Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9852, James Eames, Mass.
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(3 - 1776) 
SERVICE Mass 
Eames, James 
NUMBER S. 1852
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28745
New York
James Eames 
of Oneida who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain --- of the Regt commanded by Col Bedlow in Massachusetts line for 9 months 13 days

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 24 Collars 67 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of June 1834 and sent to J. Hathaway Rome N. York 

Arrears to the 4th of March '34 $74.01 
Semi-an. allowance ending Sept 4 '34 12.33 
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$86.34 
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Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832. ⎬
Recorded by Sam H. 

Book E  Page Vol. 4 Page 2. 

let to J. Fleming July 8, 1834
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James Eames
20311
6/6
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State of N. York ⎬ County of Oneida SS⎬

On this 11th day of December  1832 personally appeared in open court before had Natl Stoddan,  Nathan Kimball & Samuel Jones Judges of Oneia Com Pleas now sitting, James Eames a resident of Lee in the County of Oneida State of N.Y., aged 70 years who being 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 the 7th 1832. In the year 1779 I was an inhabitant of the town of Hopkinton County of Middlesex State of Massachusetts and in Sept of that year at a call for a few militia to go to Rhodeisland for two months I enlisted marched under the command of Lieut Jonathan Wisell and joined Col John Jacobs Regt and rendesvoused at Providence in Rhodeisland was soon detached with others to go to Howlands Ferry on the east side of the river opposite Newport Island, Lieut Col Durphey had the command of the detachment. We kept this position till the enemy commenced their retreat from the island when we took possession and was employed in destroying their brestworks about Newport till my time expired. In June 1780 I enlisted at Hopkinston for Six months to recruit the Continental army and was mustered at Concord and Springfield in Mass and joined Lonyards Brigade on West point Baley's Reg the Majors Col Lieut Robert Houssy Comadant, was in this to till the 15 of Oct. a few days after Major Andre the spy was executed, I was then taken in a detachment to go to a block house at Dobbs ferry the west side of North River & served there near two months till the army went to winter quarters,
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Then I was relieved and returned to the Co from which I was detached (on West point), where I did duty till the end of my term of enlistment & was discharged from the six months service by Lieut Col. Below Bedlow Comedant of the Regt which discharge I have lost 

I now reside in Lee Oneida County State of N. York, and have for 35 years past- 

I know of no person now living who can be positive testimony of the above but self, & that the Clergyman of the town & Society is absent on a mission 

I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension annuity except the present and declare that my name is not the pension roll of the agency of any State or Territory 
James Eames
 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  
J. B. Read Dep Clk 

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states And the said Court further certifies that it appears to them that Reuben Marsh and Abner Fish who have signed the certificate hereunto annexed are residents in the town of Lee, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit 
Nathan Kimball - 
Mace Haddard 
Samuel Jones

I Geo Brown  clerk of the Court of Common Pleas- do hereby certify that the foregoing  contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of James Eames for a pension 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 11th day of December AD 1832 J B Read Dep Clk
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We Reubin Church and Abner Fish are residents of the town of Lee & hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Eames who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be 70 years of age for we have known him from a boy, and that the times he certifies , he was from home and it was then reported that he was in the army and we have often since heard him and others telling what took place at that time, and we have every reason to believe his statement which we can have excepting -  being in the army with him, and that we believe his statement to be the truth, We have been his neighbors in this place 30 years and know him to be a man of truth and veracity 
Reuben March 
Abner Fish 

Subscribed and Sworn December 10th 1832 before me William Parke Justice of the peace

 I George Brown Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Oneida County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of the said James Eames as above stated, and that William Parke above named before whom the above affidavit  purports to have been taken was on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in for said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and believe the above signature to be his 

Witness my hand & seal of office this 11th day of December 1834 J. B. Read Dep clk
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20311 James Eames 
Oneida County New York 
Admitted Private 7 mo & 13 day 

J Hathaway 
Rome N. York
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, 183 

Sir:
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, shewing the service of James James Oneida Co. N

[table headings]Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. Years. Months. Days | Rank of the 
the claimant | Names and Rank of the Company Officers under whom he served. | Names and Rank of the General and Field officers  | Battles in which ┃the applicant was engaged. | Country through which he marched | Place of abode when is entering the service, and age at the present period |  Evidence by which the declaration is supported . 

