof Alexander Scammell Esq'r as Colonel in the Army of the United ['Colonies' crossed out] raised for the defence of American Liberty, and repelling every hostile Invasion thereof, You are therefore carefully a and faithfully to discharge the Duties of first Lieutenant by doing and performing all Manner of Things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as first Lieutenant And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United ['Colonies' crossed out] States or Committee of Congress, for that Purpose appointed, of Commander in Chief for the Time being of the Army of the United ['Colonies' crossed out] States, or any other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by this or a future Congress. [margin note: By Command of the Honble Major General Schuyler. /s/John Lansing himself]
Dated the eighth Day of November 1776. 
By Order of the Congress 
/s/John Hancock PRESIDENT. 
Attest. Chas Thomson jun'r
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[typewritten letter]
October 28, 1929.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
Please furnish me photostatic copies of four pages from Revolutionary War B. L. claim Wt. 68-200 New Hampshire Troops, 2 sets, uncertified, Moses Belding. 
Very truly yours, 
[receipt stamp: Cash - $1.20 FINANCE DIVISION BOOK-KEEPERS DESK OCT 28 1929 BUREAU OF PENSIONS] 
Rosalyn D. Nash
#4, The Calumet
3rd & East Capitol Sts.
City.
Received payment $1.20
October 28, 1929.
/s/Antonia W. Ford
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
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[typewritten letter]
[illegible margin note] October 12, 1929

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C. 
[receipt stamp: Cash - 90 cents FINANCE DIVISION BOOKKEEPER'S DESK OCT 14 1929 BUREAU OF PENSIONS]
Sir:
Please furnish six copies of one page from Revolutionary War bounty land claim for bounty land made on account of the services of Moses Belding, New Hampshire Troops. Uncertified. 
Address as follows:
LINCOLN 2395-W
MRS. ROSALYN S. NASH
APT. 4 THE CALUMET
3RD & EAST CAPITOL STS.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
GENEALOGIST
Received payment 90¢ 
/s/Margaret M.H. Finch
[receipt stamp: REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS SECTION OCT 12 1929 BUREAU OF PENSIONS]
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1-681
[overwritten initials: CPS]
SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE PHONE Branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 36366
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications, 
Room G 137. October 14, 1929 192[blank]
Please furnish work specified below. 
Bureau ordering PENSION Deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostatic copies of one page from Rev. War pension claim, Moses Belding, B. L. Wt. 68. 
No. of copies 6/one negative & five positive copies Shall form be kept standing? [blank] [blank] days
For further information see M.M.H. Finch Room No. 5033 Phone No. 541
Approved: A. D. Wilkinson
Chief Clerk of Bureau. KPW
/s/Margaret M. H. Finch
Chief of Branch or Division
NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering [blank]
CHECK WORK DESIRED
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1-681 [overwritten initials: CPS] SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE PHONE Branch 476 
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 36366 
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WASHINGTON 
CHIEF, Division of Publications, Room G 139. October 28. 1929.
Please furnish work specified below. Bureau ordering PENSION Deliver to Room No. 5033 
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.) 
Title and description of job photostatic copies of four pages, 2 sets, from Revolutionary War B. L. claim, Wt. 68-200, New Hampshire Troops, Moses Belding. 
No. of copies 2 of each Shall form be kept standing? [blank] [blank] days 
For further information see Mrs. M.M.H. Finch Room No. 5033 Phone No. 541 /s/Margaret M. H. Finch Chief of Branch or Division 
Approved: A D Wilkinson Chief Clerk of Bureau. KPW 
NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering [blank] CHECK WORK DESIRED 
Duplicate Multigraph single of double space? [blank] Facsimile signature [blank] 
Mimeograph one side or both sides? [blank] Facsimile signature? [blank] Folding once or twice? [blank] 
Assembling Stapling Once? [blank] Twice? [blank] Side? [blank] End? [blank] 
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Envelopes, size [blank] Cards, size [blank] 
Proof list [blank] Pay rolls [blank] 
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120 GROVE STREET
ROSEVILLE, CALIFORNIA 
Sept 9-'24
Bureau of Pensions - 
Department of Interior

Can you give me from your Revolutionary files the War Records of David Belding and son Lieut Moses Belding of Swanzey, New Hampshire - and any family records concerning them?
Very Truly, 
/s/Mrs. Maude Belden Perry 
Roseville California
(Mrs. William S.)
[receipt stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE 8 SEP 16 1924]
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[typewritten letter]
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
October 7, 1924.

Mrs. William S. Perry,
120 Grove St.
Roseville, CALIF.

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau it appears that Moses Belding was commissioned November 8, 1776, First Lieutenant in Colonel Alexander Scammell's New Hampshire Regiment of Foot and ['was allowed' crossed out] was allowed 200 acres of bounty land on account of said service, on Warrant Number 68, issued October 18, 1803. [margin note: corrected May 28 25 The land was not allowed to him, he sold his right] 
There is no other data on file relative to said soldier and no data as to his family.
Respectfully,
[blank]
Commissioner
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[typewritten letter]
[initials: [V.L.M.]
Rev. War Section.

September 20, 1916.

Abbie D. MacMillan,
Onawa, Monona Co.
Iowa.

Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 31"" ultimo, you are advised that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau show that Moses Belding, who was commissioned November 8, 1776, First Lieutenant in Colonel Alexander Scammell's New Hampshire Regiment of Foot, and ['was allowed' crossed out] 200 acres of bounty was allowed land [margin note: corrected May 28 25] on account of said service, on Warrant No. 68 which issued October 18, 1803.* [margin note: date of issue was taken from B.L. book.] 
There is no other data on file relative to said soldier.
From the data given by you it is impossible to identify a claim for John Stearnes Jr.
Very respectfully,
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.