Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10,530, Samuel Day, Conn. Continental
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SERVICE                                    NUMBER

Connecticut      Day, Samuel    S. 10530

CONTENTS                               carded
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Died
August 31, 1835
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20409

                        New York
                     Samuel Day

Of Cambridge in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Rowley of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Willis in the Connecticut line for 22 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 73 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of September 1833 and sent J. S. Leigh, Clerk, Court. Salem, Washington County, New York

Arrears to the 4th of September 1833 -    
                                                            $183.32
Semi-annually allowance ending 
4, March 1834                                     $36.66
                                                            $219.98

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by J. N. Cromwell, Clerk
Book E.     Volume 4      Page 54
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            Samuel Day's
     application for a 
        Pension
              7691


              J.S.L.
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State of New York
Washington County

     On this 22nd day of August in the year 832 personally appeared before the Honorable Benjamin F. Skinner, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington in the State of New York, Samuel Day, a resident of the town of Cambridge in said county of Washington, aged 79 years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, by said Judge, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named
officers, and served as herein stated: That in the last  part of July, 1775, he enlisted into a Company at Colchester in the State of Connecticut commanded by Captain Abigah Rowles of that place, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Willis of Hartford for six months, and on the first day of  August marched under said officers for Boston and joined the army under General Washington at Cambridge at Boston having at that time possession of Boston Neck, Brett's and Bunker Hill; that he served as a private Soldier under said officers at Cambridge and Roxbury and in the environs of Boston in the performance of the ordinary duty of a Soldier until the expiration of the six months for which he enlisted when new listing orders came to enlist men for a year, in the Company commanded by Hezekiel Holdrige of Colchester aforesaid and joined the Regiment commanded by Colonel Huntington of Norwich in Connecticut and continued in the said service under said officers at Roxbury, Cambridge, Boston and its vicinity as a Private during the year for which he enlisted at the expiration of which orders came to enlist men to go to New York but he did not enlist
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again but returned home and he thinks General Gates commanded there during his last year's service the greatest part of the time.
     That he went to Rhode Island as a volunteer and served two months or more but he does not read list of names of any of officers except General Green and General Sullivan who were both there at that time but he does not recollect the year, and in the spring of the year, he believes the year 1778, he was ordered out in the Militia in the State of Connecticut and marched to New London and served there two months or around and returned home, but he does not recollect the names of his officers. That he was born on the 6th of February, 1755 at Colchester aforesaid, where he resided until the close of the Revolution, where he remained to said town of Cambridge where he now resides; have no record of his age except one kept by himself and that he never received a discharge from the service. He has no documentary evidence and knows of no person now living who can testify to his services and that James Richardson, Darius Fuller and Ruel Beebe and many others who reside in his present neighborhood can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
     And the said Samuel Day further declares under his oath aforesaid that previous to the 28th day of April 189, he made application for a pension under the Act of March 18th, 1818, and that his name was accordingly placed upon the Pension Roll of the New York agency at the rate of Eight Dollars per month but has subsequently been struck from the same when the account of property; That when he made said application he resided in the place where he now lives, as aforesaid, and that he now has no property
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real or personal and that he resides at the distance of more that 13 miles from the nearest place in said county of Washington, at which any court of record is held and that in consequence of this decreptitude of age and bodily infirmity he is unable to attend Court and to leave his house being the greatest part of the time confined to his bed; and that the certificate of his having been on the Pension Roll under the head and official seal of J.C. Calhoun then Secretary of War is hereunto annexed.
     He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state, except as above stated.
                                           Samuel Day
Subscribed and Sworn
this 22nd day of August 1832
before one B.F. Skinner, Judge of
Washington Common Pleas

     I, Benjamin F. Skinner one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington and State of New York certify that on the 22nd day of August, 1832, the above named Samuel Day wrote to me as the person named in and who signed the above declaration, personally appeared before me at his residence in the town of Cambridge in said County and subscribed and swore to the above declaration and I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant Samuel Day was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, and I do further certify
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that this applicant, in consequence of bodily infirmity and decreptitude is unable to and cannot attend court to make oath to said declaration.
                            B.F. Skinner, Judge of
                            Washington Common Pleas

     Said Austin Wells residing in the town of White Creed in said County of Washington and Luther J. Howe residing in the same place hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Samuel Day who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 79 years of  age that he is respected and believe in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
                                      Luther J. Howe
                                      Austin Wells
Sworn in open Court this 28th
day of August, 1832
                                      J. S. Leigh, Clerk
     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 a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, And said Court of Common Pleas certifies that it appears to them that Austin Wells who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the town of White Creek in said County of Washington and that Luther Howe who also has signed the same if a resident of the same place and that they are both credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
     I Jesse S. Leigh, Clerk of said Court of Common Pleas hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original precedings
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of the said Court of Common Pleas of the application in this matter of Samuel Day for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of this office the 28th day of August, 1832.