[row 1]1779 | [blank] 2 [blank] | Pr | Lieut Wisel | Col Jacob | [blank] | R. Island | 70 Hopkinton Mass | Traditionary

[row 2]June 1780 | X 6 [blank] | " | - | Col Bedlow | N. York

I am respectfully your obedient servant, J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions. proof of this service should be obtained from the records of Massachusetts
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2 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, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. 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 embraces 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, musicians or privates, will in the first in stance, 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. of On this DECLARATION. In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. Serity, or is County of day of A.B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before in the county of and State, Territory or District aged (c) 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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) with 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 served under 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 enered 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, &c.] 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. I 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 &c. 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: (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with and C. D. residing in (the same subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be who has 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 day 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. 1 Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c. 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 at tempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. 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? Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what officer, has become of it? 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 he 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. 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 be fore 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 for low the rule laid down 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 not containing 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 officer 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 reversion, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so denite 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 the service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the persons mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---yearments , and days, I served as a- For------ months and --- days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension." It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about are four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement the particular place of his where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority ; that he was 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. That the seat, and it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no parseal 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 paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must 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 as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witand the other character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under the seal of office. 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. The traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. If a 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 R. Newman
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O. W. & N. Division. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. BUREAU OF PENSIONS. WASHINGTON, D. C., 

In reply to your request for a statement of the military James Eames  a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you will please find below the desired information as contained for his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 

[table headings]DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN | COLONEL. | STATE.
[row 1]Sept 1779 | 2 mos | Nathaniel Lakin | John Jacobs | Mass
[row 2]June 1780 | 6 mos | " | Robt Muggey | Bailey | Mass

Battles engaged in, None mentioned 
Residence of soldier at enlistment Hopkinton, Mass
Date of application for pension, Dec. 11, 1832
Residence at date of application, Lee NY
Age at date of application, 70 
Remarks: His pen. all  
Very Respectfully, Commissioner

Mrs. Irvin H. Moulton c/o Bank of California 
San Francisco Cal.
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San Francisco  
August 8, 1894- 
To the Honorable Commissioner of Pensions 
Dear Sir - It is my desire to join the order of Daughter of the American Revolution To further that end I would like copies of the pension receipts of my great grand father &
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James Eames born in Framingham or Natick and also Jacob Howe born in Rowley Mass in 1760. Any information I may receive regarding this matter, I shall be very grateful for, and any charges I will her fully forward - 
Yours truly Anne S. Moulton
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Address Mrs. Irving F. Moulton c/o Bank of California 
San Francisco Calif.
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San Francisco 
July 23rd 1894- To the Pension Agent Washington D.C. 

It has become my desire to affiliate myself with the Daughters of the American Revolution, but I really do not know the proper way to accomplish my purpose - I find family tradition to be insufficient and it occurs to me that as my
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great grandfather received a pension for his services in the war, I may be able to receive a copy of his receipt from you. The name is James Eames and I think he was born in Framingham or Natick and he died at South Newry, Maine - another great grand father named Howe was also in the war  , but whether he received a pension or not, I am
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unable to say-- for any data you are able to send me I shall be very grateful and any charges which are customary I will cheerfully forward 
Address Mrs. Irving F. Moulton c/o Bank of California San Francisco Calif
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Rev War
9832
INVALID.