State of New York
County Washington

     I Jesse S. Leigh, Clerk of the County of Washington certify that Benjamin F. Skinner before whom this foregoing declaration was subscribed and sworn and whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was at the time of said oath was made and the time mentioned in said certificate, a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Washington, and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and believe his signature to said declaration and certificate to be genuine.
     In witness whereof I have caused the Seal
of the Court of Common Pleas of said County to be hereunto offered this 28th day of August, 1832.
                                J.S. Leigh, Clerk
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September 19

I cannot find the old paper anywhere

The old papers having been misplaced on the files, it is deemed unreasonable to require a renewal of the proof - and therefore the statement upon oath of the claimant which he expected to sustain by the evidence in the paper on file is admitted.

admd
22 mo pri
$73.33
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Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of the town of Cambridge in the County of Washington & state of New York, Samuel Day who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he can not swear particularly as to the precise length of his services, but according to his best recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below. And in the following grades:
For 6 months as a private soldier under Col. Willis from August first 1775 to February first 1776. I served- For 19 months I served as a private under Col. Huntington from February 1. 1776 to the end of said term [strikethrough] according to my best recollection [strikethrough ends]. For four months more as a private I served but I can not prove the same or specify name particularly than I have in the foregoing former declaration made by me. 
And the said Samuel Day further deposeth & saith that there is no Clergyman within his knowledge who can testify to the belief in his neighborhood respecting his revolutionary services. (The previous "12", interlined before sworn to)
I Sworn before me this 29 day of November 1832
Sidney Wells Justice of the Peace

State of New York}
Washington County} ss I Jesse L Leigh Clerk of the said County of Washington, Certify that Sidney Wells before whom this above affidavit was taken & sworn, was an (illegible) twenty minute
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day of November 1832 a Justice of the Peace the town of Cambridge in said County of Washington-That I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice of the Peace and believe his signature to the said affidavit to be genuine. 
In witness whereof I have caused the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Common Pleas of the said County to be affixed hereunto this day of 1832
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Payable semi-annually, The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in New York at the Branch Bank of the U. States.

Recorded
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State of New York
Washington County}ss. I Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the County of Washington, certify that the annexed papers contain the original proceedings of the said Court of Common Pleas in the matter of the application of Samuel Day for a pension. 
I further certify that Sidney Wells before whom the annexed affidavit of Samuel Day purports to have been sworn was on the 29th day of November 1832 a Justice of the Peace of the said County of Washington; that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice & believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his own proper hand writing. And I further certify that Benjamin F. Skinner whom the annexed declaration purports to have been sworn & whose name is subscribed to the annexed certificate was on the 22nd day of August 1832 when said oath & certificate were made a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and believe his signature to the said affidavit & certificate to be his own proper hand writing.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of the said County this 21st day of December One thousand and eight hundred and thirty two.
J. S. Leigh Clk
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War Department
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 18118,
Samuel Day late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the 12th day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this 28th day of April one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
September 5, 1934
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BA-J/EEL au
Samuel Day - S. 10530

Honorable L. J. Dickinson
United States Senate
Washington, D. C.

My dear Senator:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Samuel Day, who served in the Revolutionary War and received a pension while residing in the state of New York.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 10530, based upon the military service in that war of Samuel Day.
Samuel Day was born February 6, 1753, in Colchester, Connecticut.
While residing in Colchester, Connecticut, Samuel Day enlisted the latter part of July, 1775, and served in the Connecticut Troops as a private in Captains Abijah Rowlee's and Hezekiah Holdridge's Companies and in Colonels Huntington's, Wyllys' and Durkee's Regiments, length of service, one year and about five months; he volunteered, went to Rhode Island and served two months; and in the spring of 1778, enlisted and served two months; exact dates and names of officers for the last two terms of service are not stated.
After the close of the Revolution, he moved to Cambridge, Washington County, New York, of which place he was a resident when he was allowed pension on his application executed May 12, 1818.
He died August 31, 1835, place not shown.
There are no data as to soldier's family.
AB
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLDER
Assistant to the Administrator.

[margin note]
Mrs. F. said arrange sent this way because sol. was so mixed & gave no clear statement. He said Col. Robt Durgee but as Robt. Durkee was never more than Capt was thought he might have been under Col. John Durkee, so left out Christian name & said "Col. Durkee"
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see letter to L. J. Howe 9 Nov. 1832
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20.404
9944
R
New York
Saml Day
in the state of _____
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Durkee of the Connecticut Line, for the term of 1 year.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 12 of May 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28 of Apl 19 and sent to Jno W. Taylor Ballston Springs NY

Arrears to 4th of Mar 19   78.19
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 19   48
______
$126.19

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
Saratoga Co.

2e 7 June case
[illegible] p. 447 printed doct
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94
Samuel Day (Private)
Durkee's Regt
Connecticut Line
Dec 1775 to Fall of 1776
12th May 1818

Not on Roll. Suspe.
The Judge has not certified as to reduced circumstances of applicant. The depositions of 2 credible witnesses required.
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State of New York
Saratoga County ss.} On the twelfth day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me Thomas Dibble one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County personally appears Samuel Day aged sixty five years and three months resident of the Town of Cambridge in the County of Washington and state aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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 that he the said Samuel Day enlisted in the month of July one thousand seven hundred and seventy five in the state of Connecticut in the company commanded by Capt. Abijah Rowley of the regiment commanded by Col. Hunting in the Connecticut line for the term of five months and served the same at the expiration whereof or a few days before the said expiration he the said Samuel enlisted the forepart of December of the same year for the term of one year at Roxbury in the state of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Capt. Hezekiah Holdridge of the Regiment commanded by Col. Robert Durgee in the continental establishment and Massachusetts line and that he continued to serve in the said corps until the fore part of december one thousand seven hundred and seventy six when he was discharged from service in the state of New Jersey and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his country for his support and that he has no other evidence now in his power
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except the following of his said service.
Samuel Day

Subscribed sworn to & declared before me this 12th day of May 1818
Thomas Dibble

On the twelfth day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen came before me Thomas Dibble one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Saratoga in the state of New York John Skinner resident of the town of Ballstown in the said County who being by me sworn according to Law upon his oath saith that he well knows the above named Samuel Day and also knew him in the Revolutionary War & well recollects that the said Samuel was in the service of the United States in the said war in the company and regiment by the said Samuel first above stated for the term of five months as he was sometime attached to same corps with the said John and that he knew that the said Samuel Day did enlist at Roxbury int he state of Massachusetts the last of November or first of December 1775 for the term of one year in the company commanded by Capt. Hezekiah Holdridge in Col. Robert Durgee's Regiment of the Continental establishment for one year and that he believes that the said Samuel did serve in the war against the common enemy during the term of one year and well recollects that the said Regiment was discharged at the state of New Jersey in the fall of the year 1776 and that the said Samuel is in reduced circumstances.
Interlined between the 11th & 12th lines.
John Skinner
Subscribed sworn to and declared before me this 12th day of May 1818.
Thomas Dibble
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I Thomas Dibble one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Saratoga in the state of New York do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Samuel Day did serve in the War of the Revolution against the common enemy as stated in the preceding declaration and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and made before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the direction of the aforementioned act of Congress. Given under my hand at Milton in the said county this 12th day of May 1818.
Thomas Dibble

To the Honorable Secretary of War upon the oaths of Adanijah Skinner & Lewis Van Hort to me well known I am satisfied that the foregoing named Samuel Day is in reduced circumstances and is absolutely in need of assistance for support. Thos. Dibble

State of New York Saratoga County Ss. I William Stilwell Clerk of the County of Saratoga In testimony that the above named Thomas Dibble is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County and that the above is his signature I subscribe my name and affix the seal of the said county this 12th day of May in the year of our Lord 1818.
Wm. Stilwell Clerk
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Rev. War Section

EW

July 23, 1921.
Mrs. Noah Gibson,
Fontanelle, Iowa.

Madam:
In response to your letter dated July 11, 1921, you are advised that for the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Survivor file 10530, Samuel Day, you should forward this letter to the Pension Section, Interior Department Division, General Accounting Office, 14th and B. Streets, S. W. Washington, D. C. Samuel Day, Certificate No. 20409, issued September 5, 1833, rate $73.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, New York Agency, Act June 7, 1832.
Very respectfully
Commissioner
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.