File No. 9852
James Eames
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832

Index: --Vol. 1, Page 108 
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[this next is split over 2 sides, but they belong together]
94 August 15
Hist to J I. Moulton
San Fran Cal.
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New York  Revol- 
James Eames Suspended See letter to 
J. Hathaway 7. Octr 1833. Act 7 June 1832
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18 James Eames,Esq 
Lee Oneida County N York
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Secretary's Office, June 19th 1833 

I 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 Department, it appears that the name of James Eames is borne on a Muster Roll of Six months men that were raised by the Town of Hopkinton to reinforce the Continental Army for the year 1780, where it appears that the said James Eames marched July 4, 1780, and was discharged December 6, 1780, and was allowed, for service and travel, five months and thirteen days 
Edward D Bangs Secy
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State of New York Jefferson County SS
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Daniel Eames Esq of Rutland in said County aged Sixty Six years to me well known to be a credible person, who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith; that James Eames of Lee Oneida County is Brother to this deponent -  that the said James is Seventy years old according to the best knowledge and belief of this deponent. That this deponent with the said James resided at Hopkinston Massachusetts with their father during the Revolutionary War - that this deponent knows that the said James was fitted out for two campaigns in said War - One of two months and one of six months- and that the said James was gone from home during that time and I fully believe did Eight months service in the Revolutionary army in there two Campaigns. My father received the wages for said Eight months & further saith not 

Sworn and subscribed the 8th day of June 1833 Daniel Eames 
before me Dan Lee Justice of the Peace
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State of New York Jefferson County ss }
I J. P.  Barchard Clerk of the said County do 
certify that Daniel Esq before whom the within affidavit purport to have been sworn was at the date of the same and of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County And that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe the same subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper handwriting and signature 

Witness my hand and the seal of the said County this Eighth day of June AD. 1833 
J.P. Burchard
By Daniel Finley, Dep.
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State of New York Oneida County SS
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Jonathan Thrasher of Amosville the said County to me well known to be a credible person being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith  that James Eames is a resident of Lee and County aforesaid. That the Deponent is well acquainted with the said James Eames and that he knew the said James Eames when he served with him in Bailey's Second Massachusetts Regiment in the Revolutionary War, and knows that the said James served his country faithfully  , for the term of six months said service was rendered in the year 1780 and further this deponent saith not 
Jonathan his X mark Thrasher

Subscribed & Sworn before his 15th day of June 1833
 the interlining done before signing 
Patrick Mahon Justice of the Peace 

State of New York Clerks Office Oneida County ss 

I Geo Brown Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Patrick Mahon Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit of Jonathan Thrasher purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of said affidavit a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Oneida duly authorized by Law to act as such and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the signature "Patrick Mahan " subscribed to the line of said affidavit to be genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 17th day of June AD 1833 
Geo Brown Clerk Jos B. Read Dep Clerk
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J. L. Edwards Esq Com

Sir  
I send herewith the papers remitted to me as Get of Jms Eames Esq applicant for pension- - & also 2 affidavits in addition, going to prove his claims - his character & standing here are without reproach or suspicion he knows not where to apply for records in Mass & is too unwell to go there.  

Very Respectfully  your obt Sevt 
Jay Hatheway

Rome N.Y.
Jan 17 18
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April 19th

Addl evidence for James Eames of NewYork.

FREE

Hon J. L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Washington
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Rome N.Y. Apr 13 '34

Hon J.L. Edward Com of Pens

Sir
Having at length obtained Certificates in the Case of James Eames Eqr from the Secy of State of Mass: - I inclose them to you, believing that the proof is now fully made for the time of service claimed. When certft is issued, please direct it to me payable at N. Yk. 

I am very Respectfully your obt svt
Jay Hatheway 
agt for J. Eames & Pell at Rome
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Secretary's Office, March 4. 1834. 

I 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 Department, it appears that the name of James Eames, as a private is borne on the Abstract Rolls of Captain Nathaniel Lakin's Company, Col. John Jacobs Regiment, where he is allowed for service in September, October and November 1779, two months X
m 2 days 2

X 
James Eames name is also borne on a Pay Roll for the town of Natick, where he is allowed for service and travel from July 10. Dec. 10, 1780, five months
 5 10 
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7. 10
 
Edward Bangs Secy
 X --- --- The certificate for James Eames of Natick is for some other person, probably in service at same time 
J Hatheway atty fo J. E.