3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C. July 9, 1921

In reply to your request of ........, received ............ for a statement of the military history of Saml Day a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S. 10530

[column headings]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | STATE.
July 1775 | 5 or 6 mos. | Pvt. | Captain Abijah Rowlee, Colonel Willis, Huntington | Conn. |

Dec. 1775 | 1 yr. | | Captain Hezekiah Holdridge, Colonel Robt. Durkee, Huntington. |

✓ | 2 mos | | stationed in R. I. officers not stated|

Spring 78 | 2 mos. | | in militia of Conn. officers not stated |

Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Colchester, Conn.
Date of application for pension, May 12, 1818 cl. al. 
Residence at date of application, Cambridge, Washington Co. NY
Age at date of application, b. Feb. 6, 1753 in Colchester Conn.
Remarks: No fam. data.

Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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CARTER GLASS, VA. CHAIRMAN 
KENNETH MCKELLAR, TENN. 
FREDERICK HALE, MAINE 
ROYAL S. COPELAND, N.Y. 
HENRY W. KEYES, N. M. 
CARL HAYDEN, ARIE. 
GERALD P. NYE, N. DAK. 
ELMER THOMAS, OKLA. 
JAMES F. BYRNES, 
S. C. PETER NORBECK, S. DAK. 
MILLARD K. TYDINGS, MD. 
J. DICKINSON, IOWA 
RICHARD B. RUSSELL, 
R.A. MARCUS A. COOLIDGE, MASS. 
ROBERT D. CAREY, W.O. 
ALVAS. ADAMS, COLO. 
PATRICK MCCARRAN, NEV. 
JOHN H. OVERTON, LA. 
JOHN H. WHEAD, ALA. 
JOSEPH C. O'MAHONEY, WYO. 
CLARK FREDERICK STHWER, OREA. 
JOHN G. TOWNSEND, R. DAL. 
ROSCOE C. PATTERSON, MO.
KENNEDY F. REA, CLERK 
JOHN W. R. SMITH, ASST. 

United States Senate
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Aug. 28, 1934

Mr. A. D. Hiller,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Mr. Hiller:

Will you kindly furnish such information as is available in the Revolutionary War records of your office in regard to Samuel Day? 

The Adjutant General's Office, State of Connecticut, gives the following information: 

"Samuel Day enlisted February 4, 1778, as private in Captain Roswell Grant's company, Col. Obadiah Johnson's regiment in Rhode Island. Residence: Stafford, Connecticut. Pensioner in 1818, residing in State of New York". 

Any information in regard to the above-named veteran will be appreciated.

Yours very truly,
(signature)
L. J. Dickison.

RECEIVED
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Fontanelle, Ia.
Bureau of Pensions. July 11 - 21
Wash. D.C.
Dear Sir:  Is the date or place of death given of Samuel Day the Rev. was pensioner of Colchester, Conn. Pension granted when his residence was Cambridge, Wash. Co. N. Y. 1818.  You did not give date or place of death in statement sent with his service record, but pressure it just be there.
Sincerily,
Mrs. Noah Gibson
Foutanelle,
Ia.

PENSON
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Jul 13 1921
OFFICE
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THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

Office of Comm. of Pensions
Wash.
D. C.

FINANCE DIVISION
JUN 27 1921
BUREAU OF
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Dear Sir: Can you give me any information concerning The Rev. war pensioner from Conn. who lived in N.Y. named Samuel Day?  Did he serve from Union Conn. or where, and where did he reside in N.Y?  Can you give me his wife's name or any thing further concerning him, including his service in detail? 
Thanking you sincerely in advance.
I am yours very truly
Mrs. Noah Gibson
June 22 - '21
Org. Regent D. A. R.
Fontanelle,
Ia.

PENSION
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10530 I

Thompson [?]
Nov. 3d. 1904.

Conc. of Pensions - 
Washington D.C.
I rc'd. the enclosed Record. It was James Day - not Samuel Day that I wanted the Rev. Record of - 
Very Truly Yours.
Miss E.M. Seaman. Thompson. 
Conn.

PENSION
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O.M&N.
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U. S. 
OLD[?] NAVY
OCT 19 1904
FILES.
P. B.

Putuam. Conn.
Oct. 13 - 1904.
Conc. U S. Pensions - 
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir - 
Will you kindly send me the Military - or Certificate of Service of the Revolutionary soldier Thomas Scliofield *A.C.* of New England?
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Rev War
10530
INVALID
File No. 10530
Samuel Day
Priv. Rev. War

Act: June 7th 1832
Index:- Vol. A, Page 91
[Arrangement of 1870]
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Oct. 29-1904 Hist o
Miss Elizabeth M. Seaman
Putnam, Conn
1921 July 9 hist. to Mrs. Noah Gibson
1921 July 23 Mrs. Noah Gibson infd. how to obtain date of death
1934 Sep. 5 Hist. to Hon. L. J.
Dickinson